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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| on duty | //x | Phrase |
| police officer | x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| active duty | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| first responder | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| military service | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| front line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| soldierly | /xx | Adjective |
| patrolling | x/x | Noun |
| patrolman | x/x | Noun |
| law enforcement | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| serviceman | /xx | Noun |
| military policeman | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| armed forces | //x | Name, Name |
| firefighting | /xx | Noun |
| police force | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| duty bound | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| firing line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| police constable | x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| machine gunner | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| infantryman | /xxx | Noun |
| officer | /xx | Noun |
| firefighter | /xx | Noun |
| deployed | x/ | Verb |
| policeman | x/x | Noun |
| marine corps | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| lance corporal | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| uniformed | /xx | Adjective |
| deployments | x/x | Noun |
| special forces | /x/x | Name, Name |
| militiamen | x/xx | Noun |
| enlisted | x/x | Adjective |
| fire department | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| security guard | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| honor guard | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| commissioned officer | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| public servant | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| soldier on | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| deputy sheriff | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| crossing guard | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| police department | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| gallantry | /xx | Noun |
| staff sergeant | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| enlistment | x/x | Noun |
| police | x/ | Noun |
| stationed | /x | Verb |
| patrol car | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| shore patrol | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| militarized | /xxx | Adjective |
| general officer | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| constable | /xx | Noun |
| occupationally | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| off duty | //x | Phrase |
| gunnery sergeant | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| militarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| accord | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| accordance | x/x | Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| accountability | x/xxxx | Noun |
| accountable | x/xx | Adjective |
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| activity | x/xx | Noun |
| adaptation | xx/x | Noun |
| adapting | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| adequacy | /xxx | Noun |
| adherence | x/x | Noun |
| adjust | x/ | Verb |
| adjustment | x/x | Noun |
| agreement | x/x | Noun |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| airline | /x | Noun |
| airliner | /xx | Noun |
| airway | /x | Noun |
| align | x/ | Verb |
| alignment | x/x | Noun |
| allocation | xx/x | Noun |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| angling | /x | Noun |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| appropriateness | x/xxx | Noun |
| appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| argumentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| army | /x | Noun |
| arrangement | x/x | Noun |
| array | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| assembly line | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| assign | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| assignment | x/x | Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| automated | /xxx | Adjective |
| auxiliary | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| axial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| axis | /x | Noun |
| babbitt | /x | Name, Verb |
| balance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| band | / | Noun, Verb |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| battle line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| beauty | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| biz | / | Noun |
| blame | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bloodline | /x | Noun |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bond | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| borderline | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bottom line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| bound | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| boundary | /xx | Noun |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| branch line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| breed | / | Noun, Verb |
| brink | / | Noun |
| burden | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burden of proof | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| canal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| carriageway | /xx | Noun |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| category | /xxx | Noun |
| catering | /xx | Noun |
| ceiling | /x | Noun |
| centerline | /xx | Noun |
| ceremony | /xxx | Noun |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| chalk | / | Noun, Verb |
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| channel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| charge | / | Noun, Verb |
| checking | /x | Noun |
| chore | / | Noun, Verb |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chorus line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circuit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circumscribe | xx/ | Verb |
| cleaning | /x | Noun |
| clearance | /x | Noun |
| clothes | / | Noun |
| coax | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| coherence | x/x | Noun |
| coherent | x/x | Adjective |
| collection | x/x | Noun |
| column | /x | Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| commitment | x/x | Noun |
| compatibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| compelled | x/ | Noun |
| compliance | x/x | Noun |
| compliant | x/x | Adjective |
| compulsion | x/x | Noun |
| compulsory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| computerised | x/xx | Adjective |
| computerized | x/xx | Adjective |
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| concert | /x | Noun, Verb |
| concordance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conduit | /xx | Noun |
| conformance | x/x | Noun |
| conformity | x/xx | Noun |
| conga line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| congruence | /xx | Noun |
| conjunction | x/x | Noun |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| consensus | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| consistency | x/xx | Noun |
| consistent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| consisting | x/x | Verb |
| consonance | /xx | Noun |
| construct | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| consumer credit | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| consumption | x/x | Noun |
| contact | /x | Noun, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| contiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| continental | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| contour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contradiction | xx/x | Noun |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| convergence | x/x | Noun |
| conveyor | x/x | Noun |
| conveyor belt | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| cord | / | Noun, Verb |
| correspond | xx/ | Verb |
| correspondence | xx/x | Noun |
| couplet | /x | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| craft | / | Noun, Verb |
| crease | / | Noun, Verb |
| credential | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| credit line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crest | / | Noun, Verb |
| crib | / | Noun, Verb |
| crinkle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crisscross | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| crosswalk | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cue | / | Noun, Verb |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| custom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cutoff | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cylinder | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dane | / | Name |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
