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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| polygamy | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| monogamy | x/xx | Noun |
| polygamous | x/xx | Adjective |
| exogamy | x/xx | Noun |
| concubinage | x/xx | Noun |
| bigamy | /xx | Noun |
| endogamy | /xxx | Noun |
| cohabitation | xxx/x | Noun |
| infanticide | x/xx | Noun |
| patrilineal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| egalitarianism | xxx/xxxx | Noun |
| polytheism | /xxxx | Noun |
| monotheism | /xxxx | Noun |
| patriarchy | /xxx | Noun |
| intermarriage | xx/x | Noun |
| cannibalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| homosexuality | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| parasitism | xx/xx | Noun |
| dowries | /x | Noun |
| procreation | /x/x | Noun |
| childlessness | /xx | Noun |
| promiscuity | xx/xx | Noun |
| immorality | xx/xx | Noun |
| plurality | x/xx | Noun |
| wedlock | /x | Noun |
| matrimony | /xxx | Noun |
| pluralism | /xxx | Noun |
| multiplicity | xx/xx | Noun |
| womanhood | /xx | Noun |
| widowhood | /xx | Noun |
| androgyny | x/xx | Noun |
| blackbirds | /x | Noun |
| dimorphism | x/xx | Noun |
| practiced | /x | Verb |
| serial | /xx | Adjective |
| outlawed | /x | Verb |
| divorce | x/ | Noun |
| prevails | x/ | Verb |
| permitted | x/x | Verb |
| incidence | /xx | Noun |
| custom | /x | Noun |
| sanctioned | /x | Verb |
| prevalence | /xx | Noun |
| simultaneous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fertility | x/xx | Noun |
| institution | xx/x | Noun |
| prohibition | xx/x | Noun |
| prohibits | x/x | Verb |
| abolition | xx/x | Noun |
| occasional | x/xx | Adjective |
| inheritance | x/xx | Noun |
| abolished | x/x | Verb |
| occurrence | x/x | Noun |
| forbidden | /xx | Verb |
| evolution | xx/x | Noun |
| instances | /xx | Noun |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| tolerated | /xxx | Verb |
| allowed | x/ | Verb |
| cases | /x | Noun |
| residence | /xx | Noun |
| societies | x/xx | Noun |
| correlated | /xxx | Verb |
| tends | / | Verb |
| widespread | // | Adjective |
| frequency | /xx | Noun |
| preference | /xx | Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun |
| correlation | xx/x | Noun |
| favor | /x | Verb |
| preferred | x/ | Verb |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| african | /xx | Adjective |
| degree | x/ | Noun |
| limited | /xx | Adjective |
| male | / | Adjective |
| general | /xx | Adjective |
| female | /x | Adjective |
| acceptable | x/xx | Adjective |
| acculturation | x/x/x | Noun |
| aggregate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| agronomic | x/xx | Adjective |
| alcoholism | /xxxx | Noun |
| analytic | xx/x | Adjective |
| anorexia | xx/xx | Noun |
| art | / | Noun |
| autopsies | /xx | Noun |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| bilateral | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| biomedical | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| biosphere | /xx | Noun |
| boycotts | /x | Noun |
| centred | /x | Adjective |
| childbirth | /x | Noun |
| colonizers | /xxx | Noun |
| disaggregated | xxxxx | Adjective, Verb |
| domestication | xxx/x | Noun |
| exemplary | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| perinatal | /x/x | Adjective |
| plural | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| prepaid | x/ | Adjective |
| prerogatives | x/xx | Noun |
| socialisation | /xx/x | Noun |
| unionization | xxx/x | Noun |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
