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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| misfit | /x | Noun |
| missing | /x | Verb |
| chimera | x/x | Noun |
| lost cause | // | Phrase, Noun |
| subhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| loose ends | // | Phrase, Noun |
| lack | / | Noun |
| mutant | /x | Noun |
| wild man | // | Name, Name |
| unknown quantity | x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| almost | /x | Adverb |
| forgotten | x/x | Verb |
| freak of nature | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| something or other | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| orphan | /x | Noun |
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| lost soul | // | Phrase, Noun |
| weakest link | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| random | /x | Noun |
| mismatch | x/ | Noun |
| unreachable | x/xx | Adjective |
| poor relation | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| blind spot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| dummy | /x | Noun |
| waif | / | Noun |
| malfunctioning | x/xx | Noun |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| pariah | x/x | Noun |
| zombie | /x | Noun |
| wrong number | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| invalid | /xx | Noun |
| amiss | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| blind alley | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| makeshift | /x | Adjective |
| stray | / | Noun |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective |
| impracticable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| aberrant | x/x | Adjective |
| monkey wrench | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| runt | / | Noun |
| limp | / | Adjective |
| apology | x/xx | Noun |
| disconnect | xx/ | Noun |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| natural | /xx | Adjective |
| madcap | /x | Noun |
| dead hand | // | Phrase, Noun |
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun |
| antinomy | x/xx | Noun |
| forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| abnormal | x/x | Adjective |
| perfect crime | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| blank | / | Noun |
| mockery | /xx | Noun |
| vacancy | /xx | Noun |
| naught | / | Noun |
| barbarian | x/xx | Noun |
| cull | / | Noun |
| middle of nowhere | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| omitting | x/x | Verb |
| thing | / | Noun |
| innocent | /xx | Adjective |
| unprepared | xx/ | Adjective |
| unknown | x/ | Adjective |
| lame duck | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| pathetic fallacy | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| hypo | /x | Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| antipodes | x/x | Noun |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| absentee | xx/ | Noun, Adjective |
| access | /x | Noun, Verb |
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| additional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| affiliated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| aforesaid | x/x | Adjective |
| align | x/ | Verb |
| alignment | x/x | Noun |
| amalgam | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| amy | /x | Name |
| approximation | xxx/x | Noun |
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| article | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| articulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| asean | x/x | Name |
| aspect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| associate | x/xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| association | xxx/x | Noun |
| attach | x/ | Verb |
| attachment | x/x | Noun |
| attribute | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| awol | /x | Name, Adjective |
| axis | /x | Noun |
| band | / | Noun, Verb |
| bearing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective |
| bind | / | Noun, Verb |
| binder | /x | Noun |
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| bond | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bracelet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb |
| bridgehead | /x | Noun |
| bring together | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| captures | /x | Verb, Noun |
| carriageway | /xx | Noun |
| causation | x/x | Noun |
| censored | /x | Adjective |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| characteristic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| child | / | Noun, Verb |
| clue | / | Noun, Verb |
| code | / | Noun, Verb |
| coherence | x/x | Noun |
| coherency | x/xx | Noun |
| cohesion | x/x | Noun |
| cohesiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| combination | xx/x | Noun |
| combine | /x | Verb, Noun |
| commit | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| communicate | x/xx | Verb |
| communication | xxx/x | Noun |
| company | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| component | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| computer | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| conduit | /xx | Noun |
| conjunction | x/x | Noun |
| connect | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| connectivity | xx/xx | Noun |
| connexion | x/x | Noun |
| consecutive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| contact | /x | Noun, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| coordinate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| coordination | xxx/x | Noun |
| correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| correlate | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| correlation | xx/x | Noun |
| correspondence | xx/x | Noun |
| corridor | /xx | Noun |
| couple | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| data | /x | Noun |
| dearth | / | Noun |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| default | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| determinant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| diffusional | x/xx | Adjective |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| direction | x/x | Noun |
| disappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| disappeared | xx/ | Adjective |
| disconnection | xx/x | Noun |
| disengagement | xx/x | Noun |
| disjunction | x/x | Noun |
| disjuncture | x/x | Noun |
| dissociate | x/xx | Verb |
| efficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| element | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| endangered | x/x | Adjective |
| engage | x/ | Verb |
| engagement | x/x | Noun |
| entry | /x | Noun |
| episode | /xx | Noun |
| essential | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extirpated | /xxx | Adjective |
| factor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| failing | /x | Noun |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| fallen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| feeder | /x | Noun |
| filiation | xx/x | Noun |
| fling | / | Verb, Noun |
| focal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| following | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| found | / | Verb, Noun |
| frame | / | Noun, Verb |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| gateway | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gold | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| gone | / | Adjective |
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| handshake | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hang together | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| have in mind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hinge | / | Noun, Verb |
| hook | / | Noun, Verb |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hyperlink | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hyphen | /x | Noun, Verb |
| identify | x/xx | Verb |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| impetus | /xx | Noun |
| inattentive | xx/x | Adjective |
| incoming | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| incriminating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| integrate | /xx | Verb |
| interaction | xx/x | Noun |
| interconnect | xxx/ | Noun, Verb |
| interconnectedness | xxx/xx | Noun |
| interconnection | xxx/x | Noun |
| interdependence | xxx/x | Noun |
| interface | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| intermediary | xx/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| intermediate | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| interplay | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| interrelatedness | xxx/xx | Noun |
| interrelation | xxx/x | Noun |
| interrelationship | /xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| interrupt | xx/ | Verb, Noun |
| intersection | xx/x | Noun |
| involve | x/ | Verb |
| irrelevant | x/xx | Adjective |
