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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| abstentions | x/x | Noun, Noun | 
| accompanied | x/xx | Adjective | 
| acquisition | xx/x | Noun | 
| affected | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| affiliated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| anchored | /x | Adjective | 
| arising | x/x | Noun | 
| arms | / | Noun | 
| associated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| attache | xx/ | Noun | 
| attached | x/ | Adjective | 
| attaché | x/ | Noun | 
| attributed | x/xx | Adjective | 
| automobile | /xxx | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| autoregulation | /xxx/x | Noun | 
| bandage | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| based | / | Verb, Adjective | 
| bewitched | x/ | Adjective | 
| bisection | x/x | Noun | 
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| blows | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bonded | /x | Adjective | 
| bound | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| bras | / | Noun | 
| broke | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| bundled | /x | Adjective | 
| called | / | Adjective | 
| carpenters | /xx | Adjective | 
| caused | / | Verb | 
| cell | / | Noun, Verb | 
| charge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chloroplasts | /xx | Noun | 
| clans | / | Noun | 
| classic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| claws | / | Noun | 
| clock | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clutches | /x | Noun | 
| combined | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| committed | x/x | Adjective | 
| complement | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| conditioned | x/x | Adjective | 
| condom | /x | Noun | 
| conjoint | x/ | Adjective | 
| connected | x/x | Adjective | 
| connection | x/x | Noun | 
| constrained | x/ | Adjective | 
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| correlated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| counseling | /xx | Noun | 
| coupled | /x | Noun | 
| craftsmen | /x | Noun | 
| crew | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cuffed | / | Adjective | 
| custody | /xx | Noun | 
| deadlines | /x | Noun | 
| dependent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| derived | x/ | Adjective | 
| diagram | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| directorial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| distribution | xx/x | Noun | 
| draw | / | Verb, Noun | 
| driven | /x | Adjective | 
| drowned | / | Adjective | 
| due | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| ears | / | Noun | 
| eddy | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| ede | / | Name | 
| eide | / | Name | 
| equal | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| equality | x/xx | Noun | 
| equalized | /xx | Verb | 
| extremities | x/xx | Verb | 
| face | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fastened | /x | Adjective | 
| feet | / | Noun | 
| fidgety | /xx | Adjective | 
| filler | /x | Noun | 
| fingered | /x | Adjective | 
| fingernails | /xx | Adjective | 
| fingertips | /xx | Adjective | 
| fist | / | Noun, Verb | 
| focused | /x | Adjective | 
| forged | / | Adjective | 
| found | / | Verb, Noun | 
| frazzled | /x | Adjective | 
| fuses | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| gloves | / | Verb | 
| grip | / | Noun, Verb | 
| handcuffed | /x | Verb | 
| handed | /x | Adjective | 
| hanged | / | Adjective | 
| harness | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| headlight | /x | Noun | 
| heartbroken | /xx | Adjective | 
| heaters | /x | Noun | 
| help | / | Verb, Noun | 
| homeostasis | xxx/x | Noun | 
| homogenates | x/xx | Noun | 
| hooked | / | Adjective | 
| indexed | /x | Adjective | 
| influenced | /xx | Adjective | 
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| integrated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| interconnected | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| interlinked | xx/ | Adjective | 
| intertwined | xx/ | Adjective | 
| involved | x/ | Adjective | 
| jesuit | /xx | Name, Adjective | 
| kingdom | /x | Noun | 
| knees | / | Noun | 
| knotted | /x | Adjective | 
| knuckles | /x | Noun | 
| laced | / | Adjective | 
| latter | /x | Adjective | 
| legs | / | Noun | 
| limbs | / | Noun | 
| limited | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| linked | / | Adjective | 
| lock | / | Noun, Verb | 
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| manos | /x | Noun | 
| manpower | /xx | Noun | 
| men | / | Noun | 
| mitts | / | Noun | 
| mobile | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| moored | / | Verb | 
| mouths | / | Noun | 
| nails | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| neat | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| needles | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| on | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| own | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| palm | / | Noun, Verb | 
| paralysed | x/x | Verb | 
| paralyzed | /xx | Adjective | 
| party | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| paws | / | Noun | 
| pegged | / | Adjective | 
| pertaining | x/x | Noun | 
| pockets | /x | Noun | 
| posed | / | Adjective | 
| possession | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| previous | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| provision | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| psychoanalytical | xxxx/xx | Adjective | 
| pushing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| qualified | /xx | Adjective | 
| recognizes | /xxx | Verb | 
| reins | / | Noun | 
| related | x/x | Adjective | 
| relation | x/x | Noun | 
| restrained | x/ | Adjective | 
| restricted | x/x | Adjective | 
| ringers | /x | Noun | 
| rooted | /x | Adjective | 
| rotation | x/x | Noun | 
| scope | / | Noun, Verb | 
| second | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| shift | / | Noun, Verb | 
| shoulders | /x | Noun | 
| sideburns | /x | Noun | 
| sins | / | Noun | 
| slap | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective | 
| straightforward | //x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| strapped | / | Adjective | 
| struck | / | Noun | 
| strung | / | Adjective | 
| subjected | x/x | Verb | 
| subordinated | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective | 
| surfaces | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| talk | / | Verb, Noun | 
| third | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| thumbs | / | Noun | 
| tidy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| tie | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tongue | / | Noun, Verb | 
| touch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| traced | / | Verb | 
| trussed | / | Adjective | 
| twisting | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| unfastened | x/x | Adjective | 
| united | x/x | Name, Adjective | 
| unloved | x/ | Adjective | 
| untidy | x/x | Adjective, Verb | 
| untied | x/ | Adjective | 
| wedded | /x | Adjective | 
| workforce | /x | Noun | 
| workmen | /x | Noun | 
| wrists | / | Noun | 
| writing | /x | Noun | 
