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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| abbreviation | xxx/x | Noun, Noun |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| accepting | x/x | Adjective |
| access | /x | Noun, Verb |
| acknowledge | x/x | Verb |
| acknowledgement | x/xx | Noun |
| acknowledgment | x/xx | Noun |
| add | / | Verb, Noun |
| addition | x/x | Noun |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| adopting | x/x | Verb |
| adoption | x/x | Noun |
| advert | xx | Noun, Verb |
| aerial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| affecting | x/x | Adjective |
| airplay | /x | Noun |
| all | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| allude | x/ | Verb |
| allusion | x/x | Noun |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| also | /x | Adverb |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| angel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| annotation | xx/x | Noun |
| announcement | x/x | Noun |
| another | x/x | Noun |
| apart | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| appeal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| applicants | /xx | Noun |
| appoint | x/ | Verb |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| approval | x/x | Noun |
| approving | x/x | Adjective |
| ascending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| assembling | x/xx | Noun |
| asynchronous | //xx | Adjective |
| attention | x/x | Noun |
| barely | /x | Adverb |
| beam | / | Noun, Verb |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| benchmark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bereavement | x/x | Noun |
| best | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| breaking | /x | Noun |
| breeding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| briefly | /x | Adverb |
| bring | / | Verb |
| bring up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| broach | / | Verb, Noun |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| buyers | /x | Noun |
| bystander | /xx | Noun |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| carbon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| careless | /x | Adjective |
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| changeover | /xx | Noun |
| changing | /x | Noun |
| checking | /x | Noun |
| circulating | /xxx | Adjective |
| citation | x/x | Noun |
| cite | / | Verb, Noun |
| clarify | /xx | Verb |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| commemorate | x/xx | Verb |
| commend | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| commendation | xx/x | Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| communicating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| completely | x/x | Adverb |
| conceivable | x/xx | Adjective |
| confined | x/ | Adjective |
| connecting | x/x | Adjective |
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun |
| consignment | x/x | Noun |
| contain | x/ | Verb |
| contender | x/x | Noun |
| conveying | x/x | Noun |
| copyright | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| correcting | x/x | Noun |
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| creators | x/x | Noun |
| credit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crossing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| crossover | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| crossroads | /x | Noun |
| cruise | / | Noun, Verb |
| cryptographic | /x/x | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| death | / | Noun |
| decease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| demonstrator | /xxx | Noun |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| describe | x/ | Verb |
| designation | xx/x | Noun |
| dictate | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| did | / | Noun |
| disappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| disappearing | xx/x | Noun |
| discuss | x/ | Verb |
| dividing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| dredge up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| dwell | / | Verb, Noun |
| dying | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| easiest | /xx | Adjective |
| efficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| eligible | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| emphasise | /xx | Verb |
| emphasizing | /xxx | Noun |
| enacting | x/x | Noun |
| enactment | x/x | Noun |
| endorsement | x/x | Noun |
| endorsing | x/x | Verb |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| entirely | x/xx | Adverb |
| entry | /x | Noun |
| enumerate | x/xx | Verb |
| ephemeral | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| evocation | xx/x | Noun |
| evoke | x/ | Verb |
| exceedance | x/x | Noun |
| exceeding | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| exceedingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| except | x/ | Verb |
| exclusive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| experiencing | x/xxx | Noun |
| expiration | xx/x | Noun |
| explain | x/ | Verb |
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extirpation | /xxx | Noun |
| extremely | x/x | Adverb |
| failing | /x | Noun |
| fair | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| fatalities | x/xx | Noun |
| favored | /x | Adjective |
| few | / | Noun |
| fil | / | Noun |
| filtering | /xx | Noun |
| fire | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| firstly | /x | Adverb |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| flowing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| flying | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| focus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| footnote | /x | Noun, Verb |
| forget | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| forwarding | /xx | Noun |
| fully | /x | Adverb, Verb |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| give | / | Verb, Noun |
| glimpse | / | Noun, Verb |
| going | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| guarantors | xx/ | Noun |
| guaranty | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| handover | /xx | Noun |
| happening | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hardly | /x | Adverb |
| highlight | /x | Verb, Noun |
| hint | / | Noun, Verb |
| honorable mention | /xxx/x | Name, Name |
| honours | /x | Noun |
| how | / | Adverb, Noun |
| however | x/x | Adverb |
| hydrogen | /xx | Noun |
| identify | x/xx | Verb |
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun |
| impermanent | x/xx | Adjective |
| implementations | /xx/x | Noun |
| include | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| inclusion | x/x | Noun |
| incoming | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| independently | xx/xx | Adverb |
| indicate | /xx | Verb |
| indication | xx/x | Noun |
| indicator | /xxx | Noun |
| indirect | xx/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inform | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| inland | /x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| inscription | x/x | Noun |
| interbreeding | /x/x | Noun |
| interlocutor | xx/xx | Noun |
| intermission | xx/x | Noun |
| internal | x/x | Adjective |
| internships | /xx | Noun |
| intersection | xx/x | Noun |
| intimation | xx/x | Noun |
| introduction | xx/x | Noun |
| invoke | x/ | Verb |
| irrespective | xx/x | Adjective |
| isolated | /xxx | Adjective |
| issuance | /xx | Noun |
| issuing | /xx | Noun |
| jen | / | Name |
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| labelling | x/x | Noun |
| lamp | / | Noun, Verb |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| lateral | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| latter | /x | Adjective |
| least | / | Adverb, Noun |
| let | / | Verb, Noun |
| lifting | /x | Noun |
| lightly | /x | Adverb |
| likeliest | /xx | Adjective |
| limit | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| liner | /x | Noun, Verb |
| listing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| lone | / | Adjective |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| lonesome | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| make | / | Verb, Noun |
| margin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| marketer | /xx | Noun |
| marking | /x | Noun |
| matching | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mating | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| measurement | /xx | Noun |
| mentioning | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| mere | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| mongrel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| more | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| moving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| multiprocessor | xx/xx | Noun |
| name | / | Noun, Verb |
| narrows | /x | Noun |
| necessarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| never | /x | Adverb |
| newly | /x | Adverb |
| not | / | Adverb, Noun |
| notation | x/x | Noun |
| note | / | Noun, Verb |
| notice | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nut | / | Noun, Verb |
| observe | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| once | / | Adverb, Noun |
| one | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| onetime | // | Adjective |
| optimised | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| optimized | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| other | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| outline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| overlook | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| overrun | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| overshoot | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| overtaking | /xxx | Noun |
| own | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| parenthesis | x/xx | Noun |
| participant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| paso | /x | Name |
| pass | / | Verb, Noun |
| passage | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| passageway | /xx | Noun |
| passenger | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| passerby | /xx | Noun |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| perfectly | /xx | Adverb |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| petition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| phrase | / | Noun, Verb |
| placeholder | /xx | Noun |
| ploy | / | Noun, Verb |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| point out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| portion | /x | Noun, Verb |
| precisely | x/x | Adverb |
| proceeding | x/x | Noun |
| processing | /xx | Noun |
| programming | /xx | Noun |
| promulgating | /xxx | Verb |
| pronouncing | x/x | Noun |
| propeller | x/x | Noun |
| pure | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| purely | /x | Adverb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| qualifying | /xxx | Noun |
| question | /x | Noun, Verb |
| quiet | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| quite | / | Adverb, Noun |
| quotation | x/x | Noun |
| quote | / | Noun, Verb |
| raise | / | Verb, Noun |
| ranging | /x | Noun |
| rather | /x | Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| really | /x | Adverb, Verb |
| reason | /x | Noun, Verb |
| recall | /x | Verb, Noun |
| recommendation | xxx/x | Noun |
| record | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| recovery | x/x | Noun |
| refer | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| reference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| reflect | x/ | Verb |
| reiterate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| release | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| rely | x/ | Verb |
| remark | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| remembering | x/xx | Noun |
| remind | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| renewals | x/x | Noun |
| reporting | x/x | Noun |
| request | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| reservation | xx/x | Noun |
| reserved | x/ | Adjective |
| restricted | x/x | Adjective |
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| rising | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| rope | / | Noun, Verb |
| route | / | Noun, Verb |
| running | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sale | / | Noun |
| same | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sane | / | Adjective, Noun |
| satisfactory | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| saying | /x | Noun |
| scalable | /xx | Adjective |
| scanning | /x | Noun |
| scarcely | /x | Adverb |
| sending | /x | Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shading | /x | Noun |
| shall | / | Verb |
| sharing | /x | Noun |
| sheer | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shifting | /x | Noun |
| sighting | /x | Noun |
| silence | /x | Noun, Verb |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| simply | /x | Adverb |
| singe | / | Noun, Verb |
| single | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| singly | /x | Adverb |
| singular | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| sinking | /x | Adjective |
| skip | / | Verb, Noun |
| slightly | /x | Adverb |
| soe | x | Noun |
| soil | / | Noun, Verb |
| sole | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| solely | /xx | Adverb |
| solitary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| solo | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| sophisticated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| speaking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| specific | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| specify | /xx | Verb |
| speech | / | Noun, Verb |
| spending | /x | Noun |
| stag | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| state | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| statement | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| step | / | Noun, Verb |
| still | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stint | / | Noun, Verb |
| stopping | /x | Noun |
| stress | / | Noun, Verb |
| strictly | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| succeeding | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| success | x/ | Noun |
| such | / | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| suffix | /x | Noun, Verb |
| suggest | x/ | Verb |
| suggestion | x/x | Noun |
| summon | /x | Verb, Noun |
| switching | /x | Noun |
| tackle | /x | Verb, Noun |
| taking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| talking | /x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| temporary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| term | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| testing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| than | / | Adverb, Noun |
| that | / | Adverb, Noun |
| the | x | Adverb, Noun |
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| there | / | Adverb, Noun |
| third | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| though | / | Adverb |
| thread | / | Noun, Verb |
| totally | /xx | Adverb |
| touch | / | Noun, Verb |
| touch on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| traffic | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| transferring | x/x | Noun |
| transient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| transiting | /xx | Noun |
| transition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| transitory | /xxx | Adjective |
| transmission | x/x | Noun |
| transmitting | x/x | Noun |
| traveling | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| traversing | x/x | Noun |
| turning | /x | Noun |
| unaccompanied | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unattached | xx/ | Adjective |
| undergoing | xx/x | Verb |
| underline | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| underscore | xx/ | Verb, Noun |
| unified | /xx | Adjective |
| uniform | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unique | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| unitary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| unless | x/ | Noun |
| unpaired | x/ | Adjective |
| unsuccessfully | xx/xx | Adverb |
| vain | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| vast | / | Adjective, Noun |
| very | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| what | / | Adverb, Noun |
| whether | /x | |
| which | / | Noun |
| who | / | Noun |
| wholly | /x | Adverb |
| wide | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| will | / | Verb, Noun |
| winning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| wording | /x | Noun |
| yarn | / | Noun, Verb |
| yet | / | Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| yourself | x/ | Noun |
