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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| lay out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| laid out | // | Phrase |
| throw down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| explicitness | x/xx | Noun |
| straight up | // | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| commitment | x/x | Noun |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| put forward | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| laid down | // | Phrase |
| put forth | // | Phrase, Verb |
| proposition | xx/x | Noun |
| lay over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| lay down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| directness | x/x | Noun |
| challenge | /x | Noun |
| follow through | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bluntness | /x | Noun |
| bottom line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| come clean | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hard sell | // | Phrase, Noun |
| hardcore | // | Noun |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| flat out | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| come forward | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| take chances | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| lay on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| set forth | // | Phrase, Verb |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| assertive | x/x | Adjective |
| step forward | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| unapologetic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| lie detector | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| carry through | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| tempt fate | // | Phrase, Verb |
| breaking point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| straighten out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| line up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| on record | /x/ | Phrase |
| straightforwardly | x/xx | Adverb |
| explicating | xxxx | Verb |
| accountability | x/xxxx | Noun |
| lay up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| battle line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun |
| straighten | /x | Verb |
| dividing line | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| authenticity | xx/xx | Noun |
| sacrifice | /xx | Noun |
| stick out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| responsibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| intentionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| horizontally | xx/xx | Adverb |
| put together | /x/x | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| revealing | x/x | Verb |
| determination | xxx/x | Noun |
| belt line | // | Phrase |
| courageously | x/xx | Adverb |
| demonstrate | /xx | Verb |
| integrity | x/xx | Noun |
| ultimatum | xx/x | Noun |
| play out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| ac | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| accord | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| accordance | x/x | Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| activity | x/xx | Noun |
| adaptation | xx/x | Noun |
| adapting | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| add | / | Verb, Noun |
| adept | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| adequacy | /xxx | Noun |
| adherence | x/x | Noun |
| adjust | x/ | Verb |
| adjustment | x/x | Noun |
| adopt | x/ | Verb |
| agreement | x/x | Noun |
| agribusiness | /xxx | Noun |
| ai | / | Name |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| airline | /x | Noun |
| airliner | /xx | Noun |
| airway | /x | Noun |
| align | x/ | Verb |
| alignment | x/x | Noun |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| amateur | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ana | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| anecdotal | xx/x | Adjective |
| angling | /x | Noun |
| anthems | /x | Noun, Verb |
| any | /x | Adverb |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| appropriateness | x/xxx | Noun |
| appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| argumentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| arrange | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| arrangement | x/x | Noun |
| array | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| assembly line | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| assistive | x/x | Adjective |
| at | / | Noun, Adjective |
| attach | x/ | Verb |
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| automated | /xxx | Adjective |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| axial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| axis | /x | Noun |
| babbitt | /x | Name, Verb |
| balance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ballad | /x | Noun, Verb |
| band | / | Noun, Verb |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| barrier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| bed | / | Noun, Verb |
| belonged | x/ | Verb |
| bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| biz | / | Noun |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bloodline | /x | Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bond | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| borderline | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bore | / | Verb, Noun |
| bottle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bound | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| boundaries | /xx | Noun |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| branch line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| breed | / | Noun, Verb |
| bring | / | Verb |
| brink | / | Noun |
| bucket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| build | / | Verb, Noun |
| bury | /x | Verb, Noun |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| cable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| canal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| carriageway | /xx | Noun |
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| category | /xxx | Noun |
| catering | /xx | Noun |
| ceiling | /x | Noun |
| centerline | /xx | Noun |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| chalk | / | Noun, Verb |
| channel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| checking | /x | Noun |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chorus line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circuit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circumscribe | xx/ | Verb |
| clap | / | Noun, Verb |
| clothes | / | Noun |
| coax | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cock | / | Noun, Verb |
| coffin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| coherence | x/x | Noun |
| coherent | x/x | Adjective |
| collection | x/x | Noun |
| column | /x | Noun |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| compatible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| competent | /xx | Adjective |
| compliance | x/x | Noun |
| compliant | x/x | Adjective |
| computerised | x/xx | Adjective |
| computerized | x/xx | Adjective |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| concerned | x/ | Adjective |
| 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 |
| consisted | x/x | Verb |
| consistency | x/xx | Noun |
| consistent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| consonance | /xx | Noun |
| constitute | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| construct | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| consumer credit | x/x/x | Phrase, 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 |
| cpu | /x | Name |
| craft | / | Noun, Verb |
| cram | / | Verb, Noun |
| crease | / | Noun, Verb |
| create | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| credit line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crest | / | Noun, Verb |
