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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| bear hug | // | Phrase, Noun |
| takeover bid | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crown jewel | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| takeover | /xx | Noun |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| bloodbath | /x | Noun |
| buyout | /x | Noun |
| short | / | Adjective |
| dumping | /x | Verb |
| sacrifice | /xx | Noun |
| bucket | /x | Noun |
| bailout | /x | Noun |
| diversification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| red herring | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| divestment | x/x | Noun |
| cost | / | Noun |
| strangle | /x | Verb |
| stuffing | /x | Noun |
| scalping | /x | Noun |
| crash | / | Noun |
| blank check company | ///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| tunneling | /xx | Noun |
| insider trading | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| liquidation | xx/x | Noun |
| contra | /x | Noun |
| cats and dogs | /// | Phrase, Noun, Adverb |
| holding company | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| strip | / | Noun |
| red ink | // | Phrase, Noun |
| break | / | Noun |
| collar | /x | Noun |
| trade secret | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| put through | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| bargaining power | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| accounting | x/x | Noun |
| contagion | x/x | Noun |
| golden parachute | /x/xx | Name, Name |
| hedge | / | Noun |
| fail | / | Verb |
| initial public offering | x/x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| washing | /x | Noun |
| inside information | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| injection | x/x | Noun |
| abstinence | /xx | Noun |
| bank holiday | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| bear | / | Noun |
| payback | /x | Noun |
| freeze | / | Noun |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| pyramid scheme | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| business | /x | Noun |
| a | x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| acid | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| acorn | /x | Noun |
| ailment | /x | Noun |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| amulet | /xx | Noun |
| ant | / | Noun, Verb |
| antidote | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| antipyretic | x//xx | Adjective, Noun |
| apple | /x | Noun, Verb |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| arsenic | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| aspirin | /x | Noun |
| avert | x/ | Verb |
| axe | / | Noun, Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bane | / | Noun, Verb |
| bee | / | Noun, Verb |
| berry | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bile | / | Noun, Verb |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| birth control | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| birth control pill | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bolus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| boom | / | Noun, Verb |
| boredom | /x | Noun |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| bramble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bread | / | Noun, Verb |
| brew | / | Noun, Verb |
| broom | / | Noun, Verb |
| buggy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bullet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cachet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| candle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| capsule | /x | Noun, Verb |
| caraway | /xx | Noun |
| card | / | Noun, Verb |
| caustic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| census | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chalice | /x | Noun |
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| coffee | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| compressed | x/ | Adjective |
| contaminate | x/xx | Verb |
| contraception | xx/x | Noun |
| contraceptive pill | xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| counteract | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| creep | / | Verb, Noun |
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cure | / | Noun, Verb |
| dan | / | Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| death | / | Noun |
| deciduous | x/xx | Adjective |
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| detoxification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| devil | /x | Noun, Verb |
| disc | / | Noun, Verb |
| disk | / | Noun, Verb |
| diskette | x/ | Noun |
| drink | / | Noun, Verb |
| drug | / | Noun, Verb |
| dynamite | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| ent | / | Noun, Verb |
| epoch | /x | Noun, Verb |
| explosives | x/x | Noun |
| fever | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gif | / | Noun, Verb |
| gift | / | Noun, Verb |
| grain | / | Noun, Verb |
| grass | / | Noun, Verb |
| group | / | Noun, Verb |
| herb | / | Noun |
| homeopathic | xxx/x | Adjective, Name |
| honey | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| inflame | x/ | Verb |
| ivy | /x | Noun |
| jumbo | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| kill | / | Verb, Noun |
| kite | / | Noun, Verb |
| knot | / | Noun, Verb |
| laurel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| leafed | / | Adjective |
| leaved | / | Adjective, Verb |
| leaven | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lethal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| loaf | / | Noun, Verb |
| loot | / | Noun, Verb |
| lozenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maladies | /xx | Noun |
| matriarchal | xx/x | Adjective |
| medication | xx/x | Noun |
| medicine | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| mini | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| name | / | Noun, Verb |
| narcotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| nectar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nicotine | /xx | Noun |
| oak | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| opiate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| oral contraceptive pill | /xxx/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| pad | / | Noun, Verb |
| painkiller | /xx | Noun |
| paycheck | /x | Noun |
| pebble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pepper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pest | / | Noun |
| piece | / | Noun, Verb |
| pillage | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pitcher | /x | Noun |
| plague | / | Noun, Verb |
| plunder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| poisoned | /x | Adjective |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| postmark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pot | / | Noun, Verb |
| potion | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pregnant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| premodern | x/x | Adjective |
| putrefaction | /x/x | Noun |
| rat | / | Noun, Verb |
| robin | /x | Name |
| sack | / | Noun, Verb |
| sam | / | Name, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| scent | / | Noun, Verb |
| scraggly | /x | Adjective |
| seal | / | Noun, Verb |
| sedative | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| sex | / | Noun, Verb |
| shovel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sick | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sickness | /x | Noun |
| skeleton | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| skull | / | Noun, Verb |
| smelling | /x | Verb, Noun |
| snake | / | Noun, Verb |
| spacer | /x | Noun |
| spade | / | Noun, Verb |
| stamp | / | Noun, Verb |
| sticker | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stimulant | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| sting | / | Noun, Verb |
| strychnine | /x | Noun |
| substance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sumac | /x | Noun, Verb |
| swallow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| tab | / | Noun, Verb |
| tablet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| taint | / | Noun, Verb |
| temptation | x/x | Noun |
| thorn | / | Noun, Verb |
| tips | / | Noun |
| tonight | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| toxic | /x | Adjective |
| toxicant | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| toxicological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| toxicology | xx/xx | Noun |
| toxin | /x | Noun |
| tranquilizer | /xxx | Noun |
| troublemaker | /xxx | Noun |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| venom | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| vitamin | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| water | /x | Noun, Verb |
| weed | / | Noun, Verb |
| white | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| worsen | /x | Verb |
