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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| accessing | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| achieve | x/ | Verb |
| acquire | x/x | Verb |
| acquisition | xx/x | Noun |
| aeon | /x | Noun |
| ages | /x | Noun |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| along | x/ | Adverb |
| ani | /x | Noun |
| anniversary | xx/xx | Noun |
| annual | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| are | / | Noun |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| arriving | x/x | Adjective |
| ashore | x/ | Adverb |
| attain | x/ | Verb |
| attracting | x/x | Verb |
| becoming | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| being | /x | Noun |
| billy | /x | Name |
| birthdays | /x | Noun |
| blue moon | // | Phrase, Noun |
| boarding | /x | Noun |
| bring | / | Verb |
| buying | /x | Noun |
| campaigns | x/ | Noun |
| cantos | /x | Noun |
| capture | /x | Verb, Noun |
| catching | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| centuries | /xx | Adjective |
| chapters | /x | Adjective |
| collect | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| consecutive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| contracting | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| courses | /x | Noun |
| days | / | Noun, Adverb |
| deadlines | /x | Adverb |
| decades | x/ | Adverb |
| decreasing | x/x | Noun |
| delivering | x/xx | Noun |
| deriving | x/x | Noun |
| doing | /x | Noun |
| drawing | /x | Noun |
| drills | / | Noun |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| earn | / | Verb, Noun |
| eighties | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| eliciting | x/xx | Noun |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| ensuring | x/x | Verb |
| entering | /xx | Noun |
| entertaining | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| eons | /x | Noun |
| exercises | /xxx | Noun |
| falling | /x | Noun |
| fetching | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| financials | x/x | Noun |
| find | / | Verb, Noun |
| five | / | Noun |
| flights | / | Noun |
| for | / | Noun |
| foreseeable | x/xx | Adjective |
| gain | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| garnering | /xx | Noun |
| gather | /x | Verb, Noun |
| gave | / | Noun |
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| generations | xx/x | Adverb |
| gets | / | Verb |
| going | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| grades | / | Noun |
| growing | /x | Noun |
| having | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| help | / | Verb, Noun |
| here | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| hired | /x | Adjective |
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| how | / | Adverb, Noun |
| incurs | x/ | Verb |
| iv | / | Name, Adjective |
| june | / | Name |
| lagging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| later | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| learn | / | Verb, Noun |
| leveraging | /xx | Noun |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| lite | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| look | / | Verb, Noun |
| making | /x | Noun |
| married | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| metals | /x | Noun |
| millennia | x/xx | Noun |
| minutes | /x | Noun |
| months | / | Noun |
| more | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| moving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| nin | x | Noun |
| nineties | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| nor | / | Noun |
| nsa | x | Name, Adverb, Adjective |
| obtain | x/ | Verb |
| occupancy | /xxx | Noun |
| occupation | xx/x | Noun |
| offer | /x | Verb, Noun |
| old age | // | Name, Name |
| olds | / | Noun |
| onwards | /x | Adverb |
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| percent | x/ | Noun, Adverb |
| periods | /xx | Noun |
| persuading | x/x | Noun |
| pickup | /x | Noun, Verb |
| placing | /x | Noun |
| purchase | /x | Noun, Verb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| reaching | /x | Noun |
| reaping | /x | Noun |
| receipt | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| receive | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| reception | x/x | Noun |
| recovering | x/xx | Noun |
| reigns | / | Noun, Verb |
| rid | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| rigging | /x | Noun |
| rounds | / | Noun |
| seasons | /x | Noun |
| second childhood | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| secure | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| seek | / | Verb, Noun |
| seizure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| semesters | x/x | Noun |
| senility | x/xx | Noun |
| seventies | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| sixties | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| sla | x | Name |
| stages | /x | Noun |
| started | /x | Noun |
| summers | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| sunna | /x | Noun |
| sunnis | /x | Name |
| taking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ten | / | Noun |
| the | x | Adverb, Noun |
| there | / | Adverb, Noun |
| times | / | Noun, Verb |
| train | / | Noun, Verb |
| transmit | x/ | Verb |
| tropics | /x | Noun |
| turning | /x | Noun |
| twice | / | Adverb |
| two | / | Noun |
| waking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| weeks | / | Noun |
| what | / | Adverb, Noun |
| wick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| winning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| write | / | Verb, Noun |
| yean | / | Verb |
| year | / | Noun |
| yearly | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| yeas | / | Noun |
| yeats | / | Name |
| yielding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
