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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| death sentence | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun |
| death penalty | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| felony | /xx | Noun |
| detention | x/x | Noun |
| guilty | /x | Adjective |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| capital punishment | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| arraignment | x/x | Noun |
| not guilty | //x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| attainder | x/x | Noun |
| stay | / | Verb |
| criminal procedure | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| indictment | x/x | Noun |
| jury trial | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| arrest | x/ | Noun |
| death warrant | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| death | / | Noun |
| misdemeanor | xx/x | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun |
| defendant | x/x | Noun |
| hard labor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| accusation | xx/x | Noun |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| defense | x/ | Noun |
| needle | /x | Noun |
| false imprisonment | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| crime | / | Noun |
| no contest | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| bill of attainder | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| acquittal | x/x | Noun |
| parole | x/ | Noun |
| battery | /xx | Noun |
| double jeopardy | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| entrapment | x/x | Noun |
| panel | /x | Noun |
| respite | /x | Noun |
| mistrial | x/x | Noun |
| charge | / | Noun |
| trial by jury | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| war crime | // | Phrase, Noun |
| summons | /x | Noun |
| caution | /x | Noun |
| corpus delicti | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| lying in wait | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| impeachment | x/x | Noun |
| police court | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| litigation | xx/x | Noun |
| alibi | /xx | Noun |
| deadline | /x | Noun |
| court appearance | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| peine forte et dure | /xxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| hung jury | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| lynch law | // | Name, Name |
| bench warrant | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| miscarriage of justice | x/x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| lesser included offense | /x//xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| plea bargaining | //xx | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| committal | x/x | Noun |
| intent | x/ | Noun |
| paperwork | /xx | Noun |
| complaint | x/ | Noun |
| crime against humanity | /x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| extradition | xx/x | Noun |
| forced labor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| justice | /x | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| ticket | /x | Noun |
| cold case | // | Phrase, Noun |
| kidnapping | /xx | Noun |
| replication | xx/x | Noun |
| trial by ordeal | /x/// | Phrase, Noun |
| pretrial | x/x | Adjective |
| count | / | Noun |
| lawsuit | /x | Noun |
| assault | x/ | Noun |
| manslaughter | /xx | Noun |
| picket | /x | Noun |
| motive | /x | Noun |
| traffic ticket | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| crucifixion | xx/x | Noun |
| day in court | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| colloquy | /xx | Noun |
| true bill | // | Phrase, Noun |
| wound | / | Noun |
| corporal punishment | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| fraud | / | Noun |
| plea | / | Noun |
| demonstration | xx/x | Noun |
| perpetration | /x/x | Noun |
| involuntary manslaughter | x/xxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| malice | /x | Noun |
| libel | /x | Noun |
| restraining order | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| quartering | /xx | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| crime of passion | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| hostage | /x | Noun |
| coercion | x/x | Noun |
| test case | // | Phrase, Noun |
| endangerment | x/xx | Noun |
| seduction | x/x | Noun |
| force | / | Noun |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| drop | / | Noun |
| trespass | /x | Noun |
| prisoner of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| contempt of court | x/// | Phrase, Noun |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| fatality | x/xx | Noun |
| stalking | /x | Noun |
| perjury | /xx | Noun |
| assault and battery | x///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| robbery | /xx | Noun |
| diversion | x/x | Noun |
| diet | /x | Noun |
| activities | x/xx | Noun |
| adjudication | xxx/x | Noun |
| adulthood | x/x | Noun |
| affairs | x/ | Noun |
| affords | x/ | Verb |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| age | / | Noun, Verb |
| alacrity | x/xx | Noun |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| anima | /xx | Noun |
| animation | xx/x | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| assent | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| autobiography | xxx/xx | Noun |
| autonomy | x/xx | Noun |
| award | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| barely | /x | Adverb |
| being | /x | Noun |
| biography | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| biologic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| biological | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| biology | x/xx | Noun |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bother | /x | Verb, Noun |
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| briefer | /x | Noun |
| brow | / | Noun, Verb |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| buoyancy | /xx | Noun |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| caption | /x | Noun, Verb |
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| catchphrase | // | Noun |
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| clause | / | Noun, Verb |
| coexistence | xx/x | Noun |
| comb | / | Noun, Verb |
| comma | /x | Noun, Verb |
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| comparable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| compose | x/ | Verb |
| comprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| condemn | x/ | Verb |
| condemnation | xx/x | Noun |
| consciousness | /xx | Noun |
| constituent | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| contrived | x/ | Adjective |
| convict | /x | Verb, Noun |
| conviction | x/x | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cycle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daily | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb |
| day | / | Noun, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| delicacy | /xxx | Noun |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deplores | x/ | Verb |
| derives | x/ | Verb |
| dictum | /x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dom | / | Noun, Verb |
| durability | xx/xx | Noun |
| duration | //x | Noun |
| effort | /x | Noun, Verb |
| elan | /x | Noun |
| endurance | /xx | Noun |
| energy | /xx | Noun |
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| enthusiasm | x/xxx | Noun |
| esprit | x/ | Noun |
| eternity | x/xx | Noun |
| excerpt | /x | Noun, Verb |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| existence | x/x | Noun |
| expectancy | x/xx | Noun |
| experience | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| exuberance | x/xx | Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| fate | / | Noun, Verb |
| fauna | /x | Noun |
| ferry | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fife | / | Noun, Verb |
| fine | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| finite | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| flora | /x | Noun |
| foregoing | x/x | Adjective |
| forever | x/x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| fragment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| garbled | /x | Adjective |
| gibberish | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| ginger | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| governance | /xx | Noun |
| governing | /xx | Noun |
| government | /xx | Noun |
| grief | / | Noun, Verb |
| hagiography | xx/xx | Noun |
| hanged | / | Adjective |
| happy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| hard time | // | Phrase, Noun |
| hardly | /x | Adverb |
| health | / | Noun |
| heartache | /x | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hereafter | x/x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| hie | / | Verb |
| history | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| hurry | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hydrogen | /xx | Noun |
| hygiene | /x | Noun |
| imposition | xx/x | Noun |
| imprisonment | x/xx | Noun |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| insurance | x/x | Noun |
| inter | x/ | Name, Verb |
| interests | /x | Noun |
| interrogation | xxx/x | Noun |
| interrogative | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| introductory | xx/xx | Adjective |
| italicized | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| jail | / | Noun, Verb |
| judge | / | Noun, Verb |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| kay | / | Name |
| kill | / | Verb, Noun |
| knell | / | Noun, Verb |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| language | /x | Noun, Verb |
| learning | /x | Noun |
| leben | /x | Noun |
| lemma | /x | Noun |
| length | / | Noun, Verb |
| lesson | /x | Noun, Verb |
| life history | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| life story | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| lifeblood | /x | Noun |
| lifeline | /x | Noun |
| lifelong | // | Adjective |
| lifespan | /x | Noun |
| lifestyle | /x | Noun |
| lifetime | /x | Noun |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lite | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
