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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| parsimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| short and sweet | //x | Phrase, Adjective |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| cleanly | /x | Adjective |
| focused | /x | Verb |
| dead set | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| downright | /x | Adjective |
| bound up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| direct | x/ | Adjective |
| plump | / | Adjective |
| dogged | / | Adjective |
| straight | / | Adjective |
| straightforward | //x | Adjective |
| concentrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| intent | x/ | Noun |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective |
| orderly | /xx | Adjective |
| calculating | /xxx | Verb |
| dry as a bone | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| masterly | /xx | Adjective |
| methodical | x/xx | Adjective |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| sincere | x/ | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| plain | / | Noun |
| in earnest | x/x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| prudent | /x | Adjective |
| brisk | / | Adjective |
| headlong | /x | Noun |
| sober as a judge | /x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| thorough | /x | Adjective |
| clinical | /xx | Adjective |
| masterful | /xx | Adjective |
| mechanical | x/xx | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Verb |
| clean | / | Adjective |
| frank | / | Name |
| systematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| proper | /x | Adjective |
| solicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| monosyllabic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| fine | / | Adjective |
| condensed | x/ | Adjective |
| black and white | /// | Name, Name, Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| rectilinear | /x/xx | Adjective |
| sorted | /x | Adjective |
| ordered | /x | Verb |
| right as rain | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| flat out | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| very | /x | Adverb |
| strained | / | Adjective |
| inched | / | Verb |
| ramrod straight | /xx | Phrase, Adjective |
| gingerly | /xx | Adverb |
| hurried | /x | Verb |
| trenching | /x | Noun |
| imperative | x/xx | Noun |
| clenched | / | Adjective |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| flat | / | Adjective |
| coordinated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| expedient | x/xx | Noun |
| mechanistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| close | / | Adjective |
| linear | /xx | Noun |
| surreptitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| soldierly | /xx | Adjective |
| headfirst | // | Noun |
| rushed | / | Verb |
| biased | /x | Verb |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| deadpan | /x | Adjective |
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| advert | xx | Noun, Verb |
| agile | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| aim | / | Noun, Verb |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| allowable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| altitude | /xx | Noun |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| angle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| anorexic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| appoint | x/ | Verb |
| appreciable | x/xx | Adjective |
| are | / | Noun |
| argue | /x | Verb, Noun |
| assume | x/ | Verb |
| average | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| bacon | /x | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| base | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| beefy | /x | Adjective |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| bend | / | Noun, Verb |
| bet | / | Verb, Noun |
| betimes | x/ | Adverb |
| bobby | /x | Name |
| boned | / | Adjective |
| bony | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bring | / | Verb |
| bring up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bullock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bully | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bun | / | Noun, Verb |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| camel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| cheek | / | Noun, Verb |
| cherries | /x | Noun |
| chubby | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cite | / | Verb, Noun |
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| cocoa | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| compact | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| conclude | x/ | Verb |
| connote | x/ | Verb |
| constitute | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| cook | / | Noun, Verb |
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cow | / | Noun, Verb |
| cowardly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| crisp | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| cucumbers | /xx | Noun |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| dangerously | /xxx | Adverb |
| deduct | x/ | Verb |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| denote | x/ | Verb |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| designate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dimensionless | x/xx | Adjective |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| dis | / | Noun, Verb |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| discover | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| disposed | x/ | Adjective |
| dot | / | Noun, Verb |
| downward | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| drive | / | Noun, Verb |
| east | / | Name, Adjective, Adverb |
| easter | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| efficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| emaciated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| entail | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| equate | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| expectation | xx/x | Noun |
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| extrapolated | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective |
| fact | / | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| fat | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fed | / | Name |
| feeble | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| feel | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| few | / | Noun |
| flabby | /x | Adjective |
| fold | / | Noun, Verb |
| frequency | /xx | Noun |
| fudge | / | Noun, Verb |
| gangly | /x | Adjective |
| gaunt | / | Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| give | / | Verb, Noun |
| graceful | /x | Adjective |
| gravitate | /xx | Verb |
| greenwich | /x | Name |
| grumpy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| guess | / | Verb, Noun |
| haggard | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| half | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| have | / | Verb, Noun |
| have in mind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hear | / | Verb |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| implicate | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| implies | x/ | Verb |
| import | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| impose | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inclination | xx/x | Noun |
| incline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| include | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| indicate | /xx | Verb |
| infer | x/ | Verb |
| insubstantial | xx/x | Adjective |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| intend | x/ | Verb |
| intermediate | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| involve | x/ | Verb |
| joke | / | Noun, Verb |
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective |
| know | / | Verb, Noun |
| lank | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| lanky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| lay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| lead | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| leaned | / | Verb |
| learning | /x | Noun |
| lien | / | Noun, Verb |
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| limited | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lin | / | Name, Verb |
| list | / | Noun, Verb |
| lite | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| lithe | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| local | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| machine | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| mad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| maimed | / | Adjective, Noun |
| make | / | Verb, Noun |
| malice | /x | Noun, Verb |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| mark | / | Noun, Verb |
| maximal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| maximum | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| meager | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| meagre | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| meaner | /x | Noun |
| measly | /x | Adjective |
| measured | /x | Adjective |
| meat | / | Noun |
| media | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| median | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mention | /x | Verb, Noun |
| mere | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| mid | / | Noun, Adjective |
| middle | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| midpoint | /x | Noun |
| mild | / | Adjective, Noun |
