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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| nothing for it | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| best bet | // | Phrase, Noun |
| time bomb | // | Phrase, Noun |
| heavy artillery | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| kamikaze | xx/x | Noun |
| hot water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| hatchet job | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| pulling the plug | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fork | / | Noun |
| golden opportunity | /xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| rearguard action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| silver bullet | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| last straw | // | Phrase, Noun |
| quantum leap | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| race against time | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| hell to pay | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| magic bullet | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| tightrope | /x | Noun |
| loophole | /x | Noun |
| bomb | / | Noun |
| cut and thrust | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| proverbial | x/xx | Adjective |
| sliding door | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| pressure cooker | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| works | / | Noun |
| fighting chance | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| turn of events | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| level best | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| wiggle room | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| quick fix | // | Phrase, Noun |
| blame game | // | Phrase, Noun |
| save | / | Verb |
| poison pill | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| toast | / | Noun |
| heavy lifting | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| yield | / | Noun |
| pickle | /x | Noun |
| clean break | // | Phrase, Noun |
| big deal | // | Name, Name |
| kiss of death | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| breaking point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| smoking gun | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| everything but the kitchen sink | /xx/x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| killer instinct | /xxx | Phrase, Noun |
| hair trigger | //x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| big shot | // | Name, Name |
| uphill battle | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| bigger fish to fry | /x/// | Phrase, Noun |
| modus operandi | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| elephant in the room | /xxxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| insurance | x/x | Noun |
| shot in the dark | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| drop in the bucket | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| pivot | /x | Noun |
| joke | / | Noun |
| door | / | Noun |
| warning sign | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| brainstorm | /x | Noun |
| bottleneck | /xx | Noun |
| tough love | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| crash course | // | Phrase, Noun |
| tip of the iceberg | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| bone to pick | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| cave in | /x | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| kettle of fish | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| full speed ahead | //x/ | Phrase, Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| torture | /x | Noun |
| basket case | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| which way the wind is blowing | //x///x | Phrase, Noun |
| railroad | /x | Noun |
| bloodbath | /x | Noun |
| cannonball | /xx | Noun |
| spoiler alert | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| exploit | /x | Verb |
| climb down | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| free pass | // | Phrase, Noun |
| smash | / | Noun |
| catch | / | Noun |
| sitting duck | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tether | /x | Noun |
| last hurrah | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| what it takes | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| fish to fry | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| open season | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| impact | x/ | Noun |
| ability | x/xx | Noun |
| aircraft | /x | Noun |
| alt | / | Noun, Adjective |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| alternative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| answer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| approval | x/x | Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| arrangement | x/x | Noun |
| arsenal | /xx | Noun |
| atom | /x | Noun |
| atomic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| auditor | /xx | Noun |
| availability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| avenue | /xx | Noun |
| average | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| aviation | xx/x | Noun |
| axial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ballistic | x/x | Adjective |
| benchmark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bet | / | Verb, Noun |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| capability | xx/xx | Noun |
| capacity | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cell | / | Noun, Verb |
| cellular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective |
| chosen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| clade | / | Noun, Verb |
| cloud | / | Noun, Verb |
| conventional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| countermeasure | /xxx | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| criterion | x/xx | Noun |
| cucumber | /xx | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| death | / | Noun |
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| default | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| defensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| deployments | x/x | Noun |
| designed | x/ | Adjective |
| discretion | x/x | Noun |
| dud | / | Noun, Adjective |
| elect | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| election | x/x | Noun |
| elective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| eligibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| encumbrance | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| energy | /xx | Noun |
| entree | /x | Noun |
| eventuality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| expeditious | xx/x | Adjective |
| explosion | x/x | Noun |
| facility | x/xx | Noun |
| faculty | /xx | Noun |
| feasibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| firepower | /xx | Noun |
| fissile | /x | Adjective |
| fission | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| form | / | Noun, Verb |
| formula | /xx | Noun |
| gambit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| guideline | /x | Noun |
| holocaust | /xx | Name, Verb |
| hydroelectric | xxx/x | Adjective |
| hypothesis | x/xx | Noun |
| icbm | //x/ | Name |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| impossibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| incentive stock option | x/x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| index | /x | Noun, Verb |
| intelligence | x/xx | Noun |
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| likelihood | /xx | Noun |
| lowercase | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| manufacture | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| means | / | Noun |
| method | /x | Noun, Verb |
| methodology | xx/xx | Noun |
| missile | /x | Noun |
| modality | x/xx | Noun |
| mode | / | Noun |
| munitions | x/x | Noun |
| national | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| nonconventional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| none | / | Noun, Adverb |
| nuclei | /xx | Noun |
| nuclide | xx | Noun |
| nuke | / | Noun, Verb |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| objective | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| obverse | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| offensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| opinion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| opportunities | xx/xx | Verb |
| opt | / | Verb, Name |
| optional | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| path | / | Noun, Verb |
| photovoltaic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| physicist | /xx | Noun |
| physics | /x | Noun |
| pick | / | Verb, Noun |
| plant | / | Noun, Verb |
| possibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| possible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| potential | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| power | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| precaution | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| preference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| preferred | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| production | x/x | Noun |
| programme | /x | Noun, Verb |
| proposal | x/x | Noun |
| prospect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| radio | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| radioactive | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| reactor | x/x | Noun |
| reason | /x | Noun, Verb |
| remedy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| renewable | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| resort | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| response | x/ | Noun |
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| rockets | /x | Verb |
| rods | / | Noun |
| route | / | Noun, Verb |
| safeguard | /x | Verb, Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| school | / | Noun, Verb |
| scope | / | Noun, Verb |
| select | x/ | Verb, Name, Adjective |
| selection | x/x | Noun |
| setting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| settlement | /xx | Noun |
| shadow | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| shift | / | Noun, Verb |
| snap | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| solution | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| song | / | Noun |
| specialization | xxx/x | Noun |
| specializing | /xxx | Verb |
| station | /x | Noun, Verb |
| statistic | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stockpiled | /x | Verb |
| straddle | /x | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| subscript | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| such | / | Noun |
| sung | / | Noun |
| survivable | x/xx | Adjective |
| sustain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| tab | / | Noun, Verb |
| tactic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
