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Word | Syllables | Categories |
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workhouse | /x | Noun, Noun |
almshouse | xx | Noun |
paupers | /x | Noun |
destitution | /xxx | Noun |
penniless | /xx | Adjective |
hovel | /x | Noun |
penury | /xx | Noun |
bankrupt | /x | Adjective |
sanitarium | xx/xx | Noun |
gaol | x/ | Noun |
nunnery | /xx | Noun |
madhouse | /x | Noun |
destitute | /xx | Noun |
jail | / | Noun |
impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
sanatorium | /x/xx | Noun |
asylums | x/x | Noun |
penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun |
ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
infirmary | x/xx | Noun |
squalor | /x | Noun |
prison | /x | Noun |
hospital | /xx | Noun |
starve | / | Verb |
misery | /xx | Noun |
indigent | /xx | Noun |
whorehouse | /x | Noun |
damned | / | Adjective |
unfortunates | x/xx | Noun |
convent | /x | Noun |
county | /x | Noun |
starvation | x/x | Noun |
parsonage | /xx | Noun |
dreamland | /x | Noun |
fortune | /x | Noun |
miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
hellhole | /x | Noun |
oblivion | x/xx | Noun |
garret | /x | Noun |
wretched | /x | Adjective |
parish | /x | Noun |
millionaire | xx/ | Noun |
ghetto | /x | Noun |
matron | /x | Noun |
hostelry | /xx | Noun |
chateau | x/ | Noun |
house of refuge | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
big house | // | Name, Name |
house | / | Noun |
settlement house | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
hostel | /x | Noun |
house of correction | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
doghouse | /x | Noun |
orphanage | /xx | Noun |
rooming house | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
bunkhouse | /x | Noun |
jailhouse | /x | Noun |
foyer | /x | Noun |
hospice | /x | Noun |
house of ill repute | ///x/ | Phrase, Noun |
guesthouse | /x | Noun |
crib | / | Noun |
house of detention | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
house of office | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
slum | / | Noun |
group home | // | Phrase, Noun |
reception center | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
longhouse | /x | Noun |
lodging house | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
shadow | /x | Noun |
inmate | /x | Noun |
vanishing | /xx | Verb |
wind | / | Verb |
caribbean | x/xx | Name |
hill | / | Noun |
land | / | Verb |
palace | /x | Noun |
end | / | Verb |
admission | x/x | Noun |
die | / | Verb |
send | / | Verb |
residents | /xx | Noun |
local | /x | Adjective |
locked | / | Verb |
fear | / | Noun |
effective | x/x | Adjective |
drive | / | Verb |
road | / | Noun |
door | / | Noun |
old | / | Adjective |
way | / | Noun |
headed | /x | Verb |
going | /x | Verb |
entering | /xx | Verb |
days | / | Noun |
put | / | Verb |
live | / | Verb |
new | / | Adjective |
save | / | Verb |
means | / | Verb |
build | / | Verb |
population | xx/x | Noun |
abandoned | x/x | Adjective |
adjoining | x/x | Adjective |
brewery | /xx | Noun |
camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
cantonment | /xx | Noun |
cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
city | /x | Noun |
commune | /x | Noun, Verb |
delinquent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
distillery | x/xx | Noun |
farming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
farmyard | /x | Noun |
foundry | /x | Noun |
grange | / | Name |
grocer | /x | Noun, Verb |
hippy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
homestead | /x | Noun, Verb |
lonely | /x | Adjective |
manor | /x | Noun |
metropolis | x/xx | Noun |
playhouse | /x | Noun |
pub | / | Noun, Verb |
schoolmaster | /xx | Noun, Verb |
slaughterhouse | /xx | Noun |
unemployment | xx/x | Noun |
closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
aisle | / | Noun |
oh | / | Noun, Verb |
bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
cloth | / | Noun |
nickel | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
pidgin | /x | Noun |
milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
headlines | /x | Noun |
backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |