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aar
/
Name
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abroad
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
ace
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ache
/
Noun, Verb
achievement
x/x
Noun
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
activities
x/xx
Noun
added
/x
Verb
addition
x/x
Noun
additional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
afield
x/
Adverb
afraid
x/
Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
agreement
x/x
Noun
air
/
Noun, Verb
alibi
/xx
Noun, Verb
alien
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
alt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
alterity
x/xx
Noun
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
among
x/
Adverb
amongst
x/
an
/
Noun
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
andre
/x
Name
ane
/
Noun, Adjective
angry
/x
Adjective, Verb
annan
/x
Name
anorectal
xx/x
Adjective
another
x/x
Adjective
anybody
/xxx
Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
anyone
/xx
Adverb
anything
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adverb
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective
appetite
/xx
Noun
appointment
x/x
Noun
archetype
/xx
Noun, Verb
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
arthritic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
aside
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
associated
x/xxx
Adjective
attention
x/x
Noun
audition
x/x
Noun, Verb
auditory
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
aura
/x
Noun
auricle
/xx
Noun
authorization
xxx/x
Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bags
/
Noun, Verb
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
because
x/
Adverb
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
being
/x
Noun
besides
x/
Adverb
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
bill
/
Noun, Verb
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
brand
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
breast
/
Noun, Verb
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
burn
/
Verb, Noun
butter
/x
Noun, Verb
cardinal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cauliflower ear
/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
ceos
xx
Name
certain
/x
Adjective, Noun
chest
/
Noun, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
cholera
/xx
Noun
ciao
/
Name
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clammy
/x
Adjective
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clearly
/x
Adverb
coexistent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
collective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
combined
x/
Adjective, Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
come out
//
Phrase, Verb
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
complementary
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
completed
x/x
Adjective
con
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
concha
/x
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
contrary
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
cotter
/x
Noun, Verb
country
/x
Noun, Adjective
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cybernetic
/x/x
Adjective
dating
/x
Noun
day
/
Noun, Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
debris
x/
Noun
define
x/
Verb, Noun
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
departure
x/x
Noun
detached
x/
Adjective
determine
x/x
Verb
different
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
digit
/x
Noun, Verb
dirtier
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
disappear
xx/
Verb
disorderly
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
distinct
x/
Adjective, Verb
diverse
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
doors
/
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downstairs
//
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drum
/
Noun, Verb
each
/
Adverb, Noun
eardrum
/x
Noun
eared
/
Adjective
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
earp
/
Name
earpiece
/x
Noun
earring
/x
Noun
eat
/
Verb, Noun
eden
/x
Name
egress
x/
Noun, Verb
eight
/
Noun, Adjective
either
/x
Adverb
elected
x/x
Noun
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
elsewhere
/x
Adverb, Noun
emitting
x/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ended
/x
Adjective
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
escape
x/
Verb, Noun
esp
x
Noun, Adverb
especially
x/x
Adverb
essence
/x
Noun
every
/xx
Noun
everybody
/xxx
Noun
everyone
/xx
Noun
everything
/xx
Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
except
x/
Verb
exclude
x/
Verb
excuse
x/
Noun, Verb
executive
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
exterior
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
external
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extinct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
extinguished
x/x
Adjective
extra
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
extract
/x
Verb, Noun
extraordinary
xx/xxx
Adjective, Noun
extremity
x/xx
Noun
eye
/
Noun, Verb
eyeball
/x
Noun, Verb
eyesight
/x
Noun
fact
/
Noun
fancy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
fellow
/x
Noun, Verb
fetish
/x
Noun
few
/
Noun
fifteen
x/
Noun
fifty
/x
Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
find
/
Verb, Noun
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
finger
/x
Noun, Verb
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
fired
/x
Adjective
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
firstly
/x
Adverb
fist
/
Noun, Verb
five
/
Noun
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flipper
/x
Noun, Verb
fora
/x
Verb
forbidden
/xx
Adjective
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
forlorn
x/
Adjective, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
four
/
Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gap
/
Noun, Verb
gastrointestinal
xxx/xx
Adjective
genitourinary
/x/xxx
Adjective
glass
/
Noun, Verb
gone
/
Adjective
gradually
/xxx
Adverb
graduated
/xxx
Adjective
graduation
xx/x
Noun
grating
/x
Noun, Adjective
greater
/x
Adjective
group
/
Noun, Verb
halfway
//
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handset
/x
Noun, Verb
harbor
/x
Noun, Verb
hatching
/x
Noun
have
/
Verb, Noun
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
headphone
/x
Noun
headset
/x
Noun
hear
/
Verb
heed
/
Verb, Noun
her
x
Noun
here
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
him
/
Noun
hundred
/x
Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
identification
xxxx/x
Noun
impermissible
xx/xx
Adjective
implement
/xx
Verb, Noun
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
incomparable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
indefinite
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
indicate
/xx
Verb
individual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
indivisible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
infection
x/x
Noun
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
injured
/x
Adjective
inseparable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
inter
x/
Name, Verb
into
x/
Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
knocked out
//
Phrase, Adjective
know
/
Verb, Noun
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
later
/x
Adverb, Adjective
latter
/x
Adjective
layman
/x
Noun
learn
/
Verb, Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
leavers
/x
Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
lew
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
liberation
xx/x
Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
limited
/xx
Adjective, Noun
listener
/xx
Noun
lobe
/
Noun
longer
/x
Noun
loose
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
lose
/
Verb, Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
lug
/
Noun, Verb
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
many
/x
Adjective, Noun
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
mark
/
Noun, Verb
matchless
/x
Adjective
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
maxillofacial
x/x/x
Adjective
me
/
Noun
mensch
/
Noun
midget
/x
Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
miscellaneous
xx/xx
Adjective
monad
/x
Noun
mother
/x
Noun, Verb
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
multisystem
/xxx
Adjective
musculoskeletal
/xx/xx
Adjective
mutual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
nco
x
Name
neb
/
Name
neither
/x
Adverb
neurologic
xx/x
Adjective
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nicer
/x
Noun
nine
/
Noun
nobody
/xx
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nose
/
Noun, Verb
nostril
/x
Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
ocular
/xx
Noun, Adjective
of
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offline
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
old
/
Adjective, Noun
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
once
/
Adverb, Noun
oneness
/x
Noun
ones
/
Noun
oneself
x/
Noun
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
opposite
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
option
/x
Noun, Verb
origin
/xx
Noun
orofacial
/x/x
Adjective
orthopaedic
xx/x
Adjective
orthopedic
xx/x
Adjective
other than
/x/
Phrase
otherness
/xx
Noun
others
/x
Noun
otherwise
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
otis
/x
Name
out of fashion
///x
Phrase, Adjective
outbound
/x
Adjective, Noun
outdoor
/x
Adjective, Verb
outer
/x
Adjective, Noun
outflow
/x
Noun, Verb
outgoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
outlet
/x
Noun
output
/x
Noun, Verb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outta
/x
outward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overnight
/x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
overseas
/x/
Adjective, Adverb
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
particular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
pass
/
Verb, Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
peerless
/x
Adjective
people
/x
Noun, Verb
per
/
Adjective, Noun
perform
x/
Verb
permission
x/x
Noun, Verb
person
/x
Noun, Verb
persona
x/x
Noun
phone
/
Noun, Verb
pierce
/
Noun, Verb
pig
/
Noun, Verb
pinna
/x
Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
plus
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
portion
/x
Noun, Verb
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
presences
/xx
Noun
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
previous
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prime
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
progressively
x/xx
Adverb
prohibited
x/xx
Adjective
proposal
x/x
Noun
proscribed
x/
Adjective
pull
/
Verb, Noun
quenched
/
Adjective
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
rae
/
Name, Adjective
reality
x/xx
Noun
realm
/
Noun
ree
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
refill
/x
Noun, Verb
related
x/x
Adjective
release
x/
Noun, Verb
relevant
/xx
Adjective
remainder
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
remaining
x/x
Noun, Adjective
removal
x/x
Noun
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
report
x/
Noun, Verb
resolve
x/
Verb, Noun
respective
x/x
Adjective
respectively
x/xx
Adverb
rest
/
Noun, Verb
retired
x/
Adjective
rink
/
Noun, Verb
rive
/
Noun, Verb
safe
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
scared
/
Adjective
scram
/
Noun, Verb
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
senses
/x
Noun
separate
/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
seven
/x
Noun
several
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
shoo
/
Verb
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
signifier
/xxx
Noun
similar
/xx
Adjective, Noun
single
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
singleton
/xx
Noun, Adjective
six
/
Noun
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sole
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
solitary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
some
/
Adverb
some other
//x
Phrase, Adjective
somebody
/xx
Noun
someone
/x
Noun
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sonny
/x
Name
sort
/
Noun, Verb
sortie
/x
Noun, Verb
sound
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
specified
/xx
Adjective
spike
/
Noun, Verb
spur
/
Noun, Verb
standby
//
Noun, Verb
starting
/x
Noun
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
strange
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
stunned
/
Adjective
subsequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
such
/
Noun
supplementary
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
tab
/
Noun, Verb
taboo
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tabu
x/
Noun, Verb
ten
/
Noun
tew
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
than
/
Adverb, Noun
that
/
Adverb, Noun
thing
/
Noun, Verb
third
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
three
/
Noun
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
together
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
total
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
towards
x/
Adverb, Adjective
transcendent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
treatments
/x
Noun
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
twelve
/
Noun
twenty
/x
Noun
two
/
Noun
tympanum
/xx
Noun
type
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
ugly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unassisted
xx/x
Adjective, Adverb
unconscious
x/x
Adjective, Noun
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undesignated
x/xxx
Adjective
unfashionable
x/xxx
Adjective
unimpressive
xx/x
Adjective
unique
x/
Adjective, Noun
unit
/x
Noun, Adjective
unitary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
unity
/xx
Noun
unmatched
x/
Adjective
unrelated
xx/x
Adjective
unrivaled
x/x
Adjective
unrivalled
x/x
Adjective
unspecified
x/xx
Adjective
unsuccessful
xx/x
Adjective
unusual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
upstairs
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
urogenital
/x/xx
Adjective
use
/
Noun, Verb
usually
/xxx
Adverb
valvular
/xx
Adjective
variety
x/xx
Noun
various
/xx
Adjective
vienna
x/x
Name
voice
/
Noun, Verb
vulnerable
/xxx
Adjective
waiting
/x
Noun
walk
/
Verb, Noun
wax
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
wien
/
Name
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
withdrawn
x/
Adjective
without
x/
Adverb
word
/
Noun, Verb
work
/
Noun, Verb
wounded
/x
Adjective
year
/
Noun
yes
/
Name, Verb
your
/