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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| hazard | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| danger | /x | Noun | 
| harm | / | Noun | 
| peril | /x | Noun | 
| fault | / | Noun | 
| jeopardy | /xx | Noun | 
| trouble | /x | Noun | 
| handicap | /xx | Noun | 
| pitfall | /x | Noun | 
| burden | /x | Noun | 
| poison | /x | Noun | 
| risk | / | Noun | 
| detriment | /xx | Noun | 
| avoidable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| idle threat | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| disease | x/ | Noun | 
| disaster waiting to happen | x/x/x//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| nuisance | /x | Noun | 
| doom | / | Noun | 
| obstacle course | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| malpractice | x/x | Noun | 
| casualty | /xxx | Noun | 
| situation | xx/x | Noun | 
| calamity | x/xx | Noun | 
| third rail | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| damage | /x | Noun | 
| disaster | x/x | Noun | 
| obstacle | /xx | Noun | 
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| accident | /xx | Noun | 
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun | 
| horrible | /xx | Adjective | 
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| disqualification | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| travail | x/ | Noun | 
| exposure | x/x | Noun | 
| anger | /x | Noun | 
| insult | x/ | Noun | 
| consequence | /xx | Noun | 
| criminal negligence | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| hindrance | /x | Noun | 
| hassle | /x | Noun | 
| baggage | /x | Noun | 
| impediment | x/xx | Noun | 
| disability | xx/xx | Noun | 
| threatened | /x | Adjective | 
| misfortune | x/x | Noun | 
| affliction | x/x | Noun | 
| headache | /x | Noun | 
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun | 
| prejudice | /xx | Noun | 
| drawback | /x | Noun | 
| death | / | Noun | 
| contaminant | x/xx | Noun | 
| accident of birth | /xx// | Phrase, Noun | 
| thing | / | Noun | 
| abnormal | x/x | Adjective | 
| obstruction | x/x | Noun | 
| security | x/xx | Noun | 
| fallout | /x | Noun | 
| cancer | /x | Noun | 
| hitch | / | Noun | 
| disservice | x/x | Noun | 
| contraindication | x/x/x | Noun | 
| neglect | x/ | Noun | 
| subnormal | //x | Adjective | 
| fair warning | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| crime against humanity | /x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| pollutant | x/x | Noun | 
| mischief | /x | Noun | 
| evil | /x | Noun | 
| problem | /x | Noun | 
| downside | /x | Noun | 
| scar | / | Noun | 
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| inconvenience | xx/x | Noun | 
| stumbling block | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| corrosive | x/x | Adjective | 
| injury | /xx | Noun | 
| negligence | /xx | Noun | 
| predicament | x/xx | Noun | 
| curse | / | Noun | 
| abuse | x/ | Noun | 
| portent | /x | Noun | 
| hell or high water | ////x | Phrase, Noun, Adverb | 
| unemployment | xx/x | Noun | 
| mishap | /x | Noun | 
| ruin | /x | Noun | 
| dilemma | x/x | Noun | 
| caution | /x | Noun | 
| wound | / | Noun | 
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| drudgery | /xx | Noun | 
| nightmare | /x | Noun | 
| hurt | / | Noun | 
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun | 
| pestilence | /xx | Noun | 
| dead hand | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun | 
| penalty | /xx | Noun | 
| fatigue | x/ | Noun | 
| slippery slope | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun | 
| gross negligence | //xx | Name, Name | 
| embargo | x/x | Noun | 
| poisoned chalice | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| dereliction | xx/x | Noun | 
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| imposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun | 
| unease | x/ | Noun | 
| narrow escape | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective | 
| bad news | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| punishment | /xx | Noun | 
| derelict | /xx | Noun | 
| blight | / | Noun | 
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective | 
| fatal | /x | Adjective | 
| dismissal | x/x | Noun | 
| indiscretion | xx/x | Noun | 
| cause | / | Noun | 
| enemy | /xx | Noun | 
| maltreatment | x/x | Noun | 
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective | 
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| academic | xx/x | Adjective, Name | 
| accurate | /xx | Adjective | 
| actuarial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| adventure | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| aided | /x | Adjective | 
| anthropometric | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| anticipate | x/xx | Verb | 
| aptitudes | /xx | Noun | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| bunker | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective | 
| call | / | Verb, Noun | 
| car | / | Noun | 
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| categories | /xxx | Adjective | 
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| classification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| coincidence | x/xx | Noun | 
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| comparable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| competency | /xxx | Noun | 
| complementary | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| compliance | x/x | Noun | 
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| cultural | /xx | Adjective | 
| curricular | x/xx | Adjective | 
| cytological | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective | 
| dare | / | Verb, Noun | 
| despite | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| disincentive | xx/x | Noun | 
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| duke | / | Noun, Verb | 
| echocardiographic | /x/xx/x | Adjective | 
| ecology | x/xx | Noun | 
| economic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| educational | xx/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| emergency | x/xx | Noun | 
| employed | x/ | Adjective | 
| employment | x/x | Noun | 
| endangered | x/x | Adjective | 
| ergonomic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| ethnic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| familial | x/x | Adjective | 
| fire | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| focused | /x | Adjective | 
| foretell | x/ | Verb | 
| fortune | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| functional | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| functions | /x | Noun | 
| gamble | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| gaming | /x | Noun | 
| geotechnical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| gram | / | Noun | 
| guess | / | Verb, Noun | 
| hardship | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| harmful | /x | Adjective | 
| harmless | /x | Adjective | 
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective | 
| inducement | x/x | Noun | 
| industrial | x/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| insurer | x/x | Noun | 
| involves | x/ | Verb | 
| jeopardize | /xx | Verb | 
| job | / | Noun, Verb | 
| labor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| labour | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| level | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| likelihood | /xx | Noun | 
| likely | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| luck | / | Noun, Verb | 
| may | / | Verb, Noun | 
| medical | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| menace | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| milieus | x/ | Noun | 
| moral | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| morphometric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| nondestructive | /x/x | Adjective | 
| notification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| occupancy | /xxx | Noun | 
| occupation | xx/x | Noun | 
| occupying | /xxx | Verb, Adjective | 
| operational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| paraprofessional | xxx/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| perilous | /xx | Adjective | 
| political | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| possibility | xx/xx | Noun | 
| potential | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| practitioner | x/xx | Noun | 
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| predict | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| premorbid | x/x | Adjective | 
| pro | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| probability | xx/xx | Noun | 
| profession | x/x | Noun | 
| professional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| professionalism | x/xxxx | Noun | 
| professionalized | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective | 
| promise | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| provider | x/x | Noun | 
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| religious | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| retirement | x/xx | Noun | 
| risky | /x | Adjective | 
| run a risk | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| safe | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| safety | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sand trap | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| scientific | xx/x | Adjective | 
| semiquantitative | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| sign | / | Noun, Verb | 
| skill | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| social | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| sociocultural | xx//xx | Adjective | 
| socioeconomic | xxxxx/x | Adjective | 
| stake | / | Noun, Verb | 
| supplementary | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| surmise | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| suspect | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| symbols | /x | Adjective | 
| take a chance | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| take chances | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| taxonomic | /x/x | Adjective | 
| technical | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| threat | / | Noun, Verb | 
| toxicity | x/xx | Noun | 
| trade | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
