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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| field | / | Noun, Verb |
| champaign | x/ | Verb, Name, Adjective |
| dry | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| tailored | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| homely | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| trim | / | Adjective, Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| stark | / | Adverb, Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| knit | / | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| solid | /x | Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| sheer | / | Adverb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| kick | / | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| popular | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| austere | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| bare | / | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| general | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| severe | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| complain | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| manifest | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| apparently | x/xx | Noun, Adverb |
| literal | /xx | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| patent | /x | Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| evidently | /xxx | Adjective, Adverb |
| obviously | /xxx | Adverb, Adverb |
| obvious | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| apparent | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| evident | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| mere | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| chaste | / | Verb, Adjective |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unpretentious | xx/x | Verb, Adjective |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| modest | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| pure | / | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| unadorned | xx/ | Noun, Adjective |
| unattractive | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| featureless | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| unmixed | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| unvarnished | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| pure and simple | ///x | Phrase, Adjective |
| sound off | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| fancy | /x | Noun, Noun |
| patterned | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bland | / | Noun |
| ordinary | /xxx | Adjective |
| boring | /x | Noun |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| flowery | /xx | Noun |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| drab | / | Noun |
| lame | / | Noun |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| white | / | Name |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| thick | / | Adjective |
| nondescript | /x/ | Adjective |
| pretty | /x | Adjective |
| pale | / | Adjective |
| flat | / | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| coarse | / | Adjective |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| rather | /x | Adverb |
| hollow | /x | Noun |
| clear | / | Adjective |
| conventional | x/xx | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| purely | /x | Adverb |
| basic | /x | Adjective |
| simplistic | x/x | Adjective |
| rectangular | x/xx | Adjective |
| striped | / | Adjective |
| flashy | /x | Adjective |
| usual | /xx | Adjective |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| beige | / | Noun |
| straightforward | //x | Adjective |
| ornate | x/ | Adjective |
| little | /x | Adjective |
| dumb | / | Adjective |
| crass | / | Noun |
| downright | /x | Adjective |
| gaudy | /x | Adjective |
| unassuming | xx/x | Adjective |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| decorative | /xx | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| unadulterated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| barren | /x | Adjective |
| veiled | / | Adjective |
| brown | / | Name |
| blue | / | Noun |
| monotonous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ornamented | /xxx | Verb |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective |
| circular | /xx | Adjective |
| humdrum | /x | Noun |
| dense | / | Adjective |
| black | / | Name |
| blatantly | /xx | Adverb |
| corrugated | /xxx | Adjective |
| blindingly | /xx | Adverb |
| anodyne | /xx | Noun |
| ditch | / | Noun |
| elegant | /xx | Adjective |
| grey | / | Name |
| mundane | x/ | Adjective |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| frilly | /x | Adjective |
| colorful | /xx | Adjective |
| traditional | x/xx | Adjective |
| crude | / | Noun |
| fashioned | /x | Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| standard | /x | Noun |
| garish | /x | Adjective |
| skimpy | /x | Adjective |
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective |
| slick | / | Noun |
| utilitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| trite | / | Adjective |
| bordered | /x | Verb |
| glaringly | /xx | Adverb |
| stolid | /x | Adjective |
| typical | /xx | Adjective |
| monochrome | /xx | Noun |
| sight | / | Noun |
| darn | / | Adjective |
| tasteless | /x | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| homespun | /x | Noun |
| generic | x/x | Adjective |
| just | / | Adverb |
| plat | / | Noun |
| level | /x | Noun |
| lush | / | Adjective |
| shallow | /x | Adjective |
| ploughed | / | Adjective |
| wide | / | Adjective |
| callow | /x | Noun |
| broken | /x | Adjective |
| rolling | /x | Noun |
| superficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| strait | / | Noun |
| physical | /xx | Adjective |
| topo | /x | Noun |
| cultivated | /xxx | Adjective |
| rejuvenated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| downhill | // | Noun |
| tilled | / | Adjective |
| weathered | /x | Adjective |
| corduroy | /xx | Noun |
| placer | /x | Noun |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective |
| deep | / | Adjective |
| plowed | / | Verb |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| fallow | /x | Noun |
| lower | /x | Adjective |
| lakefront | /x | Noun |
| single file | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| landed | /x | Verb |
| clearwater | /xx | Name |
| loam | / | Noun |
| nether | /x | Noun |
| swept | / | Noun |
| yogurt | /x | Noun |
| weave | / | Noun |
| sailing | /x | Noun |
| yoghurt | // | Noun |
| tiff | / | Noun |
| radiographs | /xxx | Noun |
| vanilla | x/x | Noun |
| sewing | /x | Noun |
| teeming | /x | Verb |
| radiography | xx/xx | Noun |
| needlework | /xx | Noun |
| commonsense | xx/ | Noun |
| speaking | /x | Noun |
| swap | / | Noun |
| lidocaine | /xx | Noun |
| wrapper | /x | Noun |
| gelatin | /xx | Noun |
| html | x | Noun |
| english | /x | Name |
| aspirin | /x | Noun |
| dealing | /x | Noun |
| agar | /x | Noun |
| armour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bagel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bald | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| beauty | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| beef | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bemoan | x/ | Verb |
| bitch | / | Noun, Verb |
| brush | / | Noun, Verb |
| campaign | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| candid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cheer | / | Noun, Verb |
| cheer up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cimarron | /xx | Name |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| claire | / | Name |
| clean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| clearly | /x | Adverb |
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| comprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| croak | / | Noun, Verb |
| definite | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| degenerate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| deplore | x/ | Verb |
| deteriorate | x/xxx | Verb |
| different | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| esplanade | xx/ | Noun |
| expanses | x/x | Noun |
| explicit | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| flagrant | /x | Adjective |
| floodplain | /x | Noun |
| frank | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| frankly | /x | Adverb |
| ganges | /x | Name |
| grassland | /x | Noun |
| gripe | / | Noun, Verb |
| grouse | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| grumble | /x | Verb, Noun |
| holler | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| honest | /x | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| indexing | /xx | Noun |
| intelligible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| jane | / | Name |
| lament | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| legible | /xx | Adjective |
| linen | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| lisa | /x | Name |
| lowland | /x | Noun |
| meadows | /x | Noun |
| ming | / | Name, Verb |
| moor | / | Noun, Verb |
| moorland | /x | Noun |
| murmur | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mutter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nag | / | Noun, Verb |
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| neutral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| normal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| olympia | x/xx | Name |
| outright | // | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| pampa | /x | Noun |
| peanut | /x | Noun, Verb |
| peck | / | Noun, Verb |
| plaid | / | Noun, Adjective |
| plane | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| plateau | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| prairie | /x | Noun |
| predominantly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| presentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| protest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| queen | / | Noun, Verb |
| rail | / | Noun, Verb |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| regions | /x | Noun |
| regret | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| regular | /xx | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| report | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| sahel | xx | Name |
| sandhills | /x | Noun |
| scold | / | Verb, Noun |
| simply | /x | Adverb |
| single | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| smooth | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| sober | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| squawk | / | Noun, Verb |
| steppe | / | Noun |
| stretches | /x | Verb, Noun |
| transparent | x/x | Adjective |
| treeless | /x | Adjective |
| tundra | /x | Noun |
| unambiguous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unclear | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| uncomplicated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| understandable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
