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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| brainstorming | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| train of thought | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| mind | / | Noun |
| thought | / | Noun |
| rationalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| genius | /x | Noun |
| heuristic | x/x | Noun |
| speculation | xx/x | Noun |
| stretch | / | Noun |
| intuition | xx/x | Noun |
| pensée | / | Noun |
| thinking cap | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| ideation | xx/x | Noun |
| meditation | xx/x | Noun |
| koan | /x | Noun |
| envisioning | x/xx | Verb |
| paradigm shift | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| reading | /x | Noun |
| daydream | /x | Noun |
| insight | /x | Noun |
| abstract | x/ | Name |
| metacognition | xxx/x | Noun |
| imagining | x/xx | Verb |
| musing | /x | Noun |
| sophistication | xxx/x | Noun |
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun |
| alternate history | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| wonderment | /xx | Noun |
| extrasensory perception | xx/xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| noetic | x/x | Adjective |
| fancy | /x | Noun |
| illuminate | x/xx | Verb |
| imaging | /xx | Noun |
| stream of consciousness | ///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| transcendentalism | xx/xxx | Noun |
| wishful thinking | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| mind reading | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| enigma | x/x | Noun |
| suspicion | x/x | Noun |
| sixth sense | // | Name, Name |
| unreality | xx/xx | Noun |
| denial | x/x | Noun |
| theory | /x | Noun |
| intuitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| imaginary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| view | / | Noun |
| second sight | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| incubation | xx/x | Noun |
| wondering | /xx | Verb |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| extrapolation | xxx/x | Noun |
| irradiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| abstraction | x/x | Noun |
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| aloud | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| amyotrophic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| anterior | x/xx | Adjective |
| anterolateral | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| apical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| apologetics | xxx/x | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| argumentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| artistic | x/x | Adjective, Adverb |
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| awareness | x/x | Noun |
| basal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| belief | x/ | Noun |
| believing | x/x | Noun |
| brain | / | Noun, Verb |
| buccal | /x | Adjective |
| cap | / | Noun, Verb |
| cephalad | /x/ | Adverb |
| cognitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| concavity | x/xx | Noun |
| concentrate | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| conception | x/x | Noun |
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conscience | /x | Noun |
| consciousness | /xx | Noun |
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun |
| considering | x/xx | Noun, Adverb |
| construction | x/x | Noun |
| contemplating | /xxx | Verb |
| contemplation | xx/x | Noun |
| contextualized | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective |
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crosscutting | /xx | Noun |
| culinary | /xxx | Adjective |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| curriculum | x/xx | Noun |
| cusps | / | Noun |
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deliberation | xxx/x | Noun |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dis | / | Noun, Verb |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| distal | /x | Adjective |
| doctrine | /x | Noun |
| dorsal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dreaming | /x | Noun |
| edge | / | Noun, Verb |
| ego | /x | Noun |
| envisage | x/x | Verb |
| envy | /x | Noun, Verb |
| exegetical | /x/xx | Adjective |
| explanation | xx/x | Noun |
| fascicles | /xx | Noun |
| feeling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| figuring | /xx | Noun |
| focus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| free association | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| frontal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| guess | / | Verb, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| horizontal | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| humeral | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ideal | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| ideologies | xx/xx | Noun |
| imitative | /xxx | Adjective |
| impression | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| improvisational | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| incisors | x/x | Noun |
| indication | xx/x | Noun |
| inlets | /x | Noun |
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| intelligent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| intention | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| interpretative | xxx/x | Adjective |
| intersectional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| labial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| learning | /x | Noun |
| legislators | /xxx | Noun |
| libertarianism | xx/xxxx | Noun |
| lingual | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| lobe | / | Noun |
| logic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| logical | /xx | Adjective |
| longitudinal | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| looking | /x | Verb, Noun |
| marxism | /xx | Name |
| maxillary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| medial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mental | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| mentality | x/xx | Noun |
| mentation | x/x | Noun |
| mesial | xxx | Adjective |
| methodical | x/xx | Adjective |
| mindset | /x | Noun |
| mysticism | /xxx | Noun |
| opinion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| oscillation | xx/x | Noun |
| outboard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| outer | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| outlook | /x | Noun, Verb |
| paradigm | /xx | Noun |
| perception | x/x | Noun |
| peripheral | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| perspective | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| persuasions | x/x | Noun |
| philosophizing | x/xxx | Noun |
| philosophy | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| planning | /x | Noun |
| pondering | /xx | Noun |
| position | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| posterior | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| posterolateral | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| preparation | xx/x | Noun |
| process | /x | Noun, Verb |
| provision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| psyche | /x | Noun, Verb |
| psychomotor | xx/x | Adjective |
| quiet | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| radial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ramus | /x | Noun |
| rational | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rationale | xx/ | Noun |
| reasoning | /xx | Noun |
| referring | x/x | Noun |
| reflecting | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| reflection | x/x | Noun |
| reflexion | x/x | Noun |
| reminiscent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rethinking | x/x | Noun |
| retreat | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rostral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rote | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| saying | /x | Noun |
| scapular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| scholarship | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| school | / | Noun, Verb |
| science | /x | Noun, Verb |
| seen | / | Verb, Noun |
| segment | /x | Noun, Verb |
