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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| overload | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| burden | /x | Noun | 
| unburden | x/x | Verb | 
| excessive | x/x | Adjective | 
| overlain | /xx | Verb | 
| overwhelm | xx/ | Verb | 
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective | 
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| impair | x/ | Verb | 
| excess | /x | Noun | 
| trenching | /x | Noun | 
| tailings | /x | Noun | 
| unneeded | x/x | Adjective | 
| unnecessarily | x/xxxx | Adverb | 
| topsoil | /x | Noun | 
| cripple | /x | Noun | 
| endanger | x/x | Verb | 
| encumber | x/x | Verb | 
| bedrock | /x | Noun | 
| unduly | x/x | Adverb | 
| deplete | x/ | Verb | 
| compaction | x/x | Noun | 
| overwork | xx/ | Noun | 
| overdo | /x/ | Verb | 
| overpressure | /x/x | Noun | 
| overman | /xx | Noun | 
| overweight | xx/ | Adjective | 
| overrun | /xx | Verb | 
| surfeit | /x | Noun | 
| burst at the seams | //x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| shilling | /x | Noun | 
| removal | x/x | Noun | 
| pressure | /x | Noun | 
| reader | /x | Noun | 
| tends | / | Verb | 
| stress | / | Noun | 
| resources | /xx | Noun | 
| wish | / | Verb | 
| details | x/ | Noun | 
| text | / | Noun | 
| want | / | Verb | 
| tendency | /xx | Noun | 
| number | /x | Noun | 
| order | /x | Noun | 
| system | /x | Noun | 
| capacity | x/xx | Noun | 
| taken | /x | Verb | 
| heart | / | Noun | 
| children | /x | Noun | 
| book | / | Noun | 
| unconsolidated | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| stripping | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| dumps | / | Noun | 
| subsidence | x/x | Noun | 
| drilling | /x | Noun | 
| conductive | x/x | Adjective | 
| glacial | /x | Adjective | 
| weathered | /x | Adjective | 
| thickness | /x | Noun | 
| strata | /x | Noun | 
| removing | x/x | Verb | 
| thicknesses | /xx | Noun | 
| municipal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| ore | / | Noun | 
| thicker | /x | Adjective | 
| shallow | /x | Adjective | 
| shale | / | Noun | 
| excavation | xx/x | Noun | 
| alluvial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| weight | / | Noun | 
| rock | / | Noun | 
| depth | / | Noun | 
| barren | /x | Adjective | 
| gravel | /x | Noun | 
| coal | / | Noun | 
| transported | x/x | Verb | 
| meters | /x | Noun | 
| yards | / | Noun | 
| sterile | /x | Adjective | 
| sandy | /x | Adjective | 
| feet | / | Noun | 
| tons | / | Noun | 
| allowable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| alluvium | x/xx | Noun | 
| attenuation | x/x/x | Noun | 
| blanket | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| clayey | /x | Adjective | 
| compacted | x/x | Adjective | 
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| coverage | /xx | Noun | 
| crustal | /x | Adjective | 
| deposit | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| dredged | / | Verb | 
| fill | / | Verb, Noun | 
| frictional | /xx | Adjective | 
| girth | / | Noun, Verb | 
| height | / | Noun | 
| impermeable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| muck | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nonuniform | x/xx | Adjective | 
| outlay | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| overcharge | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| overhang | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| overhead | /x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| perils | /x | Noun | 
| permafrost | xx/ | Noun | 
| permeability | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| permeable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| porosity | x/xx | Noun | 
| premium | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| recharge | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| recovery | x/x | Noun | 
| reload | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| scatter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| seabed | /x | Noun | 
| sediment | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| shrinkage | /x | Noun | 
| silt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| snowfall | /x | Noun | 
| strain | / | Noun, Verb | 
| subgrade | /x | Noun | 
| surficial | //x | Adjective | 
| swamp | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tonnage | /x | Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
