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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| leech | / | Noun, Noun |
| sponge | / | Noun, Noun |
| minion | /x | Noun, Noun |
| tapeworm | /x | Noun |
| parasitism | xx/xx | Noun |
| protozoan | xx/x | Noun |
| pathogen | /xx | Noun |
| nematode | /xx | Noun |
| worm | / | Noun |
| infestation | x//x | Noun |
| virus | /x | Noun |
| symbiont | /xx | Noun |
| infection | x/x | Noun |
| organism | /xxx | Noun |
| toxoplasma | xx/x | Noun |
| microbe | /x | Noun |
| hookworm | /x | Noun |
| plasmodium | x/xx | Name |
| schistosoma | /xxx | Name |
| larvae | /x | Noun |
| leishmania | //xx | Name |
| bacterium | x/xx | Noun |
| infective | x/x | Adjective |
| maggot | /x | Noun |
| insect | /x | Noun |
| fungus | /x | Noun |
| copepod | /x/ | Noun |
| amoeba | x/x | Noun |
| parasitology | /xx/xx | Noun |
| parasitoid | /xxx | Noun |
| louse | / | Noun |
| mosquito | x/x | Noun |
| pest | / | Noun |
| infected | x/x | Adjective |
| trypanosoma | //xxx | Name |
| toxin | /x | Noun |
| disease | x/ | Noun |
| predator | /xx | Noun |
| bartonella | /x/x | Name |
| fungal | /x | Adjective |
| bacterial | x/xx | Adjective |
| rickettsia | /xxx | Noun |
| sucker | /x | Noun |
| feeder | /x | Noun |
| vampire | /x | Noun |
| vulture | /x | Noun |
| miser | /x | Noun |
| beggar | /x | Noun |
| drudge | / | Noun |
| patsy | /x | Name |
| user | /x | Noun |
| pauper | /x | Noun |
| vagrant | /x | Noun |
| mendicant | x/x | Noun |
| dependant | x/x | Noun |
| shark | / | Noun |
| spender | /x | Noun |
| deadbeat | /x | Noun |
| doormat | /x | Noun |
| obligate | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| pander | /x | Noun |
| facultative | /xxx | Adjective |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| arthropod | /xx | Noun |
| biogeochemical | /xxx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| biotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| bug | / | Noun, Verb |
| clone | / | Noun, Verb |
| clutter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| coevolution | /xx/x | Noun |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ecologic | xx/x | Adjective |
| extraneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| flea | / | Noun, Verb |
| germ | / | Noun, Verb |
| herbivore | /xx | Noun |
| host | / | Noun, Verb |
| interference | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| invertebrate | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| microorganism | xx/xxx | Noun |
| mite | / | Noun, Verb |
| mycorrhizal | xxx/ | Adjective |
| noise | / | Noun, Verb |
| penny | /x | Noun, Verb |
| rodent | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| sediment | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| social | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| spurious | /xx | Adjective |
| static | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| stray | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| synergistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| vermin | /x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pigeon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
