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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| auxiliary | x/xx | Noun |
| conditional | x/xx | Adjective |
| modality | x/xx | Noun |
| mode | / | Noun |
| infinitive | x/xx | Noun |
| verb | / | Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| tense | / | Noun |
| modifier | /xxx | Noun |
| adverbial | x/xx | Noun |
| adjunct | /x | Noun |
| imperative | x/xx | Noun |
| middle | /x | Noun |
| pronominal | x/xx | Adjective |
| adverb | /x | Noun |
| dependent | x/x | Adjective |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective |
| reflexive | x/x | Adjective |
| preverbal | x/x | Adjective |
| ergative | /xx | Adjective |
| dative | /x | Noun |
| injunctive | x/x | Noun |
| copula | /xx | Noun |
| adjective | /xx | Noun |
| indicative | x/xx | Adjective |
| passive | /x | Adjective |
| emotive | x/x | Adjective |
| augment | x/ | Verb |
| clause | / | Noun |
| extension | x/x | Noun |
| conjugation | xx/x | Noun |
| present tense | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| subjunctive | /xx | Noun |
| international auxiliary language | xx/xxx/xx/x | Name, Name |
| correlative | /xxx | Adjective |
| iterative | /xxx | Adjective |
| conjunct | xx | Noun |
| participial | x/xxx | Adjective |
| conjunctive | xxx | Adjective |
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective |
| voice | / | Noun |
| vocative | /xx | Noun |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| ablative | /xx | Noun |
| suffix | /x | Noun |
| verbiage | /xx | Noun |
| predicative | /xxx | Adjective |
| dummy | /x | Noun |
| potential | x/x | Noun |
| abstract | x/ | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| accessory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| accompanying | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| actuality | xx/xx | Noun |
| additional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| adjuvant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| affiliate | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| aft | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| aid | / | Noun, Verb |
| aide | / | Noun |
| ally | /x | Noun, Verb |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| alternative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| ams | / | Name |
| ancillary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| antidotes | /xx | Noun |
| appurtenant | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| aspectual | x/xx | Adjective |
| assistance | x/x | Noun |
| assistant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| assisted | x/x | Adjective |
| assistive | x/x | Adjective |
| associate | x/xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| attendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| average | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| backup | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| booster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| clerk | / | Noun, Verb |
| collateral | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| collecting | x/x | Noun |
| complement | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| complementary | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| contrastive | x/x | Adjective |
| credential | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cryogenic | /xxx | Adjective |
| deontic | xxx | Adjective |
| deputy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| diocesan | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| duty | /x | Noun |
| electrical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fighting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fractional | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| gamma | /x | Noun |
| generic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| guidance | /x | Noun |
| helper | /x | Noun |
| illocutionary | /x/xxx | Adjective |
| incidental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| inflection | x/x | Noun |
| ingredient | x/xx | Noun |
| instantiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| instructors | x/x | Noun |
| instrument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| instrumentality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| intensional | x/xx | Adjective |
| intermediary | xx/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| intermodal | xx/x | Adjective |
| interrogative | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| keeping | /x | Noun |
| matching | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| means | / | Noun |
| mechanized | /xx | Adjective |
| minor | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| miscellaneous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| morpheme | /x | Noun |
| multimodal | xx/x | Adjective |
| multiple | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| normal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| officer | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| officials | x/x | Noun |
| offshoot | /x | Noun |
| ordinal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| outlet | /x | Noun |
| overflow | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| overhead | /x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| paramedics | xx/x | Adjective |
| permissive | x/x | Adjective |
| practical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| preposition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| processing | /xx | Noun |
| propositional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| prototypical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| purpose | /x | Noun, Verb |
| redundant | x/x | Adjective |
| related | x/x | Adjective |
| relational | x/xx | Adjective |
| remedial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rocket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| safeguard | /x | Verb, Noun |
| satellite | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| secondary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| semantical | x/xx | Adjective |
| source | / | Noun, Verb |
| specialised | /xx | Adjective |
| specialized | /xx | Adjective |
| standby | // | Noun, Verb |
| stub | / | Noun, Verb |
| sub | / | Noun, Verb |
| subordinate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| subsidiary | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| supplement | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| supplemental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| supplementary | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| support | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| surrogate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| syntagmatic | /x/x | Adjective |
| technicians | x/x | Noun |
| thermoelectric | /xx/x | Adjective |
| tool | / | Noun, Verb |
| trunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| underside | /xx | Noun |
| valet | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| vehicle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| weapon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| wizard | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
