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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| obstacle | /xx  | Noun, Noun  | 
| barring | /x  | Verb  | 
| stumbling block | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| blind spot | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| closed book | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| disadvantage | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| handicap | /xx  | Noun  | 
| difficulty | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| static | /x  | Adjective  | 
| dead end | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| unattainable | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| unreachable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| impediment | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| red tape | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| grey area | //xx  | Name, Name  | 
| brick wall | //  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| occupational hazard | xx/xx/x  | Name, Name  | 
| balk | /  | Noun  | 
| underrepresentation | xxxxx/x  | Noun  | 
| tough luck | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| slow lane | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| unobtainable | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| impasse | x/  | Noun  | 
| discouragement | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| pitfall | /x  | Noun  | 
| daunting | /x  | Adjective  | 
| pejorative | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| condescension | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| underachievement | /xx/x  | Noun  | 
| hindrance | /x  | Noun  | 
| albatross | /xx  | Noun  | 
| stigma | /x  | Noun  | 
| dead set | //  | Phrase, Noun, Adjective  | 
| prejudice | /xx  | Noun  | 
| black mark | //  | Name, Name  | 
| ne plus ultra | ///x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| disparage | x/x  | Verb  | 
| cold shoulder | //x  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| broken record | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| setback | /x  | Noun  | 
| bad news | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| privation | x/x  | Noun  | 
| hidden agenda | /xx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| feet of clay | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| preconception | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| baggage | /x  | Noun  | 
| honorable mention | /xxx/x  | Name, Name  | 
| silent treatment | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| stalemate | /x  | Noun  | 
| slippery slope | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| holding pattern | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| obstruction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| stonewall | /x  | Name  | 
| incubus | /xx  | Noun  | 
| untranslatable | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| one of those things | ////  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| wrong number | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| gridlock | /x  | Noun  | 
| hell or high water | ////x  | Phrase, Noun, Adverb  | 
| unworkable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| thing | /  | Noun  | 
| mire | /  | Noun  | 
| generation gap | xx/x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| deafness | /x  | Noun  | 
| bottleneck | /xx  | Noun  | 
| underdog | /xx  | Noun  | 
| dilemma | x/x  | Noun  | 
| falling out | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| inequity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| obstructive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| long shot | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| unacceptable | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| denigration | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| bad luck | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| hampering | /xx  | Verb  | 
| impenetrable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| taboo | x/  | Noun  | 
| vacancy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| sticky wicket | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| blind alley | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| obstacle course | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| mean streak | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| impeachment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| problematic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| indiscernible | /x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| embargo | x/x  | Noun  | 
| lame duck | //  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| airtight | /x  | Adjective  | 
| amount | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| amusement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| arched | /  | Adjective  | 
| archway | /x  | Noun  | 
| arsenic | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| ball | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| balustrade | /xx  | Noun  | 
| bandy | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bead | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| beaker | /x  | Noun  | 
| bed | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| beer | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bell | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| betting | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| beveled | /x  | Adjective  | 
| blanket | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bookshelves | /x  | Noun  | 
| booze | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| border | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| borderline | /xx  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| bottle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| boundary | /xx  | Noun  | 
| brass | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| break | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| brick | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| brim | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| brink | /  | Noun  | 
| bunch | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| burgundy | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| calyx | /x  | Noun  | 
| canopies | /xx  | Noun  | 
| capping | /x  | Noun  | 
| ceilinged | /x  | Adjective  | 
| chalice | /x  | Noun  | 
| clear | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun  | 
| clock | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cloth | /  | Noun  | 
| cocktail | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| coke | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| colorado | xx/x  | Name  | 
| cope | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| corrugated | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| crank | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| crescent | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| crystal | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| cup | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cupola | x/x  | Noun  | 
| curtained | x/  | Adjective  | 
| cut | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| cylindrical | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| decorated | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| display | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| dome | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| drink | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| earthen | /x  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| edge | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| enamel | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| envelope | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| exterior | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| eye | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| facade | x/  | Noun  | 
| fan | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| far | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| finger | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fireproof | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| flask | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| floor | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fragile | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| framed | /  | Noun  | 
| fronted | /x  | Adjective  | 
| frosted | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| glassware | /x  | Noun  | 
| glassy | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| glazing | /x  | Noun  | 
| goblet | /x  | Noun  | 
| grass | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| greenhouse | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| haircut | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| harold | /x  | Name  | 
| headboard | /x  | Noun  | 
| high | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| homeless | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| hourglass | /xx  | Noun  | 
| house | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| household | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| ice | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| interface | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| invisible | x/xx  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| jar | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| jug | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| juice | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| knell | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| kobe | /x  | Name  | 
| lens | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| level | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| lifter | /x  | Noun  | 
| lighting | /x  | Noun  | 
| limit | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| limitation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| line | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| loaf | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| lock | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| looking glass | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| luna | /x  | Name  | 
| mantel | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| max | /  | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| maxima | /xx  | Noun  | 
| metal | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| milk glass | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| mirror | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| moldings | /x  | Noun  | 
| month | /  | Noun  | 
| moon | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mortar | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mortgage | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mug | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| nap | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| nightcap | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| noose | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| operable | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| overhead | /x/  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| painted | /x  | Adjective  | 
| pandora | x/x  | Name  | 
| pane | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| panel | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| parapet | /xx  | Noun  | 
| parchment | /x  | Noun  | 
| peak | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| pedestal | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pint | /  | Noun  | 
| planking | /x  | Noun  | 
| plaster | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| plastic | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| plateau | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| plinth | /  | Noun  | 
| polycarbonate | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| pony | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| porcelain | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pyrex | /x  | Noun  | 
| quota | /x  | Noun  | 
| ratio | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| recessed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| refill | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| reservoir | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| restriction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| revelation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| ribbed | /  | Adjective  | 
| roofing | /x  | Noun  | 
| rotunda | x/x  | Noun  | 
| safety glass | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
