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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| uncontrollable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unmanageable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| refractory | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tractable | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unsolvable | x/xx | Adjective |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective |
| irresolvable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| chronic | /x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| obdurate | /xx | Adjective |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| insurmountable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unresolved | xx/ | Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| insoluble | x/xx | Adjective |
| solvable | /xx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| resolvable | x/xx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ungovernable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| recurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| symptomatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| entrenched | x/ | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncooperative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| recalcitrance | x/xx | Noun |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| heterogeneous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| complex | /x | Noun |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| dysfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| unsolved | x/ | Adjective |
| infeasible | x/xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| irrational | x/xx | Adjective |
| unworkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| amorphous | x/x | Adjective |
| irreconcilable | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| irremediable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| incurable | x/xx | Adjective |
| obstinate | /xx | Adjective |
| unanswerable | xxxxx | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| beset | x/ | Verb |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| virulent | /xx | Adjective |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| polymorphous | xx/x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| heterogenous | xxxxx | Adjective |
| sclerotic | x/x | Noun |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| uncontrolled | xx/ | Adjective |
| irrepressible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unapproachable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| incorrigible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inaccessible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inextricable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| out of hand | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| hiccups | /x | Noun |
| tle | x | Noun |
| epilepsy | /xxx | Noun |
| pruritus | /xx | Noun |
| ascites | xx | Noun |
| peptic | /x | Noun |
| sciatica | x/xx | Noun |
| epistaxis | xx/x | Noun |
| menorrhagia | /x/xx | Noun |
| narcolepsy | /xxx | Noun |
| ocd | x | Name |
| diplopia | x/xx | Noun |
| spasticity | x/xx | Noun |
| parkinson | /xx | Name |
| vomiting | /xx | Noun |
| pectoris | /xx | Noun |
| keratosis | /x/x | Noun |
| sneezing | /x | Noun |
| constipation | xx/x | Noun |
| seizures | /x | Noun |
| diarrhea | xx/x | Noun |
| diarrhoea | xx/x | Noun |
| plantar | /x | Noun |
| nausea | /xx | Noun |
| tinnitus | /xx | Noun |
| migraine | /x | Noun |
| ani | /x | Noun |
| nervosa | x/x | Noun |
| insomnia | x/xx | Noun |
| vertigo | /xx | Noun |
| bronchospasm | /x/x | Noun |
| pain | / | Noun |
| asthma | /x | Noun |
| epilepticus | xx/xx | Noun |
| backache | /x | Noun |
| itching | /x | Noun |
| angina | x/x | Noun |
| cystitis | /xx | Noun |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| defiant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ingrained | x/ | Adjective |
| insuperable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intricate | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| irreducible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| manageable | /xxx | Adjective |
| onset | /x | Noun, Verb |
| psychogenic | xx/x | Adjective |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| resistant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| spiny | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| sticky | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| treatable | /xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unaccountable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unbeatable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unconquerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| undiagnosed | x/xx | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| unsurpassed | xx/ | Adjective |
| vigilant | /xx | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
