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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| accidental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| affiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| alien | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| anasazi | xx/x | Name |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| anonymous | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| asset | /x | Noun |
| assignable | x/xx | Adjective |
| attachment | x/x | Noun |
| author | /x | Noun, Verb |
| authorship | /xx | Noun |
| aware | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| belonging | x/x | Noun |
| bicultural | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| birthplace | /x | Noun |
| bisexual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| blanks | / | Noun |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bloodline | /x | Noun |
| born | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| breed | / | Noun, Verb |
| brought | / | Verb |
| bushman | /x | Noun |
| came | / | Noun |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| certain | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| characterised | xxxx | Verb |
| cheese | / | Noun, Verb |
| chosen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chroniclers | /xx | Noun |
| citation | x/x | Noun |
| civilisation | x/x/x | Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| conquest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| consignment | x/x | Noun |
| contributed | x/xx | Verb |
| counterbalancing | /xxxx | Noun |
| counterpart | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cradle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| create | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| creation | x/x | Noun |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| custom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dance | / | Noun, Verb |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| derivation | xx/x | Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| determinable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| different | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dishonorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| doe | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| dream | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| driving | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| eclipse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| encountering | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| eskimo | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| established | x/x | Adjective |
| ethnic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ethnicity | x/xx | Noun |
| ethnology | x/xx | Noun |
| etiology | xx/xx | Noun |
| evaluated | x/xxx | Verb |
| evolution | xx/x | Noun |
| extraction | x/x | Noun |
| faceless | /x | Adjective |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| famous | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| fear | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| filiation | xx/x | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun, Verb |
| folk | / | Noun, Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| foreigner | /xx | Noun |
| foundation | x/x | Noun |
| founding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fountainhead | /xx | Noun |
| from | / | Noun |
| generate | /xx | Verb |
| generator | /xxx | Noun |
| genesis | /xx | Noun |
| gentleman | /xx | Noun |
| gunmen | /x | Noun |
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| headwaters | /xx | Noun |
| heart | / | Noun, Verb |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| history | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| homeland | /x | Noun |
| hometown | /x | Noun |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ignores | x/ | Verb |
| immigration | xx/x | Noun |
| immunocompetent | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| impetus | /xx | Noun |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inception | x/x | Noun |
| indefinite | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| indeterminate | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| induced | x/ | Adjective |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| inglorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| initial | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| initiated | x/xxx | Verb |
| innovator | /xxx | Noun |
| insignificant | xx/xx | Adjective |
| instigator | /xxx | Noun |
| intercept | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| invisible | x/xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| issuer | /xx | Noun |
| kinsfolk | /x | Noun |
| known | / | Adjective, Noun |
| lacuna | x/x | Noun |
| lead | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| legacy | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| legend | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lesson | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lie | / | Verb, Noun |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lineage | /xx | Noun |
| literatures | /xxx | Noun |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| masked | / | Adjective |
| membership | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| motivating | /xxx | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| mystery | /xx | Noun |
| nameless | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| natal | /x | Name, Adjective |
| nationality | xx/xx | Noun |
| native | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nobody | /xx | Noun |
| not | / | Adverb, Noun |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| one | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| only | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| origen | /xx | Name |
| original | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| originally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| origination | xxx/x | Noun |
| origins | /xx | Noun |
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| outset | /x | Noun, Verb |
| outsider | x/x | Noun |
| overture | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| own | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| parent | /x | Noun, Verb |
| parentage | /xx | Noun |
| pedigree | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| place of origin | ///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| postclassic | //x | Adjective |
| predicate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| preliminary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| prelude | /x | Noun, Verb |
| principal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| produced | x/ | Verb |
| prompted | /x | Verb |
| prototypes | /xx | Verb |
| provenance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| question | /x | Noun, Verb |
| race | / | Noun, Verb |
| reason | /x | Noun, Verb |
| releasing | x/x | Noun |
| reliant | x/x | Adjective |
| responsible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| result | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| rise | / | Noun, Verb |
| root | / | Noun, Verb |
| same | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| say | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| scary | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| secret | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| selected | x/x | Adjective |
| sending | /x | Noun |
| sept | / | Name |
| sheikh | / | Noun |
| side | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| singularly | /xxx | Adverb |
| soldier | /x | Noun, Verb |
| something | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| source | / | Noun, Verb |
| space | / | Noun, Verb |
| spring | / | Noun, Verb |
| start | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| stem | / | Noun, Verb |
| stock | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| strain | / | Noun, Verb |
| strange | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| subject | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| terra incognita | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| traceability | /x/xx | Noun |
| transcendent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| triggered | /x | Adjective |
| unaccounted | xx/x | Adjective |
| unaware | xx/ | Adjective |
| unbeknown | xx/ | Adjective |
| unbeknownst | xx/ | Adverb |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| uncertainty | x/xx | Noun |
| uncharted | x/x | Adjective |
| unclear | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| undefined | xx/ | Adjective |
| underlay | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| undetermined | xx/x | Adjective |
| undiagnosed | x/xx | Adjective |
| undisclosed | xx/ | Adjective |
| undiscovered | xx/x | Adjective |
| unexplained | xx/ | Adjective |
| unexplored | xx/ | Adjective |
| unfamiliar | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| unforeseeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unforeseen | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| unheard | x/ | Adjective |
| unidentified | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unimagined | xx/x | Adjective |
| unknowable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unknown quantity | x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| unknowns | x/ | Noun |
| unlimited | x/xx | Adjective |
| unnamed | x/ | Adjective |
| unpopular | x/xx | Adjective |
| unprecedented | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unrecognized | x/xx | Adjective |
| unseen | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| unsettled | x/x | Adjective |
| unspecified | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsung | x/ | Adjective |
| unsure | x/ | Adjective |
| unsuspected | xx/x | Adjective |
| untold | x/ | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| variable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| void | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| weird | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| wellhead | /x | Noun |
| wellspring | /x | Noun |
| wild | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| wilderness | /xx | Noun |
