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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| superimposed | xxx/ | Adjective, Verb |
| underlying | xx/x | Adjective |
| overlaying | /xxx | Verb |
| adjacent | x/x | Adjective |
| underneath | xx/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| surrounding | x/x | Verb |
| beneath | x/ | Adverb |
| uppermost | /xx | Adjective |
| bedrock | /x | Noun |
| subchondral | //x | Adjective |
| lowermost | /xx | Adjective |
| adjoining | x/x | Adjective |
| enveloping | x/xx | Noun |
| occluding | x/x | Adjective |
| outermost | /xx | Adjective |
| subsurface | /xx | Noun |
| proximal | /xx | Noun |
| imbedded | x/x | Verb |
| outer | /x | Noun |
| obscuring | x/x | Verb |
| layer | /x | Noun |
| stratum | /x | Noun |
| upper | /x | Noun |
| core | / | Noun |
| mudstone | /x | Noun |
| constituting | /xxx | Verb |
| forming | /x | Verb |
| anterior | x/xx | Adjective |
| substratum | //x | Noun |
| surface | /x | Noun |
| bordering | /xx | Verb |
| central | /x | Noun |
| outcropping | //x | Noun |
| sedimentary | xx/xx | Noun |
| predominant | x/xx | Adjective |
| distal | /x | Noun |
| interbedded | xxxx | Adjective |
| epidermis | xx/x | Noun |
| constraining | x/x | Noun |
| surficial | //x | Adjective |
| overhanging | /xxx | Adjective |
| proximate | /xx | Adjective |
| portion | /x | Noun |
| masking | /x | Noun |
| traverse | /x | Noun |
| preceding | x/x | Verb |
| foregoing | x/x | Noun |
| crosswise | /x | Noun |
| opposite | /xx | Noun |
| abovementioned | x/xx | Adjective |
| transversal | x/x | Noun |
| awash | x/ | Noun |
| crossing | /x | Noun |
| underfoot | xx/ | Adverb |
| sidelong | /xx | Adjective |
| juxtaposed | xx/ | Verb |
| apposite | xx | Adjective |
| recumbent | x/x | Adjective |
| submerged | x/ | Adjective |
| cruciate | /xx | Noun |
| abutting | x/x | Verb |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| transverse | x/ | Noun |
| prostrate | /x | Adjective |
| interspersed | xx/ | Verb |
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective |
| supported | x/x | Verb |
| coincidental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| reclined | x/ | Verb |
| ectoderm | /xx | Noun |
| conjunctiva | xx/x | Noun |
| skin | / | Noun |
| vitreous | /xx | Noun |
| scalp | / | Noun |
| loess | /x | Noun |
| seawater | /xx | Noun |
| dermis | /x | Noun |
| corneum | x/x | Noun |
| integument | x/xx | Noun |
| trophoblast | /x/ | Noun |
| pleura | /x | Noun |
| bursa | /x | Noun |
| mucosa | x/x | Noun |
| gingiva | //x | Noun |
| cuticle | /xx | Noun |
| intima | /xx | Noun |
| peat | / | Noun |
| lithosphere | /xx | Noun |
| alluvium | x/xx | Noun |
| laceration | xx/x | Noun |
| basalt | x/ | Noun |
| shale | / | Noun |
| endometrium | xxxxx | Noun |
| corona | x/x | Noun |
| fascia | xx | Noun |
| neocortex | xx/x | Noun |
| sediment | /xx | Noun |
| thrombus | xx | Noun |
| aquifer | /xx | Noun |
| enamel | x/x | Noun |
| crust | / | Noun |
| dolomite | /xx | Noun |
| paddle | /x | Noun |
| clot | / | Noun |
| gum | / | Noun |
| peritoneum | x/x/x | Noun |
| skull | / | Noun |
| callus | /x | Noun |
| sandstone | /x | Noun |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| ascending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| axons | /x | Noun |
| batten | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bearing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| clayey | /x | Adjective |
| coating | /x | Noun |
| columns | /x | Noun |
| covering | /xx | Noun |
| denuded | x/x | Adjective |
| embracing | x/x | Noun |
| encasing | x/x | Noun |
| encompassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| epithelial | xx/x | Adjective |
| fascicle | /xx | Noun |
| fibril | /x | Noun |
| fissured | /x | Adjective |
| friable | xxx | Adjective |
| impermeable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| impervious | x/xx | Adjective |
| indurated | xxxx | Adjective |
| inner | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| internodes | /x/ | Noun |
| lining | /x | Noun |
| marly | /x | Adjective |
| microvilli | /x/x | Noun |
| overburden | /x/x | Verb, Noun |
| overlapping | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| permeable | /xxx | Adjective |
| recovering | x/xx | Noun |
| spanning | /x | Noun |
| thickened | /x | Adjective |
| trabeculae | x/xx | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
