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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| unsolvable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| nonnegotiable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| another story | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| straight face | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| cannot | /x | Adjective | 
| unanswerable | xxxxx | Adjective | 
| note | / | Noun | 
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| nonfatal | //x | Adjective | 
| irreconcilable | x/xxxx | Adjective | 
| unforeseen | xx/ | Adjective | 
| unbreakable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| empty threat | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| venture | /x | Noun | 
| noli me tangere | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| unchangeable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unprofessional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| sudden death | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| rhetorical question | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| indifference | x/xx | Noun | 
| surprise | x/ | Noun | 
| incomparable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| absence | /x | Noun | 
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| activator | /xxx | Noun | 
| addendum | x/x | Noun | 
| adorned | x/ | Adjective | 
| advisable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| affair | x/ | Noun | 
| affaire | x/ | Noun | 
| against | x/ | Noun | 
| all | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| all of | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| allergen | /xx | Noun | 
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| andalusian | xx/x | Adjective, Name | 
| another | x/x | Name | 
| antimatter | xx/x | Noun | 
| any | /x | Adverb | 
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| appeal | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| appearance | x/x | Noun | 
| area | /xx | Noun | 
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| arid | /x | Adjective | 
| asia | /x | Name | 
| ask | / | Verb, Noun | 
| aspect | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| assumption | x/x | Noun | 
| atom | /x | Noun | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| ballast | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| barefoot | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| bargain | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| beauteous | /xx | Adjective | 
| beautiful | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| bedding | /x | Noun | 
| bedecked | x/ | Adjective | 
| blindfolded | /xx | Adjective | 
| bluffing | /x | Noun | 
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| body | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| brain | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brute | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| buxom | /x | Adjective | 
| cackling | /xx | Noun | 
| carcinogen | x/xx | Noun | 
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| catfish | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cause | / | Noun, Verb | 
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| cheer | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chemistry | /xx | Noun | 
| chuckle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| coin | / | Noun, Verb | 
| combustible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| comedy | /xx | Noun | 
| comical | /xx | Adjective | 
| competence | /xx | Noun | 
| competency | /xxx | Noun | 
| complaint | x/ | Noun | 
| component | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| compound | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| con | / | Noun, Verb | 
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| connection | x/x | Noun | 
| consequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| constituents | x/xx | Noun | 
| content | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| corps | / | Noun | 
| correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| cosmic | /x | Adjective | 
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| courtroom | /x | Noun | 
| creaturely | /xx | Adjective | 
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun | 
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| deposit | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| determinate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| difference | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun | 
| dimension | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| direction | x/x | Noun | 
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| discussion | x/x | Noun | 
| dispute | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| docket | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| domain | x/ | Noun | 
| dossier | x/ | Noun | 
| dot | / | Noun, Verb | 
| drift | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dying | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| earth | / | Noun, Verb | 
| effect | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| element | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| eliciting | x/xx | Noun | 
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| emanation | xx/x | Noun | 
| emphasis | /xx | Noun | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| enraptured | x/x | Adjective | 
| episode | /xx | Noun | 
| essence | /x | Noun | 
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| extent | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| extract | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| fact | / | Noun | 
| factor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fairy | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| faster | /x | Noun | 
| ferment | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| field | / | Noun, Verb | 
| file | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fluid | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| focus | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| food | / | Noun | 
| formless | /x | Adjective | 
| frage | x | Name | 
| framework | /x | Noun | 
| fuel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| funny | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| gasping | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| giggle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| god | / | Name, Verb | 
| goo | / | Noun, Verb | 
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| gray | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| grief | / | Noun, Verb | 
| grinding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| group | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| happy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| heft | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hilarity | x/xx | Noun | 
| history | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| idea | x/x | Noun | 
| import | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| importance | x/x | Noun | 
| important | x/x | Adjective | 
| incident | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| incorporeal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| independent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| inertia | x/x | Noun | 
| inhibitor | x/xx | Noun | 
| instance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| interest | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| irrespective | xx/x | Adjective | 
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| iv | / | Name, Adjective | 
| job | / | Noun, Verb | 
| joke | / | Noun, Verb | 
| jumping | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| jurisdiction | xx/x | Noun | 
| kidding | /x | Noun | 
| know | / | Verb, Noun | 
| lack | / | Noun, Verb | 
