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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| leap year | // | Phrase, Noun |
| intercalation | xxx/x | Noun |
| just a second | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| second | /x | Noun |
| second hand | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| calendar year | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| every second | /xx/x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| standard time | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| minute | /x | Noun |
| meanwhile | /x | Adverb |
| hour | /x | Noun |
| clock | / | Noun |
| minute hand | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| moment | /x | Noun |
| interval | /xx | Noun |
| timekeeping | /xx | Noun |
| epoch | /x | Noun |
| year | / | Noun |
| time | / | Noun |
| period | /xx | Noun |
| time of year | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| anniversary | xx/xx | Noun |
| time lag | // | Phrase, Noun |
| time zone | /x | Phrase, Noun |
| local time | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| time of day | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| lapse | / | Noun |
| timer | /x | Noun |
| time warp | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| just a minute | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| calendar | /xx | Noun |
| meantime | /x | Noun |
| frame | / | Noun |
| rate | / | Noun |
| month | / | Noun |
| borrowed time | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| biennium | x/xx | Noun |
| point | / | Noun |
| cycle | /x | Noun |
| millennium | x/xx | Noun |
| mean time | // | Phrase, Noun |
| short time | // | Phrase, Noun |
| new year | // | Name, Name |
| overtime | /xx | Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| date | / | Noun |
| countdown | /x | Noun |
| subjective time | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tempo | /x | Noun |
| season | /x | Noun |
| distance | /x | Noun |
| long weekend | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| biennial | x/xx | Name |
| space | / | Noun |
| timescale | /x | Noun |
| tide | / | Noun |
| count | / | Noun |
| gap year | // | Phrase, Noun |
| time clock | // | Phrase, Noun |
| calendar month | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| decade | x/ | Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| triennial | x/xx | Noun |
| duration | //x | Noun |
| snooze button | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| rotation | x/x | Noun |
| week | / | Noun |
| creep | / | Noun |
| phase | / | Noun |
| semester | x/x | Noun |
| pause | / | Noun |
| time limit | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| instant | /x | Noun |
| time frame | // | Phrase, Noun |
| climacteric | x//x | Noun |
| interim | /xx | Noun |
| today | x/ | Noun |
| spare time | // | Phrase, Noun |
| chronological age | xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| quarter | /x | Noun |
| speed | / | Noun |
| occasion | x/x | Noun |
| fiscal year | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| motion | /x | Noun |
| abet | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| accordance | x/x | Noun |
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| additional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| afterwards | /xx | Adverb |
| again | x/ | Adverb |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| aide | / | Noun |
| also | /x | Adverb |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| alternative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| andre | /x | Name |
| another | x/x | Name |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| barrier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| besides | x/ | Adverb |
| best | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blade | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bond | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boom | / | Noun, Verb |
| boost | / | Verb, Noun |
| bounce | / | Verb, Noun |
| bound | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakthrough | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bump | / | Noun, Verb |
| burst | / | Verb, Noun |
| caper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cataclysmic | xx/x | Adjective |
| climax | /x | Noun, Verb |
| climb | / | Verb, Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| compartment | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| constructed | x/x | Adjective |
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| culmination | xx/x | Noun |
| dash | / | Noun, Verb |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| deuce | / | Noun |
| different | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| dive | / | Noun, Verb |
| double | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| drought | / | Noun |
| dual | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| earthquake | /x | Noun, Verb |
| easter | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| eighth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| eleventh | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| endorse | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| endorsement | x/x | Noun |
| epochal | /xx | Adjective |
| eventful | x/x | Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exec | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| extra | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| eye | / | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| fifteen | x/ | Noun |
| fifth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fiftieth | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| flash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| flicker | /x | Noun, Verb |
| followed | /x | Verb |
| forward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fourteen | // | Noun |
| fourth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| frog | / | Noun, Verb |
| furlough | /x | Noun, Verb |
| further | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| furthermore | /xx | Adverb |
| giant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| graduate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hand | / | Noun, Verb |
| happier | /xx | Adjective |
| heartbeat | /x | Noun |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hop | / | Noun, Verb |
| hurdle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| increase | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| intermediate | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| irregular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| jiffy | /x | Noun |
| jolt | / | Noun, Verb |
| jumped | / | Verb |
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| later | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| latter | /x | Adjective |
| leaped | / | Verb |
| leapfrog | /x | Noun, Verb |
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| lunge | / | Noun, Verb |
| mate | / | Noun, Verb |
| mentioned | /x | Verb |
| middle | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| millisecond | /xxx | Noun |
| moreover | x/x | Adverb |
| move | / | Verb, Noun |
| mutation | x/x | Noun |
| new | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| new york minute | ///x | Name, Name |
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| nitrogen | /xx | Noun |
| none | / | Noun, Adverb |
| not | / | Adverb, Noun |
| note | / | Noun, Verb |
| one | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| ordinal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| other | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| pale | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| passage | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| per | / | Adjective, Noun |
| pinpoint | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| placed | / | Adjective |
| plunge | / | Verb, Noun |
| postwar | // | Adjective |
| pounce | / | Verb, Noun |
| progress | /x | Noun, Verb |
| psychological moment | xx/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| push | / | Verb, Noun |
| qualitative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| reagan | /x | Name |
| rebound | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| recoil | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ricochet | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| rise | / | Noun, Verb |
| rush | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| salt | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| sec | / | Noun |
| second base | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| secondarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| secondment | /xx | Noun |
| secondo | /xx | Noun |
| serving | /x | Noun |
| seventh | /x | Adjective, Name |
| shift | / | Noun, Verb |
| sixth | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| ski jump | // | Phrase, Noun |
| skip | / | Verb, Noun |
| soars | / | Verb, Noun |
| soli | /x | Noun |
| sophomore | /x | Noun, Adjective |
