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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| abstract | x/ | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| access | /x | Noun, Verb |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| accrue | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| achieve | x/ | Verb |
| acknowledge | x/x | Verb |
| actually | /xxx | Adverb |
| addition | x/x | Noun |
| admire | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| admit | x/ | Verb |
| again | x/ | Adverb |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| also | /x | Adverb |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| amazon | /xx | Name, Verb |
| analyse | xx/ | Verb |
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| anna | /x | Name |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| appears | x/ | Adverb |
| appendix | x/x | Noun |
| appreciate | x/xx | Verb |
| are | / | Noun |
| ascertain | xx/ | Verb |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| assemblage | x/x | Noun |
| assess | x/ | Verb |
| assist | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| assure | x/ | Verb |
| attend | x/ | Verb |
| atypical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| await | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| barely | /x | Adverb |
| bark | / | Noun, Verb |
| battalion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| beeches | /x | Verb |
| behold | x/ | Verb |
| believes | x/ | Verb |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| birches | /x | Noun |
| bishopric | /xx | Noun |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| black forest | //x | Name, Name |
| blind | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| boreal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| borne | / | Adjective, Noun |
| bosque | / | Name |
| branches | /x | Name |
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| browse | / | Noun, Verb |
| brush | / | Noun, Verb |
| bushes | /x | Noun |
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| cafe | x/ | Noun |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| canes | / | Noun |
| capitalize | /xxx | Verb |
| card | / | Noun, Verb |
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| certainly | /xx | Adverb |
| chaparral | xx/ | Noun |
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cinch | / | Noun, Verb |
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| clocked | / | Adjective |
| collect | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| combinational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| come across | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| commentary | /xxx | Noun |
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| completely | x/x | Adverb |
| comprehend | xx/ | Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| conclude | x/ | Verb |
| confer | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| confirm | x/ | Verb, Adverb |
| coniferous | x/xx | Adjective |
| considers | x/x | Verb |
| consorting | x/x | Verb |
| consultation | xx/x | Noun |
| consults | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| contained | x/ | Adjective |
| contemplate | /xx | Verb |
| contents | /x | Noun |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| convince | x/ | Verb |
| corners | /x | Verb |
| cottonwoods | /xx | Noun |
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| currently | /xx | Adverb |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dass | / | Verb |
| date | / | Noun, Verb |
| deals | / | Verb |
| decide | x/ | Verb |
| deciduous | x/xx | Adjective |
| deem | / | Verb, Noun |
| defer | x/ | Verb |
| deforestation | xxx/x | Noun |
| demonstrate | /xx | Verb |
| dense | / | Adjective, Noun |
| denying | x/x | Noun |
| described | x/ | Adjective |
| desert | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| detect | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| determine | x/x | Verb |
| diagrams | /xx | Verb |
| diary | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| diocese | /xx | Noun |
| discern | x/ | Verb |
| discovers | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| discuss | x/ | Verb |
| display | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| disrespect | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| distinguish | x/x | Verb |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| diviner | x/x | Noun |
| divisible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| does | / | Verb |
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| don | / | Name, Verb |
| drill | / | Noun, Verb |
| drink | / | Noun, Verb |
| due | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| dune | / | Noun |
| ees | / | Noun, Verb |
| either | /x | Adverb |
| elms | / | Noun |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| encounter | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| ensure | x/ | Verb |
| environment | x/xx | Noun |
| envisage | x/x | Verb |
| envision | x/x | Verb |
| episcopate | xxx/ | Noun, Verb |
| escort | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| essences | /xx | Noun |
| establish | x/x | Verb |
| esteem | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| eucalyptus | xx/x | Noun |
| evaluate | x/xx | Verb |
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| evergreens | /xx | Noun |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| examine | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| except | x/ | Verb |
| excluded | x/x | Verb |
| expect | x/ | Verb |
| experience | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| explore | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| eyeball | /x | Noun, Verb |
| eyes | / | Verb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| fact | / | Noun |
| fails | / | Verb |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| fancy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| favor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| favour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| feel | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| few | / | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| find | / | Verb, Noun |
| find out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fire | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| firs | / | Noun |
| flop | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| flowers | /x | Noun |
| follow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| footsteps | /x | Noun |
| forbidden | /xx | Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| foresee | x/ | Verb |
| foresters | /xx | Noun |
| forestry | /xx | Noun |
| forests | /x | Noun |
| forget | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| forrest | /x | Name |
| fourth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fra | x | Noun, Adverb |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| given | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| glasses | /x | Noun |
| glimpse | / | Noun, Verb |
| god | / | Name, Verb |
| gonna | /x | Verb |
| graces | /x | Noun |
| grasp | / | Verb, Noun |
| grass | / | Noun, Verb |
| grassland | /x | Noun |
| green | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| greenwood | /x | Name |
| grove | / | Noun, Verb |
| growing | /x | Noun |
| growth | / | Noun |
| grubs | / | Noun |
| guess | / | Verb, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hardly | /x | Adverb |
| has | / | Adverb |
| heading | /x | Noun |
| hear | / | Verb |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hemlock | /x | Noun |
| here | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| hog | / | Noun, Verb |
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| holy see | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| how | / | Adverb, Noun |
| however | x/x | Adverb |
| huh | / | Noun |
| idealize | x/x | Verb |
| identify | x/xx | Verb |
| iff | / | Noun |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| illustrations | xx/x | Noun |
| im | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| image | /x | Noun, Verb |
| imagine | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| immaterial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| include | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| incorporeal | x/xx | Adjective |
| individuals | xx/xx | Adjective |
| indivisible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| infestation | x//x | Noun |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| inspect | x/ | Verb |
| instead | x/ | Adverb |
| insufficiently | xx/xx | Adverb |
| insure | x/ | Verb |
| intersect | xx/ | Verb |
| interview | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| introductory | xx/xx | Adjective |
| investigate | x/xx | Verb |
| is | / | Verb, Noun |
| it | / | Noun, Adjective |
| judge | / | Noun, Verb |
| jungles | /x | Noun |
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| keep | / | Verb, Noun |
| know | / | Verb, Noun |
| knowledge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lack | / | Noun, Verb |
| lam | / | Noun, Verb |
| lay eyes on | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| lea | / | Name |
| leap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| learn | / | Verb, Noun |
| leaves | / | Noun |
| less | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| let | / | Verb, Noun |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| like | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| lin | / | Name, Verb |
| listen | /x | Verb, Noun |
| logic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| logs | / | Noun, Verb |
| longer | /x | Noun |
| look | / | Verb, Noun |
| lumber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maggot | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| make | / | Verb, Noun |
| mangroves | /x | Noun |
| maples | /x | Noun |
| marsh | / | Noun |
| maximum | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| me | / | Noun |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| meet | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| merely | /x | Adverb |
| mind | / | Noun, Verb |
| minister | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| mira | /x | Name |
| missing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| monitor | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| montane | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| most | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| must | / | Verb, Noun |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nah | / | Name |
| napoleon | x/xx | Name |
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nav | / | Noun, Verb |
| naw | / | Verb |
| nay | / | Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| neither | /x | Adverb |
| never | /x | Adverb |
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| nicht | / | Verb, Noun |
| nobody | /xx | Noun |
| noes | / | Noun |
| none | / | Noun, Adverb |
| noo | / | Adverb, Adjective |
| nope | / | Noun, Verb |
| nor | / | Noun |
| nota | /x | Noun |
| note | / | Noun, Verb |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| notice | /x | Noun, Verb |
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nowhere | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| number | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nut | / | Noun, Verb |
| oaks | / | Noun |
| observe | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| obtain | x/ | Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| often | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| okay | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| old growth | // | Name, Name |
| olives | /x | Noun |
| omitted | x/x | Verb |
| only | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| operating | /xxx | Adjective |
| opinion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| opposed | x/ | Adjective |
| or | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| orchards | /x | Noun |
| otherwise | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| oversee | /xx | Verb |
| paces | /x | Noun |
| palms | / | Noun |
| pas | / | Noun |
| pathway | /x | Noun |
| peek | / | Noun, Verb |
| peep | / | Noun, Verb |
| perceive | x/ | Verb |
| perhaps | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| persuade | x/ | Verb |
| pick up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| picture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pines | / | Verb |
| plantations | x/x | Noun |
| plants | / | Noun |
| please | / | Verb, Adverb |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| plus | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| poorly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| poplars | /x | Adjective |
| postpone | x/ | Verb |
| prairies | /x | Noun |
| predict | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| pretty | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| prevent | x/ | Verb |
| preview | /x | Noun, Verb |
| primeval | x/x | Adjective |
| prise | x | Verb, Noun |
| prize | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pro | / | Adjective, Noun |
| prohibits | x/x | Verb |
| project | /x | Noun, Verb |
| psyche | /x | Noun, Verb |
| query | /x | Noun, Verb |
| quite | / | Adverb, Noun |
| rabbits | /x | Noun |
| rain | / | Noun, Verb |
| rain forest | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| rainforests | /xx | Noun |
| ran into | /x/ | Phrase |
| ranger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| rarely | /x | Adverb |
| rather | /x | Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| re | / | Noun |
| read | / | Verb, Noun |
| realise | /xx | Verb |
| realize | /xx | Verb |
| really | /x | Adverb, Verb |
| receive | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| reckon | /x | Verb, Noun |
| recognise | /xx | Verb |
| recognize | /xx | Verb |
| reconsider | xx/x | Verb |
| ref | / | Noun, Verb |
| reference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| refers | x/ | Verb |
| refrain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| refusals | x/x | Noun |
| refuses | x/x | Verb |
| regard | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| reify | xxx | Verb |
| reliant | x/x | Adjective |
| remember | x/x | Verb |
| reporter | x/x | Noun |
| reproduced | xx/ | Verb |
| respect | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| resuscitate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| review | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| revise | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| revisit | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| riparian | //xx | Noun, Adjective |
| rods | / | Noun |
| run across | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| same | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sans | / | Adjective |
| saps | / | Noun |
| savanna | x/x | Noun |
| say | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| scarcely | /x | Adverb |
| scrub | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| sec | / | Noun |
| second growth | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| see to it | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| seedlings | /x | Verb |
| seek | / | Verb, Noun |
| sees | / | Verb |
| seethe | / | Verb, Noun |
| seldom | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| selva | /x | Noun |
| shade | / | Noun, Verb |
| shafts | / | Verb |
| sherwood forest | /x/x | Name, Name |
| shoots | / | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shortly | /x | Adverb |
| shows | / | Verb, Noun |
| shrubs | / | Noun |
| shu | / | Name |
| sight | / | Noun, Verb |
| silva | /x | Name |
| silviculture | /xxx | Noun |
| simply | /x | Adverb |
| slum | / | Noun, Verb |
| so | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| southeast | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| southeastern | x/x | Adjective |
| species | /x | Noun |
| spot | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stalks | / | Noun, Verb |
| stands | / | Verb, Noun |
| stay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| stems | / | Verb, Noun |
| steppe | / | Noun |
| steps | / | Noun |
| still | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| study | /x | Noun, Verb |
| subalpine | x/x | Adjective |
| subarctic | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| sum | / | Noun, Verb |
| supra | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| sure | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| surely | /x | Adverb |
| swamp | / | Noun, Verb |
| sylva | /x | Name |
| taiga | /x | Noun |
| take | / | Verb, Noun |
| take care | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take for | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| talk | / | Verb, Noun |
| tall | / | Adjective, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| temperate | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| tend | / | Verb |
| test | / | Noun, Verb |
| testify | /xx | Verb |
| than | / | Adverb, Noun |
| that | / | Adverb, Noun |
| theirs | / | Adjective |
| therefore | /x | Adverb |
| thickets | /x | Noun |
| think | / | Verb, Noun |
| this | / | Adverb, Noun |
| timber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| timberland | /xx | Noun |
| tires | /x | Noun |
| to | / | Adverb, Noun |
| too | / | Adverb |
| totally | /xx | Adverb |
| tour | / | Noun, Verb |
| track | / | Noun, Verb |
| treasure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| treat | / | Verb, Noun |
| tree | / | Noun, Verb |
| tree farm | // | Phrase, Noun |
| trip up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tropical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| tropical rain forest | /xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| true | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| trunks | / | Noun |
| try | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| unable | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| undergrowth | /xx | Noun |
| understand | xx/ | Verb |
| understory | /xxx | Noun |
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective |
| unmodified | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpaid | x/ | Adjective |
| unplanned | x/ | Adjective |
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective |
| untrue | x/ | Adjective |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| value | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ver | / | Noun |
| verify | /xx | Verb |
| very | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| vide | / | Verb |
| views | / | Verb |
| virgin forest | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| visible | /xx | Adjective |
| vision | /x | Noun, Verb |
| visit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| visualize | /xx | Verb |
| wait | / | Verb, Noun |
| wald | / | Name, Verb |
| wander | /x | Verb, Noun |
| watch | / | Verb, Noun |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| weald | / | Name |
| weep | / | Verb, Noun |
| wetland | /x | Noun |
| whatever | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| why | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| wicket | /x | Noun |
| wild | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| wilderness | /xx | Noun |
| wildfires | /xx | Noun |
| wildland | /x | Noun |
| willows | /x | Noun |
| without | x/ | Adverb |
| witnesses | /xx | Adverb |
| woodlands | /x | Noun |
| woods | / | Noun |
| woody | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| worm | / | Noun, Verb |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| yeah | / | Noun |
| yes | / | Name, Verb |
| yet | / | Adverb, Verb, Noun |
