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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| streaming | /x | Noun, Noun |
| cropping | /x | Noun |
| placer | /x | Noun |
| pay dirt | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sinter | /x | Noun |
| mill | / | Noun |
| bank | / | Noun |
| black sand | // | Name, Name |
| lode | / | Noun |
| rake | / | Noun |
| floor | / | Noun |
| river bottom | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| shoot | / | Noun |
| digging | /x | Noun |
| sedimentology | xxx/xx | Noun |
| groundwater | /xx | Noun |
| dropper | /x | Noun |
| roof | / | Noun |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| water table | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| flat | / | Adjective |
| alluvium | x/xx | Noun |
| aquifer | /xx | Noun |
| petrology | x/xx | Noun |
| mother lode | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| coalfield | /x | Noun |
| sole | / | Noun |
| pitch | / | Noun |
| field | / | Noun |
| prospector | /xx | Noun |
| floodplain | /x | Noun |
| dish | / | Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| riverbed | /xx | Noun |
| mudstone | /x | Noun |
| drift | / | Noun |
| mine | / | Noun |
| bunch | / | Noun |
| outcrop | // | Noun |
| sinkhole | /x | Noun |
| glory hole | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| rock | / | Noun |
| impregnation | x//x | Noun |
| subsoil | /x | Noun |
| lamination | /x/x | Noun |
| freestone | /x | Noun |
| natural resource | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| crag | / | Noun |
| workings | /x | Noun |
| serpentine | /xx | Noun |
| accretion | x/x | Noun |
| saddle | /x | Noun |
| foreland | /x | Noun |
| sandstone | /x | Noun |
| tectonics | x/x | Noun |
| sediment | /xx | Noun |
| geomorphology | xxx/xx | Noun |
| dredging | /x | Noun |
| monument | /xx | Noun |
| abatement | x/x | Noun |
| aboriginal | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| abstraction | x/x | Noun |
| additive | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| advantaged | x/x | Adjective |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| agriculture | /xxx | Noun |
| aliquot | xx/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| anthracite | /xx | Noun |
| appalachian | xx/x | Name, Adjective |
| aqueduct | /xx | Noun |
| arable | /xx | Adjective |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| bishopric | /xx | Noun |
| blasting | /x | Noun |
| bolivian | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cave | / | Noun, Verb |
| claymore | /x | Noun |
| coal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| collecting | x/x | Noun |
| colliery | /xx | Noun |
| concession | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| dairying | /xx | Noun |
| designated | /xxx | Adjective |
| drilling | /x | Noun |
| druze | / | Name, Adjective |
| eject | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| emplacement | x/x | Noun |
| estonian | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| excavation | xx/x | Noun |
| exploitation | xx/x | Noun |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| exploiting | /xx | Verb |
| exploration | xx/x | Noun |
| exploring | x/x | Noun |
| extracting | x/x | Verb |
| extraction | x/x | Noun |
| extractive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| farming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| felling | /x | Noun |
| fishery | /xx | Noun |
| forestry | /xx | Noun |
| fountain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gold | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| grant | / | Noun, Verb |
| harvesting | /xx | Noun |
| hematite | /xx | Noun |
| hoard | / | Noun, Verb |
| holding | /x | Noun |
| impoundment | x/x | Noun |
| industry | /xx | Noun |
| joy | / | Noun, Verb |
| klondike | /x | Name, Verb |
| locate | /x | Verb |
| logging | /x | Noun |
| manufacturing | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| maori | /x | Name, Adjective |
| metal | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| metallurgy | /xxx | Noun |
| minas | /x | Noun |
| minefield | /x | Noun |
| mineral | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| ming | / | Name, Verb |
| mount | / | Noun, Verb |
| operating | /xxx | Adjective |
| operation | xx/x | Noun |
| operational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ore | / | Noun |
| pit | / | Noun, Verb |
| placement | /x | Noun |
| placing | /x | Noun |
| pleasure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| production | x/x | Noun |
| prospecting | x/x | Noun |
| pull | / | Verb, Noun |
| punjab | x/ | Name |
| quarrying | /xx | Noun |
| ranching | /x | Noun |
| reef | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| refining | x/x | Noun |
| removal | x/x | Noun |
| removing | x/x | Noun |
| resource | /x | Noun, Verb |
| retrieval | x/x | Noun |
| retrieving | x/x | Noun |
| school | / | Noun, Verb |
| scraping | /x | Noun |
| shale | / | Noun, Verb |
| shipbuilding | /xx | Noun |
| slovak | /x | Name, Adjective |
| smelting | /x | Noun |
| super | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tabernacle | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| transylvanian | xx/xx | Name, Adjective |
| trove | / | Noun |
| vineyards | /x | Noun |
| wealth | / | Noun |
| whaling | /x | Noun |
| wildcat | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| winning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| zinc | / | Noun, Verb |
