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ablaze
x/
Adverb, Adjective
abrupt
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
accordance
x/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
accurate
/xx
Adjective
ache
/
Noun, Verb
aftermath
/xx
Noun
afternoon
xx/
Noun, Adverb
against
x/
Adverb
age
/
Noun, Verb
agenda
x/x
Noun
agile
/x
Noun, Adjective
airy
/x
Adjective, Noun
alight
x/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective
aloof
x/
Adjective, Adverb
ambulatory
/xxxx
Adjective, Noun
amid
x/
Noun
analysis
x/xx
Noun
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
anniversary
xx/xx
Noun
announce
x/
Verb
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
apathetic
xx/x
Adjective
arctic
/x
Noun, Adjective
ashy
/x
Adjective
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
auditorium
xx/xx
Noun
aura
/x
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backdrop
/x
Noun, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backlog
/x
Noun, Verb
bard
/
Noun, Verb
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
beam
/
Noun, Verb
beer
/
Noun, Verb
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
birthday
/x
Noun, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blast
/
Noun, Verb
bleak
/
Adjective, Noun
blizzard
/x
Noun, Verb
bluish
/x
Adjective
bonfire
/xx
Noun, Verb
born
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
break
/
Verb, Noun
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
brightness
/x
Noun
brilliance
/x
Noun
brown
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
buffeting
x/x
Noun
bulb
/
Noun, Verb
buoyant
/x
Adjective
burn
/
Verb, Noun
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
candle
/x
Noun, Verb
candlelight
/xx
Noun
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
celebrate
/xx
Verb
chiffon
x/
Noun
chill
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chilly
/x
Adjective, Noun
claire
/
Name
clarify
/xx
Verb
clarity
/xx
Noun
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clock
/
Noun, Verb
coke
/
Noun, Verb
cola
/x
Noun
coldly
/x
Adverb
colour
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
commemoration
xxx/x
Noun
common cold
/x/
Phrase, Noun
conformity
x/xx
Noun
conjunction
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
continued
x/x
Adjective, Noun
convulsively
x/xx
Adverb
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
corona
x/x
Noun, Verb
cough
/
Noun, Verb
created
x/x
Verb
crisp
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cruel
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
cryogenic
/xxx
Adjective
currency
/xx
Noun
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dag
/
Noun, Verb
daily
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb
dally
/x
Name, Verb
damp
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dan
/
Noun
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
data
/x
Noun
date
/
Noun, Verb
dawn
/
Noun, Verb
day of judgment
///x
Phrase, Noun
day of reckoning
///xx
Phrase, Noun
daycare
/x
Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
days
/
Noun, Adverb
daytime
/x
Adjective, Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
den
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
dias
/x
Adverb
diet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
digestible
x/xx
Adjective
dimmer
/x
Noun
dismount
xx
Verb, Noun
disrepute
xx/
Noun, Verb
distant
/x
Adjective
diurnal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
doomsday
/x
Noun, Adjective
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dum
/
Adjective
dusky
/x
Adjective, Noun
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
eid
/
Name
election day
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
electricity
xx/xx
Noun
elucidate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
emerge
x/
Verb, Noun
emotionless
x/xx
Adjective
emphasize
/xx
Verb
enjoyable
x/xx
Adjective
enlighten
x/x
Verb
enlightenment
x/xx
Noun
era
/x
Noun
established
x/x
Adjective
ether
/x
Noun, Verb
eve
/
Noun
evening
/x
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
eventful
x/x
Adjective
eventually
x/xxx
Adverb
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
everyday
/x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
existence
x/x
Noun
exposure
x/x
Noun
extinguish
x/x
Verb
eye
/
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
faint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
feast
/
Noun, Verb
feathery
/xx
Adjective, Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
feet
/
Noun
festa
/x
Noun
festival
/xx
Noun, Adjective
festive
/x
Adjective
feu
/
Noun, Verb
fever
/x
Noun, Verb
field day
//
Phrase, Noun
fiesta
x/x
Noun, Verb
filament
/xx
Noun
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fire up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
firelight
/x
Noun
fixture
/x
Noun, Verb
flagship
/x
Noun, Verb
flame
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flare
/
Noun, Verb
flashlight
/x
Noun, Verb
flicker
/x
Noun, Verb
flimsy
/x
Adjective, Noun
flood
/
Noun, Verb
flu
/
Noun
fluorescence
x/x
Noun
fluorescent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
fooling
/x
Noun
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
forenoon
x//
Noun
framework
/x
Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
freedom
/x
Noun
freeze
/
Noun, Verb
fresh
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
friable
xxx
Adjective
friday
/x
Name, Adverb
frigid
/x
Adjective
frivolous
/xx
Adjective
frog
/
Noun, Verb
from
/
Verb
frost
/
Noun, Verb
frosty
/x
Adjective, Noun
frothy
/x
Adjective, Noun
fruition
x/x
Noun
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
function
/x
Noun, Verb
fuse
/
Noun, Verb
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
gaslight
/x
Noun, Verb
gaze
/
Noun, Verb
gazette
x/
Name, Verb
gentle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
get down
//
Phrase, Verb
get off
//
Phrase, Verb
given
/x
Noun, Adjective
glacial
/x
Adjective, Noun
glance
/
Noun, Verb
glare
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gleam
/
Noun, Verb
glimmer
/x
Noun, Verb
glory
/x
Noun, Verb
glossy
/x
Adjective, Noun
glow
/
Noun, Verb
grayish
/x
Adjective
greenish
/x
Adjective, Noun
groundhog day
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
grueling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
gruelling
/x
Adjective, Noun
gust
/
Noun, Verb
guy fawkes day
///
Name, Name
hail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
halloween
xx/
Name
halo
/x
Noun, Verb
hammer
/x
Noun, Verb
handgun
/x
Noun
handy
/x
Adjective, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
hay
/
Noun, Verb
head cold
//
Phrase, Noun
headlamp
//
Noun
headlight
/x
Noun
hearing
/x
Noun, Adjective
heat
/
Noun, Verb
heaven
/x
Noun, Verb
heavenly
/xx
Adjective, Name, Adverb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
held
/
Verb
hibernation
xx/x
Noun
high noon
//
Phrase, Noun
highlight
/x
Verb, Noun
holiday
/xx
Noun, Verb
homecoming
/xx
Noun
hosted
/x
Verb
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
hour
/x
Noun
house
/
Noun, Verb
hui
/x
Name
humid
/x
Adjective
hypothermic
xx/x
Adjective
ice
/
Noun, Verb
icy
/x
Adjective, Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
ides
/
Noun
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
ignis fatuus
/x//
Phrase, Noun
ignite
x/
Verb
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
illuminance
x/xx
Noun
illuminate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
illumination
xxx/x
Noun
illumine
x/x
Verb
image
/x
Noun, Verb
immediately
x/xxx
Adverb
impersonal
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
inauguration day
xxx/x/
Phrase, Noun
incandescent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
inclement
x/x
Adjective
indicator
/xxx
Noun
indifferent
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
inflamed
x/
Adjective
influenza
xx/x
Noun
inform
x/
Verb, Adjective
inhuman
x/x
Adjective
inhumane
xx/
Adjective
inner light
/x/
Phrase, Noun
inning
/x
Noun
insensitive
x/xx
Adjective
insight
/x
Noun
insignificant
xx/xx
Adjective
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
insulation
xx/x
Noun
intense
x/
Adjective
involuntarily
xx/xxx
Adverb
irradiance
x/xx
Noun
isolation
xx/x
Noun
japan
x/
Name, Verb
japanese
xx/
Adjective, Name
jaw
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
jelly
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
jerusalem
x/xx
Name
johnny
/x
Name
journal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
judgment day
/x/
Phrase, Noun
kept
/
Noun
kid
/
Noun, Verb
kiddo
/x
Noun
kindle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
kitty
/x
Noun
koo
/
Name
lamp
/
Noun, Verb
lamplight
/x
Noun
lamppost
/x
Noun
lantern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
last day
//
Phrase, Adverb
last judgment
//x
Phrase, Noun
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
leavened
/x
Adjective
leger
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
lenient
/xx
Adjective, Noun
lens
/
Noun, Verb
lesser
/x
Adjective, Noun
leyte
/x
Name
liable
/xx
Adjective
licht
/
Adjective
life
/
Noun, Verb
light up
//
Phrase, Verb
light within
/x/
Phrase, Noun
lighted
/x
Adjective
lighthouse
/x
Noun
lightly
/x
Adverb
lightness
/x
Noun
lightning
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lightweight
//
Adjective, Noun, Verb
limelight
/x
Noun, Verb
line
/
Noun, Verb
lite
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
livid
/x
Adjective
locker
/x
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
loose
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
lucifer
/xx
Name
lukewarm
//
Adjective
lumen
/x
Noun
luminance
/xx
Noun
luminescence
xx/x
Noun
luminosity
xx/xx
Noun
luminous
/xx
Adjective
luncheon
/x
Noun, Verb
lurch
/
Noun, Verb
lustre
/x
Noun, Verb
léger
x
Name
maintain
x/
Verb
maintenance
/xx
Noun
manifest
/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
marginal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
market day
/x/
Phrase, Noun
match
/
Noun, Verb
may day
//
Phrase, Noun
me
/
Noun
mean solar day
//x/
Phrase, Noun
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
medicine
/xx
Noun, Verb
meeting
/x
Noun
meteor
/xx
Noun, Verb
micro
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
microscopy
x/xx
Noun
midafternoon
/xxx
Noun
midday
/x
Noun
midsummer eve
//x/
Phrase, Noun
midsummer night
//x/
Phrase, Noun
mild
/
Adjective, Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
mindful
/x
Adjective, Noun
mini
/x
Noun, Adjective
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mirage
x/
Noun, Verb
mirror
/x
Noun, Verb
moderate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
modest
/x
Adjective
modified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
module
/x
Noun
modulus
/xx
Noun
moment
/x
Noun
monday
/x
Name, Adverb
month
/
Noun
moon
/
Noun, Verb
moonlight
/x
Noun, Verb
moonshine
/x
Noun, Verb
morn
/
Noun
morrow
/x
Noun, Verb
nap
/
Noun, Verb
newspaper
/xx
Noun, Verb
night
/
Noun, Verb
nighttime
/x
Noun, Adjective
nimble
/x
Adjective, Verb
nimbus
/x
Noun
nipping
/x
Noun
nonfat
//
Adjective
noon
/
Noun, Verb
noonday
/x
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
obligation
xx/x
Noun
obliged
x/
Adjective
obliterate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
occasion
x/x
Noun, Verb
old
/
Adjective, Noun
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
once
/
Adverb, Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
optic
/x
Adjective, Noun
optical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
order
/x
Noun, Verb
overnight
/x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
owing
/x
Adjective
pal
/
Noun, Verb
pale
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pane
/
Noun, Verb
panty
/x
Noun
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
passionless
/xx
Adjective
pastel
x/
Noun
payday
/x
Noun
perch
/
Noun, Verb
perfect
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
petit
/x
Noun, Adjective
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
phare
/
Name
phosphorescent
/x/x
Adjective, Noun
photon
/x
Noun
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
pinkish
/x
Adjective
place
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
polar
/x
Adjective, Noun
portable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
powder
/x
Noun, Verb
powdery
/xx
Adjective
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
primer
/x
Noun, Adjective
prism
/x
Noun
promiscuous
/xx
Adjective
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
pure
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
quail
/
Noun, Verb
quenching
/x
Noun
radiance
/xx
Noun
radiation
xx/x
Noun
rainstorm
/x
Noun
rainy
/x
Adjective
raw
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
ray
/
Noun, Verb
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
reddened
/x
Adjective
reddish
/x
Adjective, Noun
reference
/xx
Noun, Verb
reflect
x/
Verb
refrigerant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
refrigerated
x/xxx
Adjective
refrigerators
x/xxx
Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
relation
x/x
Noun
relationship
x/xx
Noun
releases
x/x
Noun, Verb
remedy
/xx
Noun, Verb
required
x/x
Adjective
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
response
x/
Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
revamped
x/
Verb
reveal
x/
Verb, Noun
revised
x/
Adjective
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rigid
/x
Adjective, Noun
rigorous
/xx
Adjective
rods
/
Noun
role
/
Noun
root
/
Noun, Verb
rosy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
said
/
Adjective, Noun
sandy
/x
Name, Adjective
saturday
/xx
Name, Adverb, Verb
saw
/
Verb, Noun
scant
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
searchlight
/x
Noun, Verb
section
/x
Noun, Verb
semaphore
x/x
Noun, Verb
semi
/x
Noun
sense
/
Noun, Verb
service
/x
Noun, Verb
session
/x
Noun, Verb
shadow
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shaft
/
Noun, Verb
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
shift
/
Noun, Verb
shine
/
Verb, Noun
shiver
/x
Noun, Verb
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sick
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sight
/
Noun, Verb
signal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
silvery
/xx
Adjective
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sitting
/x
Noun, Adjective
situation
xx/x
Noun
sky
/
Noun, Verb
slant
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
slightly
/x
Adverb
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slimy
/x
Adjective, Noun
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
snappy
/x
Adjective
sneeze
/
Verb, Noun
snow
/
Noun, Verb
snowstorm
/x
Noun
sober
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
soft
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
someday
/x
Adverb
sometime
/x
Adverb, Adjective
spark
/
Noun, Verb
sparkle
/x
Noun, Verb
sparse
/
Adjective, Verb
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
spotlight
/x
Noun, Verb
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stale
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
standpoint
/x
Noun
stare
/
Verb, Noun
starlight
/x
Noun
stiff
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
stoplight
/x
Noun
stormy
/x
Adjective, Noun
stove
/
Noun, Verb
streamer
/x
Noun
strip lighting
//x
Phrase, Noun
subtle
/x
Adjective
suite
/
Noun
summer
/x
Noun, Verb
sun
/
Noun, Verb
sunburn
/x
Noun, Verb
sunday
/x
Name, Verb, Adverb
sunlight
/x
Noun, Verb
sunlit
/x
Adjective
sunshine
/x
Noun, Adjective
surface
/x
Noun, Verb
switch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
swooning
/x
Noun
synchrotron
xxx
Noun
tag
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
taken
/x
Adjective
temperate
/x
Adjective, Verb
temperature
/xx
Noun
tenor
/x
Noun, Adjective
tepid
/x
Adjective
tet
/
Noun, Adjective
texas independence day
/xxx/x/
Name, Adjective
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
thursday
/x
Name, Adverb
time
/
Noun, Verb
timely
/x
Adjective, Adverb
tin
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
today
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
tomorrow
x/x
Noun, Adverb
toothache
//
Noun
torch
/
Noun, Verb
torchlight
/x
Noun
traffic light
/x/
Phrase, Noun
traffic signal
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
trailer
/x
Noun, Verb
tremble
/x
Verb, Noun
tripping
/x
Noun, Adjective
trivial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
truth
/
Noun, Verb
tuesday
/x
Name, Adverb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
twice
/
Adverb
twilight
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
unconscious
x/x
Adjective, Noun
undemanding
xx/x
Adjective
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
unenthusiastic
xxxx/x
Adjective
unheated
x/x
Adjective
unimportant
xx/x
Adjective
united nations day
x/x/x/
Name, Adjective
unresponsive
xx/x
Adjective
unstressed
x/
Adjective
update
x/
Noun, Verb
vein
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
viewpoint
/x
Noun
virtue
/x
Noun
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
vista
/x
Noun, Verb
wake
/
Verb, Noun
wakeful
/x
Adjective
walpurgis night
//x/
Name, Name
wanton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
warm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
water
/x
Noun, Verb
waves
/
Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
weather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
wedding day
/x/
Phrase, Noun
wednesday
/x
Name, Adverb
wee
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
weedy
/x
Adjective
week
/
Noun
weekend
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
weeklong
/x
Adjective
weightless
/x
Adjective
wet
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
white
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
winter
/x
Noun, Verb
wintry
/x
Adjective
workaday
/xx
Noun, Adjective
workday
/x
Noun, Adjective
working day
/x/
Phrase, Noun
worship
/x
Noun, Verb
yardstick
/x
Noun
year
/
Noun
yellowish
/xx
Adjective
yesterday
/xx
Noun, Adverb
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
young
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
yourselves
x/