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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| maternal | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Adjective |
| parental | x/x | Adjective |
| paternalistic | xxx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| fatherly | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| related | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| filial | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| familial | x/x | Adjective |
| motherly | /xx | Adjective |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| genetic | x/x | Adjective |
| matriarchal | xx/x | Adjective |
| patriarchal | xx/x | Adjective |
| fraternal | x/x | Adjective |
| lineage | /xx | Noun |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| kinship | /x | Noun |
| grandfather | /xx | Noun |
| patrilineal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| parentage | /xx | Noun |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| paternity | x/xx | Noun |
| doting | /x | Adjective |
| sternness | /x | Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun |
| matrilineal | xx/xx | Noun |
| overweening | xx/x | Adjective |
| solicitude | x/xx | Noun |
| hereditary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| aristocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| filiation | xx/x | Noun |
| offspring | /x | Noun |
| pedigree | /xx | Noun |
| patriarch | /xx | Noun |
| inheritance | x/xx | Noun |
| monarchical | /xxx | Adjective |
| pater | /x | Noun |
| lineal | /xx | Noun |
| benevolence | x/xx | Noun |
| biological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| protectiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| progeny | /xx | Noun |
| conjugal | /xx | Adjective |
| infantile | /xx | Noun |
| adoptive | x/x | Adjective |
| generational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| spousal | /x | Adjective |
| genealogical | xx/xxx | Name |
| overbearing | /x/x | Adjective |
| epigenetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| dynastic | x/x | Adjective |
| reverential | xx/x | Adjective |
| intergenerational | xx/x/xx | Adjective |
| upbringing | /xx | Noun |
| reciprocal | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncle | /x | Noun |
| childlike | /x | Adjective |
| bloodline | /x | Noun |
| patronymic | xx/x | Noun |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective |
| patrimonial | /xxx | Noun |
| patrician | x/x | Noun |
| double | /x | Adjective |
| natural | /xx | Adjective |
| brotherly | /xx | Adjective |
| posthumous | /xx | Adjective |
| first | / | Adjective |
| patristic | x/x | Noun |
| masculine | /xx | Adjective |
| allelic | x/x | Adjective |
| inbred | /x | Adjective |
| collateral | x/xx | Noun |
| cognate | /x | Noun |
| half | / | Noun |
| akin | x/ | Adjective |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun |
| tribal | /x | Adjective |
| natal | /x | Name |
| ethnic | /x | Adjective |
| gentlemanly | /xxx | Adjective |
| successive | x/x | Adjective |
| marital | /xx | Adjective |
| gentile | /x | Noun |
| royal | /x | Name |
| pharaonic | xx/x | Noun |
| palatinate | x/xx | Name |
| aunts | / | Noun |
| imago | x/x | Noun |
| incest | /x | Noun |
| phallus | /x | Noun |
| haplotype | /xx | Noun |
| sib | / | Noun |
| meiosis | x/x | Noun |
| kindly | /x | Adverb |
| interdiction | xx/x | Noun |
| benediction | xx/x | Noun |
| imprinting | x/x | Noun |
| kinsmen | /x | Noun |
| great | / | Noun |
| grandma | /x | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun |
| signifier | /xxx | Noun |
| chromosome | /xx | Noun |
| kin | / | Noun |
| affection | x/x | Noun |
| surname | /x | Noun |
| affectionate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| compassionate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| dad | / | Noun, Verb |
| daddy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| im | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| indulgent | x/x | Adjective |
| intrinsic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| love | / | Noun, Verb |
| melodic | x/x | Adjective |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| outgoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| overprotective | xxx/x | Adjective |
| parenthood | /xx | Noun |
| patria | /xx | Noun |
| personifications | x/xx/x | Noun |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| religious | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sisterly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| tender | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| vocal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| wifely | /x | Adjective |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sfa | x | Name |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
