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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| punitive | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| pen | / | Adjective, Noun |
| prison | /x | Noun |
| jail | / | Noun |
| reformatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| gaol | x/ | Noun |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| jailhouse | /x | Noun |
| gulag | /x | Noun |
| penal | /x | Name |
| inmate | /x | Noun |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| warden | /x | Noun |
| sanitarium | xx/xx | Noun |
| stockade | /x | Noun |
| parole | x/ | Noun |
| correctional | x/xx | Name |
| imprisonment | x/xx | Noun |
| asylums | x/x | Noun |
| guardhouse | /x | Noun |
| workhouse | /x | Noun |
| convicts | /x | Noun |
| probation | x/x | Noun |
| commandant | xx/ | Noun |
| hospital | /xx | Noun |
| courthouse | /x | Noun |
| sanatorium | /x/xx | Noun |
| institution | xx/x | Noun |
| rehabilitation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| almshouse | xx | Noun |
| infirmary | x/xx | Noun |
| lockup | /x | Noun |
| correctional facility | x/xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| correctional institution | x/xxxx/x | Name, Name |
| prison camp | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| penal colony | /x/xx | Name, Name |
| cell | / | Noun |
| house of correction | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| house of detention | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hole | / | Noun |
| police station | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| bastille | /x | Name |
| reform school | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| cooler | /x | Noun |
| black hole | // | Name, Name, Verb |
| joint | / | Noun |
| concentration camp | xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| camp | / | Noun |
| solitary confinement | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| commissary | /xxx | Noun |
| retention | x/x | Noun |
| death row | /x | Phrase, Noun |
| facility | x/xx | Noun |
| bailey | /x | Name |
| compound | /x | Noun |
| precinct | /x | Noun |
| big house | // | Name, Name |
| panopticon | /xxx | Noun |
| counter | /x | Noun |
| block | / | Noun |
| house arrest | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| halfway house | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| boob | / | Noun |
| icebox | /x | Noun |
| bullpen | /x | Noun |
| sanctuary | /xxx | Noun |
| presidio | x/xx | Noun |
| playpen | /x | Noun |
| ward | / | Noun |
| death camp | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dispersal | x/x | Noun |
| coop | / | Noun |
| quarantine | /xx | Noun |
| house of refuge | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| orphanage | /xx | Noun |
| industrial school | x/xx/ | Name, Name |
| house | / | Noun |
| chapel | /x | Noun |
| privy | /x | Name |
| woodshed | /x | Noun |
| residence hall | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hock | / | Noun |
| memorial park | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| witness stand | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| chain gang | // | Phrase, Noun |
| joliet | /xx | Name |
| huntsville | /x | Name |
| leavenworth | /xx | Name |
| haute | / | Name |
| danbury | /xx | Name |
| stillwater | /xx | Name |
| alcatraz | xx/ | Name |
| yuma | /x | Name |
| boise | /x | Name |
| marion | /xx | Name |
| sentenced | /x | Verb |
| atlanta | x/x | Name |
| frankfort | /x | Name |
| lansing | /x | Name |
| imagining | x/xx | Verb |
| gallows | /x | Noun |
| columbus | x/x | Name |
| inspectors | x/x | Noun |
| chaplain | /x | Noun |
| federal | /xx | Adjective |
| kingston | /x | Name |
| angola | x/x | Name |
| nashville | /x | Name |
| forgery | /xx | Noun |
| salem | /x | Name |
| richmond | /x | Name |
| keeper | /x | Noun |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| papal | /x | Adjective |
| notorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| superintendent | xxx/x | Noun |
| riot | /x | Noun |
| burglary | /xx | Noun |
| pennsylvania | xx/x | Name |
| philadelphia | xx/xx | Name |
| serving | /x | Verb |
| manitoba | xx/x | Name |
| albany | /xx | Name |
| erection | x/x | Noun |
| wind | / | Verb |
| fine | / | Noun |
| gates | / | Noun |
| territorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| arsenal | /xx | Noun |
| barrack | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cantonment | /xx | Noun |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| cistercian | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| city | /x | Noun |
| college | /x | Noun |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| custodial | x/xx | Adjective |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| depot | /x | Noun |
| detention | x/x | Noun |
| dispensary | x/xx | Noun |
| ecclesiastical | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| era | /x | Noun |
| establishment | x/xx | Noun |
| flourishing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| foundry | /x | Noun |
| internment | x/x | Noun |
| mediaeval | /xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| metropolis | x/xx | Noun |
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| monastic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| playhouse | /x | Noun |
| railroad | /x | Noun, Verb |
| reeducation | xxxxx | Noun |
| reformist | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| seminary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| shipyard | /x | Noun |
| town | / | Noun |
| university | xx/xx | Name |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
