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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| aboveground | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ailing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| airfield | /x | Noun |
| allegation | xx/x | Noun |
| america | x/xx | Name |
| anchor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| archipelago | xx/xx | Noun, Verb |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| army | /x | Noun |
| ash | / | Noun, Verb |
| average | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backyard | /x | Noun |
| badlands | /x | Noun |
| barre | /x | Name, Verb |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basement | /x | Noun |
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| batter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| battlefield | /xx | Noun |
| battleground | /xx | Noun |
| bedrock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beef | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| belly | /x | Noun, Verb |
| belowground | x/x | Adjective |
| bench | / | Noun, Verb |
| berry | /x | Noun, Verb |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bona | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bottomland | /xx | Noun |
| brant | / | Name, Adjective |
| brittle | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| broken | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| build | / | Verb, Noun |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| campground | /x | Noun |
| cape | / | Noun, Verb |
| carpet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| causative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| champaign | x/ | Name, Adjective |
| changing | /x | Noun |
| circumstance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| coastal plain | /x/ | Name, Verb |
| collegial | x/xx | Adjective |
| command | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| common ground | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| complex | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| concrete | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| confluence | /xx | Noun |
| consistent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| convergence | x/x | Noun |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| couch | / | Noun, Verb |
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| countryside | /xx | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| court | / | Noun, Verb |
| criterion | x/xx | Noun |
| crushed | / | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| denominator | x/xxx | Noun |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dirt | / | Noun, Verb |
| dodgy | /x | Adjective |
| domain | x/ | Noun |
| dough | / | Noun, Verb |
| downed | / | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| durable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| earth | / | Noun, Verb |
| earthly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| earthquake | /x | Noun, Verb |
| establish | x/x | Verb |
| estate | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| excuse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| fact | / | Noun |
| faltering | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| field | / | Noun, Verb |
| fieldwork | /x | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| flagging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| foothold | /x | Noun |
| footing | /x | Noun |
| foreland | /x | Noun |
| forest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| found | / | Verb, Noun |
| foundation | x/x | Noun |
| fragile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| frail | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fund | / | Noun, Verb |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| geological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| grass | / | Noun, Verb |
| grassroots | // | Adjective |
| grievance | /x | Noun |
| grind | / | Verb, Noun |
| groggy | /x | Adjective |
| grounded | /x | Adjective |
| groundwater | /xx | Noun |
| groundwork | /x | Noun |
| grunt | / | Noun, Verb |
| halting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| hierarchic | x/x | Adjective |
| hills | / | Noun |
| hog | / | Noun, Verb |
| homeland | /x | Noun |
| impersonal | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| indoors | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| infantry | /xx | Noun |
| infantrymen | /xxx | Noun |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| inland | /x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| insecure | /xx | Adjective |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| island | /x | Noun, Verb |
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb |
| isthmus | /x | Noun |
| jittery | /xx | Adjective |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| kernel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lame | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| land | / | Noun, Verb |
| landmass | /x | Noun |
| landscape | /x | Noun, Verb |
| landslide | /x | Noun, Verb |
| language | /x | Noun, Verb |
| laud | / | Noun, Verb |
| level | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| limp | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lis | / | Noun |
| local | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| locally | /xx | Adverb |
| location | x/x | Noun |
| loco | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| logical | /xx | Adjective |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| lot | / | Noun, Verb |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| mainland | /x | Noun |
| mark | / | Noun, Verb |
| masa | /x | Noun |
| mash | / | Noun, Verb |
| mass | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| massive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| matter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| means | / | Noun |
| meat | / | Noun |
| medium | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| memorandum | xx/x | Noun |
| merits | /x | Noun |
| milled | / | Adjective |
| minced | / | Adjective |
| minefield | /x | Noun |
| momentum | x/x | Noun |
| moraine | x/ | Noun |
| motif | x/ | Noun |
| motivation | xx/x | Noun |
| motive | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| mould | / | Noun, Verb |
| muted | /x | Adjective |
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| neck | / | Noun, Verb |
| nervous | /x | Adjective |
| ness | / | Noun |
| occasion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| onshore | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| opaque | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| overburden | /x/x | Verb, Noun |
| overland | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| oxbow | /x | Noun |
| path | / | Noun, Verb |
| pattern | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pavement | /x | Noun |
| peninsula | x/xx | Noun |
| permafrost | xx/ | Noun |
| personalised | /xxx | Adjective |
| pioneer | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| piso | /x | Verb |
| pitch | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| place | / | Noun, Verb |
| plain | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| planet | /x | Noun |
| platform | /x | Noun, Verb |
| playground | /x | Noun |
| plea | / | Noun, Verb |
| plot | / | Noun, Verb |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| polygon | /xx | Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| position | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| powdered | /x | Adjective |
| practice | /x | Noun, Verb |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| pretext | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prime | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| primer | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| property | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| pulverized | /xx | Adjective |
| punish | /x | Verb |
| purpose | /x | Noun, Verb |
| quaking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| quivering | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ramp | / | Noun, Verb |
| rangeland | /xx | Noun |
| rationale | xx/ | Noun |
| rattled | /x | Adjective |
| reality | x/xx | Noun |
| realm | / | Noun |
| reason | /x | Noun, Verb |
| regard | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| region | /x | Noun |
| relaxed | x/ | Adjective |
| result | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| rez | / | Noun, Verb |
| rickety | /xx | Adjective |
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| road | / | Noun, Adjective |
| roadside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| room | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| root | / | Noun, Verb |
| round | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| route | / | Noun, Verb |
| runway | /x | Noun |
| sand | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| scene | / | Noun, Verb |
| scope | / | Noun, Verb |
| score | / | Noun, Verb |
| seat | / | Noun, Verb |
| secure | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| seeds | / | Noun |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| shaking | /x | Noun |
| shivering | /xx | Noun |
| shore | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| shredded | /x | Adjective |
| site | / | Noun, Verb |
| situ | xx | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| sky | / | Noun, Verb |
| slash | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| smoother | /x | Noun |
| sod | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| soil | / | Noun, Verb |
| sol | / | Noun, Adjective |
| soli | /x | Noun |
| sounder | /x | Noun |
| source | / | Noun, Verb |
| space | / | Noun, Verb |
| sphere | / | Noun, Verb |
| spidery | /xx | Adjective |
| spot | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| square | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| stadium | /xx | Noun |
| stage | / | Noun, Verb |
| stake | / | Noun, Verb |
| stance | / | Noun, Verb |
| stand | / | Verb, Noun |
| stopover | /xx | Noun |
| street | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| stunned | / | Adjective |
| subsoil | /x | Noun, Verb |
| substance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| subsurface | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| subterranean | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sun | / | Noun, Verb |
| sunlight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sunny | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sunshine | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| surface | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sward | / | Noun, Verb |
| swirl | / | Noun, Verb |
| tack | / | Noun, Verb |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| terra | /x | Noun |
| terra firma | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| terrain | x/ | Noun |
| terrane | x/x | Noun |
| terrestrial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| territory | /xxx | Noun |
| the americas | xx/xx | Name, Noun |
| tillage | /x | Noun |
| timber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| timberland | /xx | Noun |
| tomorrow | x/x | Noun, Adverb |
| tonight | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| tournament | /xx | Noun |
| track | / | Noun, Verb |
| trail | / | Noun, Verb |
| transparent | x/x | Adjective |
| trembling | /xx | Noun |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| turf | / | Noun, Verb |
| unbalanced | x/x | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| underground | /xx | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| understanding | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| understory | /xxx | Noun |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| unreliable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsafe | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| unsettled | x/x | Adjective |
| unsound | x/ | Adjective |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| unsteady | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| unsure | x/ | Adjective |
| upland | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ushers | /x | Noun, Verb |
| veld | x | Noun |
| venue | /x | Noun |
| vibratory | /xxx | Adjective |
| virtue | /x | Noun |
| volatile | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| vulnerable | /xxx | Adjective |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| weakened | /x | Adjective |
| wetland | /x | Noun |
| wherefore | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| why | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| wild | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| wilderness | /xx | Noun |
| wildlife | /x | Noun |
| wobbly | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| wonderland | /xx | Noun |
| woodland | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| woozy | /x | Adjective |
| world | / | Noun, Verb |
| worldly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| yard | / | Noun, Verb |
| zero | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| zone | / | Noun, Verb |
