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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unforgettable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hie | / | Adjective, Verb |
| hasten | /x | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| race | / | Noun, Noun, Verb |
| speed | / | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| rush | / | Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| nagging | /x | Noun |
| unresolved | xx/ | Adjective |
| festering | /xx | Adjective |
| gnawing | /x | Noun |
| niggling | /xx | Adjective |
| persisting | x/x | Verb |
| creeping | /x | Verb |
| smoldering | /xx | Noun |
| looming | /x | Verb |
| swirling | /x | Verb |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| residual | x/xx | Noun |
| haunting | /x | Noun |
| fading | /x | Noun |
| lurking | /x | Verb |
| clouding | /x | Noun |
| whiff | / | Noun |
| tantalizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| aching | /x | Verb |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| bitterness | /xx | Noun |
| languishing | /xx | Adjective |
| evoking | x/x | Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| battling | /xx | Verb |
| vestiges | /xx | Noun |
| uneasiness | x/xx | Noun |
| hint | / | Noun |
| unease | x/ | Noun |
| leaving | /x | Verb |
| plaguing | /x | Verb |
| inkling | /x | Noun |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| ambivalence | x/xx | Noun |
| banishing | /xx | Verb |
| dangling | /xx | Verb |
| wavering | /xx | Noun |
| remnants | /x | Noun |
| simmering | /xx | Verb |
| heightening | /xx | Noun |
| flickering | /xx | Noun |
| overshadowing | /x/xx | Verb |
| ineradicable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| pesky | /x | Adjective |
| dispelling | x/x | Verb |
| recurring | x/x | Adjective |
| crowding | /x | Noun |
| alleviating | x/xxx | Verb |
| glimmering | /xx | Noun |
| longing | /x | Noun |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| diminishing | x/xx | Verb |
| enduring | x/x | Adjective |
| wafting | /x | Verb |
| unpleasantness | x/xx | Noun |
| nibbling | /xx | Verb |
| worries | /x | Noun |
| echoing | /xx | Verb |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| rumbling | /xx | Noun |
| unspoken | x/x | Adjective |
| prickling | /x | Noun |
| seeming | /x | Verb |
| hanging | /x | Verb |
| dissipating | /xxx | Verb |
| ruminating | /xxx | Verb |
| accentuating | x/xxx | Verb |
| intensifying | x/xxx | Verb |
| deepening | /xx | Verb |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| flitting | /x | Verb |
| pangs | / | Noun |
| sparking | /x | Noun |
| clinging | /x | Verb |
| savoring | /xx | Verb |
| feeling | /x | Noun |
| harboring | /xx | Verb |
| specter | /x | Noun |
| sneaking | /x | Verb |
| succumbing | x/x | Verb |
| grumbling | /xx | Noun |
| ruminations | xx/x | Noun |
| misgiving | x/x | Noun |
| ravaging | /xx | Noun |
| vanishing | /xx | Noun |
| wistfulness | /xx | Noun |
| teasing | /x | Noun |
| pondering | /xx | Verb |
| searing | /x | Noun |
| ignoring | x/x | Verb |
| weariness | /xx | Noun |
| withering | /xx | Noun |
| avoiding | x/x | Verb |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| indecision | xx/x | Noun |
| yearning | /x | Noun |
| glowering | /xx | Verb |
| haze | / | Noun |
| reverberating | x/xxx | Verb |
| amid | x/ | Noun |
| smoky | /x | Name |
| burning | /x | Noun |
| wariness | /xx | Noun |
| pervading | x/x | Adjective |
| pending | /x | Verb |
| riddled | /x | Verb |
| traces | /x | Noun |
| whispering | /xx | Verb |
| counteracting | xx/x | Verb |
| twinge | / | Noun |
| lasting | /x | Adjective |
| drifting | /x | Verb |
| glaring | /x | Adjective |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| clearing | /x | Noun |
| fleeting | /x | Adjective |
| pining | /x | Noun |
| leggy | /x | Adjective |
| lime | / | Noun |
| enclosing | x/x | Verb |
| looking | /x | Verb |
| reminiscent | xx/x | Noun |
| resembling | x/xx | Verb |
| living | /x | Noun |
| tentacle | /xx | Noun |
| legged | /x | Adjective |
| receding | x/x | Noun |
| fragile | /x | Adjective |
| glistening | /xx | Verb |
| gleaming | /x | Verb |
| dense | / | Adjective |
| moisture | /x | Noun |
| bare | / | Adjective |
| smother | /x | Verb |
| luster | /x | Noun |
| desiring | x/xx | Verb |
| shimmering | /xx | Verb |
| aftertaste | /xx | Noun |
| afterglow | /xx | Noun |
| resentments | x/x | Noun |
| aftereffects | /xxx | Noun |
| doubts | / | Noun |
| kiss | / | Noun |
| preferred | x/ | Verb |
| caress | x/ | Noun |
| sunbeams | /x | Noun |
| animosities | xx/xx | Noun |
| abiding | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| agonising | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| bittersweet | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| constant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| continuing | x/xx | Noun |
| faint | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| lengthened | /x | Adjective |
| lengthy | /x | Adjective |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| outstanding | x/x | Adjective |
| overpowering | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| remaining | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| sticky | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| tormenting | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| unsolved | x/ | Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
