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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| symbolic | x/x | Adjective |
| literal | /xx | Adjective |
| metonymic | /x/x | Adjective |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| semiotic | xx/x | Noun |
| connotative | xx/x | Adjective |
| symbolism | /xxx | Noun |
| conceptual | x/xx | Adjective |
| analogical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| symbolical | x/xx | Adjective |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective |
| metaphysical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| mythological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| philosophical | xx/xx | Noun |
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| surrealistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| referential | xx/x | Adjective |
| anaphoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| analogy | x/xx | Noun |
| mythic | /x | Adjective |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective |
| mystical | /xx | Adjective |
| thematic | x/x | Adjective |
| archetypal | //x | Noun |
| logical | /xx | Adjective |
| semantic | x/x | Adjective |
| intertextual | /x/xx | Adjective |
| paradigmatic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| existential | xx/x | Adjective |
| mythical | /xx | Adjective |
| symbolization | /xx/x | Noun |
| emotive | x/x | Adjective |
| etymological | xxx/xx | Noun |
| proverbial | x/xx | Adjective |
| experiential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| signifier | /xxx | Noun |
| psychological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| poetical | x/xx | Name |
| same | / | Adjective |
| symmetric | x/x | Adjective |
| afire | x/ | Adverb |
| diagrammatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| periphrastic | x//x | Adjective |
| phrasal | /x | Adjective |
| reflecting | x/x | Verb |
| monumental | xx/x | Adjective |
| like that | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| very good | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| implicit | x/x | Adjective |
| thus and so | /// | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| mimic | /x | Noun |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| indirection | xx/x | Noun |
| copula | /xx | Noun |
| mappings | /x | Noun |
| equivalences | x/xxx | Noun |
| transference | x/x | Noun |
| structuring | /xx | Noun |
| extensions | x/x | Noun |
| couplets | /x | Noun |
| substitution | xx/x | Noun |
| richness | /x | Noun |
| gestures | /x | Noun |
| condensation | xx/x | Noun |
| transposition | xx/x | Noun |
| correspondences | xx/xx | Noun |
| comprehension | xx/x | Noun |
| exemption | x/x | Noun |
| usages | /xx | Noun |
| ejaculation | xxx/x | Noun |
| imagery | /xx | Noun |
| leaps | / | Noun |
| expressions | x/x | Noun |
| utterance | /xx | Noun |
| identifications | xxxx/x | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| kinship | /x | Noun |
| meanings | /x | Noun |
| resonances | /xxx | Noun |
| transfer | x/ | Noun |
| depiction | x/x | Noun |
| poles | / | Noun |
| vehicle | /xx | Noun |
| diction | /x | Noun |
| elaboration | xxx/x | Noun |
| connotations | xx/x | Noun |
| equivalents | x/xx | Noun |
| excursions | x/x | Noun |
| overtones | /xx | Noun |
| constructions | x/x | Noun |
| projection | x/x | Noun |
| rather | /x | Adverb |
| mediation | xx/x | Noun |
| thinking | /x | Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| representations | xxx/x | Noun |
| embodiment | x/xx | Noun |
| displacements | x/x | Noun |
| comparison | x/xx | Noun |
| associations | xxx/x | Noun |
| mode | / | Noun |
| descriptions | x/x | Noun |
| parallels | /xx | Noun |
| rendering | /xx | Noun |
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| cloudy | /x | Adjective |
| dependant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialogic | /x/x | Adjective |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| eschatological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| iconic | x/x | Adjective |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| improving | x/x | Adjective |
| indexical | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| mathematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| mountainous | /xx | Adjective |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| organized | /xx | Adjective |
| performative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| permeable | /xxx | Adjective |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| synthetic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| tolerant | /xx | Adjective |
| transcendent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| transcendental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| univocal | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
