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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| hitchhiking | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| fixation | x/x | Noun |
| shift | / | Noun |
| noise | / | Noun |
| introgression | xx/x | Noun |
| variation | xx/x | Noun |
| gene pool | // | Phrase, Noun |
| mutation | x/x | Noun |
| gene | / | Noun |
| allele | x/x | Noun |
| recessive | x/x | Adjective |
| deletion | x/x | Noun |
| variant | /xx | Noun |
| mutant | /x | Noun |
| polymorphism | xx/x | Noun |
| discordance | x/x | Noun |
| transfer | x/ | Noun |
| horizontal gene transfer | xx/x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| haplotype | /xx | Noun |
| imputation | xx/x | Noun |
| mobilization | xxx/x | Noun |
| segregation | xx/x | Noun |
| insertion | x/x | Noun |
| mutagenesis | /x/xx | Noun |
| crossover | /xx | Noun |
| genotype | /xx | Noun |
| penetrance | /xx | Noun |
| recombination | xxx/x | Noun |
| transposon | x/x | Noun |
| transformation | xx/x | Noun |
| heterozygote | xxx/x | Noun |
| transgene | xx | Noun |
| translocation | xx/x | Noun |
| hot spot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| recombinant | x/xx | Noun |
| line | / | Noun |
| phase | / | Noun |
| period | /xx | Noun |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective |
| strand | / | Noun |
| edit | /x | Noun |
| genome | /x | Noun |
| transition | x/x | Noun |
| library | /xx | Noun |
| lethal | /x | Adjective |
| candidate | /xx | Noun |
| knockdown | /x | Noun |
| duplication | xx/x | Noun |
| carrier | /xx | Noun |
| delivery | x/xx | Noun |
| genetic modification | x/xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| repeat | x/ | Verb |
| dominance | /xx | Noun |
| aberration | xx/x | Noun |
| abuse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| adrift | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| aetiology | /x/xx | Noun |
| affiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| alluvial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| alteration | xx/x | Noun |
| analytical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| ashore | x/ | Adverb |
| attrition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| awl | / | Noun, Adjective |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| bearing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| behavior | x/x | Noun |
| bias | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| biochemical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| biological | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| biotechnology | xxx/xx | Noun |
| blanketed | /xx | Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boat | / | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| brown | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| bypass | /x | Noun, Verb |
| capped | / | Adjective |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| causality | x/xx | Noun |
| causation | x/x | Noun |
| causes | /x | Noun |
| chromosomal | /xxx | Adjective |
| coaster | /x | Noun |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| congenital | x/xx | Adjective |
| creep | / | Verb, Noun |
| cytogenetic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| debris | x/ | Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deflection | x/x | Noun |
| delinquency | x/xx | Noun |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| deposition | xx/x | Noun |
| depreciate | x/xx | Verb |
| derailment | x/x | Noun |
| derivation | xx/x | Noun |
| derive | x/ | Verb |
| derogation | /x/x | Noun |
| detour | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deviance | /xx | Noun |
| deviation | xx/x | Noun |
| dispersal | x/x | Noun |
| dispersion | x/x | Noun |
| displacement | x/x | Noun |
| distortion | x/x | Noun |
| divergence | x/x | Noun |
| diversion | x/x | Noun |
| divert | x/ | Verb |
| dna | /x/ | Name, Verb |
| dope | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| doze | / | Verb, Noun |
| drag | / | Verb, Noun |
| drifted | /x | Verb |
| driftwood | /x | Noun |
| economic | xx/x | Adjective |
| embezzlement | x/xx | Noun |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| enrichment | x/x | Noun |
| epigenetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| erosion | x/x | Noun |
| err | / | Verb |
| exodus | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| familial | x/x | Adjective |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| float | / | Noun, Verb |
| flow | / | Noun, Verb |
| folklore | /x | Noun |
| gad | / | Name, Verb |
| gallery | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| generic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| genetically | x/xx | Adverb |
| genie | /x | Noun |
| genotoxicity | /xx/xx | Noun |
| germplasm | xxx | Noun |
| glacial | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| heading | /x | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hereditary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| heritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| hijacking | /xx | Noun |
| iceberg | /x | Noun |
| immobility | xx/xx | Noun |
| immunologic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| impetus | /xx | Noun |
| inaction | x/x | Noun |
| increases | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| inherited | x/xx | Adjective |
| jenny | /x | Name, Verb |
| landslide | /x | Noun, Verb |
| leakage | /x | Noun |
| leeway | /x | Noun |
| lineage | /xx | Noun |
| linkage | /x | Noun |
| lock | / | Noun, Verb |
| locus | /x | Noun |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| medical | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| metabolic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| microstructural | /x/xx | Adjective |
| misappropriation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| mockery | /xx | Noun |
| morphological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| move | / | Verb, Noun |
| movement | /x | Noun |
| multifactorial | xx//xx | Adjective, Noun |
| necessity | x/xx | Noun |
| nod | / | Noun, Verb |
| ocean | /x | Noun |
| offence | x/ | Noun |
| operation | xx/x | Noun |
| outgrowth | /x | Noun |
| percolation | /xxx | Noun |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| physiological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| psychological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| punch | / | Noun, Verb |
| purport | /x | Verb, Noun |
| raft | / | Noun, Verb |
| ramble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| range | / | Noun, Verb |
| relatedness | x/xx | Noun |
| reproductive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| result | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| rise | / | Noun, Verb |
| roam | / | Verb, Noun |
| rove | / | Noun, Verb |
| sail | / | Noun, Verb |
| sea | / | Noun |
| seepage | /x | Noun |
| separate | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| shrinkage | /x | Noun |
| skeletal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| slide | / | Noun, Verb |
| slip | / | Noun, Verb |
| slippage | /x | Noun |
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| snow | / | Noun, Verb |
| social | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sparsity | /xx | Noun |
| stabilizer | /xxx | Noun |
| stem | / | Noun, Verb |
| stigmatization | /xx/x | Noun |
| stray | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| stream | / | Noun, Verb |
| submergence | x/x | Noun |
| swan | / | Noun, Verb |
| sway | / | Noun, Verb |
| swing | / | Noun, Verb |
| tendency | /xx | Noun |
| tenor | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| tick | / | Noun, Verb |
| tide | / | Noun, Verb |
| torpedo | x/x | Noun, Verb |
