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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| illusion | x/x | Noun |
| ghost | / | Noun |
| mirage | x/ | Noun |
| smoke and mirrors | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| distortion | x/x | Noun |
| phantom | /x | Noun |
| image | /x | Noun |
| simulacrum | /xxx | Noun |
| rainbow | /x | Noun |
| view | / | Noun |
| optics | /x | Noun |
| magic | /x | Noun |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| glamour | /x | Noun |
| delusion | x/x | Noun |
| vision | /x | Noun |
| simulation | xx/x | Noun |
| imagery | /xx | Noun |
| phantasm | x/x | Noun |
| hoax | / | Noun |
| hallucination | xxx/x | Noun |
| vanish | /x | Verb |
| perspective | x/x | Noun |
| kaleidoscope | x/xx | Noun |
| fancy | /x | Noun |
| phantasmagoria | xxx/xx | Noun |
| light | / | Noun |
| apparition | xx/x | Noun |
| representation | xxx/x | Noun |
| wishful thinking | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| irradiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| double vision | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| spectrum | /x | Noun |
| invisibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| myth | / | Noun |
| mystification | /xx/x | Noun |
| sleight of hand | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| reverie | /xx | Noun |
| sophistication | xxx/x | Noun |
| visuality | /x/xx | Noun |
| fraud | / | Noun |
| make believe | /x/ | Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| imagining | x/xx | Verb |
| transfiguration | x/x/x | Noun |
| disorientation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| sham | / | Noun |
| veil | / | Noun |
| halo | /x | Noun |
| unreality | xx/xx | Noun |
| strabismus | //x | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| enigma | x/x | Noun |
| magic circle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| pretending | x/x | Verb |
| imaginary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| phase | / | Noun |
| warp | / | Noun |
| speculation | xx/x | Noun |
| wizardry | /xx | Noun |
| suspicion | x/x | Noun |
| absurdity | x/xx | Noun |
| acoustic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| acoustical | x/xx | Adjective |
| actuator | /xxx | Noun |
| admittance | x/x | Noun |
| aero | /x | Name, Adjective |
| analog | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| analyser | xx/x | Noun |
| analyzer | /xxx | Noun |
| angle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| appearance | x/x | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| axis | /x | Noun |
| basics | /x | Noun |
| beams | / | Noun, Verb |
| belief | x/ | Noun |
| believing | x/x | Noun |
| bluff | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bowel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| broadband | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| camera | /xx | Noun |
| chimera | x/x | Noun |
| cloud | / | Noun, Verb |
| compensator | /xxx | Noun |
| confocal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| consonance | /xx | Noun |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| coupler | /x | Noun |
| creates | x/ | Verb |
| deceit | x/ | Noun |
| deception | x/x | Noun |
| decoy | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| desert | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| detector | x/x | Noun |
| dispersive | x/x | Adjective |
| diversion | x/x | Noun |
| doppler | /x | Name |
| dream | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| drug | / | Noun, Verb |
| electric | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| electrochemical | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| electromagnetic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| enchantment | x/x | Noun |
| enthusiasm | x/xxx | Noun |
| epiphany | x/xx | Noun |
| excitement | x/x | Noun |
| eye | / | Noun, Verb |
| fabric | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fallacy | /xx | Noun |
| fantasy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| faulty | /x | Adjective |
| fiber | /x | Noun |
| fibre | /x | Noun |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| figment | /x | Noun |
| foolishness | /xx | Noun |
| gravitational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| guise | / | Noun, Verb |
| holographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| hope | / | Noun, Verb |
| ideality | x/xx | Noun |
| ignis fatuus | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| illusory | x/xx | Adjective |
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun |
| immediacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| impression | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| infrared | xx/ | Adjective, Name |
| interferometric | xx/x/x | Adjective |
| ir | // | Name, Adjective |
| lens | / | Noun, Verb |
| lie | / | Verb, Noun |
| luminous | /xx | Adjective |
| lure | / | Noun, Verb |
| madness | /x | Noun |
| microwave | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| mind | / | Noun, Verb |
| misapprehension | xxx/x | Noun |
| misconception | xx/x | Noun |
| mistake | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| multimode | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| narrowband | /xx | Adjective |
| ocular | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| odd | / | Adjective, Noun |
| opinion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| optically | /xx | Adverb |
| outlook | /x | Noun, Verb |
| parts | / | Noun |
| perception | x/x | Noun |
| phantasy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| phantom limb | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| phenomenon | x/xx | Noun |
| photonic | x/x | Adjective |
| picture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pirated | /xx | Adjective |
| polarimetric | xx/xx | Adjective |
| printing | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prism | /x | Noun |
| purposes | /xx | Noun |
| reality | x/xx | Noun |
| reflecting | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| resonator | /xxx | Noun |
| ringer | /x | Noun |
| scattering | /xx | Noun |
| semblance | /x | Noun |
| shadow | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| sight | / | Noun, Verb |
| snare | / | Noun, Verb |
| spectre | /x | Noun |
| standpoint | /x | Noun |
| thermal | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| thought | / | Noun |
| trick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| ultrahigh | xxx | Adjective |
| unreal | x/ | Adjective |
| vein | / | Noun, Verb |
| viewpoint | /x | Noun |
| visual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
