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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| fossil | /x | Noun, Noun |
| dinosaur | /xx | Noun |
| descendant | x/x | Noun |
| hobbit | /x | Noun |
| creature | /x | Noun |
| hominin | /xx | Noun |
| throwback | /x | Noun |
| thing | / | Noun |
| counterpart | /xx | Noun |
| nondescript | /x/ | Adjective |
| progenitor | x/xx | Noun |
| clade | / | Noun |
| ally | /x | Noun |
| human being | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| ammonite | /xx | Noun |
| ovation | x/x | Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun |
| morph | / | Noun |
| dino | /x | Name |
| larva | /x | Noun |
| mammoth | /x | Noun |
| abode | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| acclimated | /xxx | Adjective |
| accommodation | xxx/x | Noun |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| amenities | x/xx | Noun |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| animation | xx/x | Noun |
| anthology | x/xx | Noun |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| archeology | xx/xx | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| artefact | /xx | Noun |
| artifact | /xx | Noun |
| artworks | /x | Noun |
| asexual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| belonging | x/x | Noun |
| benthic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bible | /x | Name |
| biologic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| biological | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| biology | x/xx | Noun |
| births | / | Noun |
| bodied | /x | Adjective |
| bone | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bread | / | Noun, Verb |
| bread and butter | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| breathe | / | Verb |
| brood | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cam | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| capita | /xx | Noun |
| coexistence | xx/x | Noun |
| cohabitation | xxx/x | Noun |
| collection | x/x | Noun |
| comfort | /x | Noun, Verb |
| conveniences | x/xx | Noun |
| cooking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| corruptible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| creature comforts | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| daily | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| dig | / | Verb, Noun |
| district | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| dodo | /x | Noun |
| dorm | / | Noun, Verb |
| dwelling | /x | Noun |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ending | /x | Noun |
| endurance | /xx | Noun |
| everyday | /x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| evolutionary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| evolving | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| example | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| exemplars | x/x | Noun |
| exist | x/ | Verb |
| existence | x/x | Noun |
| experience | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| extant | /x | Adjective |
| extensively | x/xx | Adverb |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| facing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fissile | /x | Adjective |
| flora | /x | Noun |
| folks | / | Noun |
| food | / | Noun |
| fossilized | /xx | Adjective |
| fuel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fulfilment | x/x | Noun |
| genus | /x | Noun |
| growing | /x | Noun |
| habitability | /xx/xx | Noun |
| habitant | /xx | Noun |
| habitat | /xx | Noun |
| habitation | xx/x | Noun |
| hail | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| happy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| hie | / | Verb |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| hominid | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| household | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| householder | /xx | Noun |
| housekeeping | /xx | Noun |
| humanity | x/xx | Noun |
| husbandmen | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| immortal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| inanimate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| income | /x | Noun |
| inhabitant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| inhabiting | x/xx | Verb |
| instance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| integration | xx/x | Noun |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| keep | / | Verb, Noun |
| kicking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| knows | / | Verb |
| learning | /x | Noun |
| leben | /x | Noun |
| levee | /x | Noun, Verb |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| lifeblood | /x | Noun |
| lifelong | // | Adjective |
| lifespan | /x | Noun |
| lifestyle | /x | Noun |
| lifetime | /x | Noun |
| lift | / | Verb, Noun |
| lite | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| lithic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| livelihood | /xx | Noun |
| lively | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| lodging | /x | Noun |
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| lumps | / | Noun |
| maintenance | /xx | Noun |
| marine | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| me | / | Noun |
| mineral | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| moaning | /x | Noun |
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| multicellular | /xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| neanderthal | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| neighborhood | /xx | Noun |
| newcomer | /xx | Noun |
| nonhuman | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| occupancy | /xxx | Noun |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| ore | / | Noun |
| organic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| organism | /xxx | Noun |
| paintings | /x | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| petrified | /xx | Adjective |
| populated | /xxx | Adjective |
| population | xx/x | Noun |
| portraits | /x | Noun |
| psychosocial | /xxx | Adjective |
| raise | / | Verb, Noun |
| realistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| relic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| remain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| reside | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| residence | /xx | Noun |
| residency | /xxx | Noun |
| resident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| residential | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rock | / | Noun, Verb |
| rolling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
