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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| not have a pot to piss in | /xxxxxx | Phrase, Verb |
| have nothing on someone | //x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| take a stand | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| stand a chance | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lead nowhere | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| fight a losing battle | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| fall between two stools | /x/// | Phrase, Verb |
| come to nothing | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| have the floor | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| not have the faintest idea | //x/xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| hang by a thread | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take the stand | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get off the ground | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| beg to differ | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| slug it out | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| sit on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lose it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| butt heads | // | Phrase, Verb |
| stand in | /x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| fall short | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the deck | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| leave someone in the lurch | //xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| climb down | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| hang on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| have had it | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| grasp at straws | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| fall on deaf ears | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| put a foot wrong | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| stand up and be counted | ////x | Phrase, Verb |
| hang together | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| back down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the skids | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| totter | /x | Noun |
| put down | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| take the fifth | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the pavement | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| have it out | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| budge an inch | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| take a back seat | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| fall from grace | /// | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| walk off with | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| come to grief | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| hang out to dry | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| kick off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take a load off | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| talk the hind leg off a donkey | /x///x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| lose face | // | Phrase, Verb |
| throw down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| throw in the towel | /xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| take no prisoners | ///xx | Phrase, Verb |
| have it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take up the cudgels | //x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| take sides | // | Phrase, Verb |
| flake | / | Noun |
| lay an egg | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| argue the toss | /xxx | Phrase, Verb |
| hold the cards | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| abide | x/ | Verb |
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| abound | x/ | Verb |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| abstain | x/ | Verb |
| accept | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| access | /x | Noun, Verb |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ace | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| achieve | x/ | Verb |
| acquire | x/x | Verb |
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| actually | /xxx | Adverb |
| addition | x/x | Noun |
| adhere | x/ | Verb |
| admit | x/ | Verb |
| adopt | x/ | Verb |
| advocate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| affect | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| afford | x/ | Verb |
| again | x/ | Adverb |
| align | x/ | Verb |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| amounts | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| an | / | Noun |
| anchor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| angle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ankle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anna | /x | Name |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| appear | x/ | Verb |
| apply | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| are | / | Noun |
| arise | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| arrange | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| array | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| assemblage | x/x | Noun |
| assert | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| assume | x/ | Verb |
| astride | x/ | Adverb |
| attend | x/ | Verb |
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| atypical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| bandstand | /x | Noun |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barely | /x | Adverb |
| base | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| bastion | /x | Noun, Verb |
| battalion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| battle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bear | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| bear up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| ben | / | Name, Adverb, Adjective |
| bench | / | Noun, Verb |
| benefit | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bier | / | Noun |
| bin | / | Noun, Verb |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bleachers | /x | Adjective |
| blondie | /x | Name |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boast | / | Verb, Noun |
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bone | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| booth | / | Noun |
| booze | / | Noun, Verb |
| borrow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| bouquet | x/ | Noun |
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| brace | / | Noun, Verb |
| bracket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| break up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| brim | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bring | / | Verb |
| brisket | /x | Noun |
| bristle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| broken | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| brook | / | Noun, Verb |
| build | / | Verb, Noun |
| burst | / | Verb, Noun |
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| buy | / | Verb, Noun |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| came | / | Noun |
| carriage | /x | Noun |
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| celebrate | /xx | Verb |
| certainly | /xx | Adverb |
| charge | / | Noun, Verb |
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| chest | / | Noun, Verb |
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chute | / | Noun, Verb |
| circulate | /xx | Verb |
| circumferential | x/x/x | Adjective |
| claw | / | Noun, Verb |
| clocked | / | Adjective |
| collapse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| colonization | xxx/x | Noun |
| combinational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| combine | /x | Verb, Noun |
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| compete | x/ | Verb |
| completely | x/x | Adverb |
| component | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conn | / | Noun, Verb |
| constitute | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| consume | x/ | Verb |
| contain | x/ | Verb |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| continue | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| cope | / | Verb, Noun |
| cost | / | Noun, Verb |
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crack up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| create | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| crotch | / | Noun, Verb |
| crus | x | Noun |
| crutch | / | Noun, Verb |
| cuff | / | Noun, Verb |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| defend | x/ | Verb |
| delegations | xx/x | Noun |
| deliver | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| demonstrate | /xx | Verb |
| denying | x/x | Noun |
| descend | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| deserve | x/ | Verb |
| desist | x/ | Verb |
| detain | x/ | Verb |
| develop | x/x | Verb |
| diaphragmatic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| dispense | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| display | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dispose | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| distribute | x/x | Verb |
| diviner | x/x | Noun |
| divisible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| don | / | Name, Verb |
| doth | / | Verb, Noun |
| doubt | / | Noun, Verb |
| drink | / | Noun, Verb |
