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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| busy bee | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| eager beaver | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| wire | /x | Noun | 
| cable | /x | Noun | 
| relay | /x | Noun | 
| splice | / | Noun | 
| grid | / | Noun | 
| line | / | Noun | 
| contact | /x | Noun | 
| monopole | /xx | Noun | 
| circuitry | /xx | Noun | 
| traveller | /xx | Noun | 
| landline | /x | Noun | 
| electric light | x/x/ | Name, Name | 
| junction box | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| feeder | /x | Noun | 
| electrical engineering | x/xx/x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| receptacle | x/xx | Noun | 
| parallel | /xx | Noun | 
| home run | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| utility pole | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| electronics | xx/x | Noun | 
| duct | / | Noun | 
| terminal | /xx | Noun | 
| trace | / | Noun | 
| extension cord | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| interconnect | xxx/ | Noun | 
| wireless | /x | Noun | 
| jack | / | Name | 
| gang | / | Noun | 
| aerial | /xx | Noun | 
| tapping | /x | Noun | 
| commutation | xx/x | Noun | 
| coupling | /x | Noun | 
| contactor | /xx | Noun | 
| vibrator | /xx | Noun | 
| substation | /xx | Noun | 
| channel | /x | Noun | 
| daisy chain | /x/ | Name, Name, Verb | 
| signal | /x | Noun | 
| switchboard | /x | Noun | 
| mojo | /x | Noun | 
| adder | /x | Noun | 
| messenger | /xx | Noun | 
| train | / | Noun | 
| trunking | /x | Noun | 
| antenna | x/x | Noun | 
| amplifier | /xxx | Noun | 
| tran | / | Name | 
| board | / | Noun | 
| choke | / | Verb | 
| telegraph | /xx | Noun | 
| birdie | /x | Noun | 
| wireless telegraphy | /x/xxx | Phrase, Noun | 
| land line | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| trigger | /x | Noun | 
| input | /x | Noun | 
| line of communication | //xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| cascade | x/ | Noun | 
| whistler | /x | Name | 
| patch | / | Noun | 
| radio | /xx | Noun | 
| doorbell | /x | Noun | 
| abide | x/ | Verb | 
| accept | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| accommodate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| accommodation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| actual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| adaptable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| adjourn | x/ | Verb | 
| air | / | Noun, Verb | 
| alive | x/ | Adjective | 
| are | / | Noun | 
| asset | /x | Noun | 
| bach | / | Name, Verb | 
| bachelor | /xx | Noun | 
| baling wire | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| barbed | / | Adjective | 
| barbed wire | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| believe | x/ | Verb | 
| belong | x/ | Verb | 
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bivouac | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bobbin | /x | Noun | 
| bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| born | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| bouncy | /x | Adjective | 
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| braces | /x | Noun | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| breathe | / | Verb | 
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| buccaneer | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| bug | / | Noun, Verb | 
| buy | / | Verb, Noun | 
| call | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cam | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| can | / | Verb, Noun | 
| capacitive | x/xx | Adjective | 
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| casing | /x | Noun | 
| charged | / | Adjective | 
| chord | / | Noun, Verb | 
| circuit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| coaxial | //xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| cocaine | x/ | Noun | 
| coexistence | xx/x | Noun | 
| cohabit | x/x | Verb | 
| coil | / | Noun, Verb | 
| comply | x/ | Verb | 
| comprise | x/ | Verb | 
| concert | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| contemporaneously | xxx/xxx | Adverb | 
| contributes | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| cope | / | Verb, Noun | 
| copper | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cord | / | Noun, Verb | 
| corps | / | Noun | 
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| death | / | Noun | 
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| depend | x/ | Verb | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| differs | /x | Verb | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| directly | x/x | Adverb | 
| disconnect | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| diseased | x/ | Adjective | 
| dispel | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| district | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| domicile | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| dowel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| drift | / | Noun, Verb | 
| duplex | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| dwell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective | 
| eke out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| elastic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| electric | x/x | Adjective, Name | 
| electrical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| endure | x/ | Verb | 
| enjoy | x/ | Verb | 
| enliven | x/x | Verb | 
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| exist | x/ | Verb | 
| experience | x/xx | Noun, Verb | 
| face | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fatter | /x | Verb | 
| fed | / | Name | 
| fence | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fiber | /x | Noun | 
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb | 
| fil | / | Noun | 
| filament | /xx | Noun | 
| fire | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| fish | / | Noun, Verb | 
| flexible | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| floor | / | Noun, Verb | 
| flop | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| floss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| freedom | /x | Noun | 
| fresh | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| give | / | Verb, Noun | 
| glowing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| grown | / | Adjective | 
| hail | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| handle | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| hanger | /x | Noun | 
| happy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| harness | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| have | / | Verb, Noun | 
| haywire | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| healthiest | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| heated | /x | Adjective | 
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| hilo | /x | Name | 
| hold out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| hold up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| hoop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| impedance | x/x | Noun | 
| in person | x/x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| in play | x/ | Phrase | 
| increasingly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| inductance | x/x | Noun | 
| info | /x | Noun | 
| inhabit | x/x | Verb | 
| inoculated | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective | 
| install | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| intense | x/ | Adjective | 
| invigorate | x/xx | Verb | 
| jab | / | Noun, Verb | 
| jewelry | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| keep | / | Verb, Noun | 
| kid | / | Noun, Verb | 
| knife | / | Noun, Verb | 
| know | / | Verb, Noun | 
| languishing | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| lead | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| leben | /x | Adjective | 
| leggy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| lie | / | Verb, Noun | 
| life | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lifestyle | /x | Noun | 
| lifetime | /x | Noun | 
| lift | / | Verb, Noun | 
| live by | // | Phrase | 
| live down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| live off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| live on | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| live out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| lived | / | Adjective | 
