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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| successors | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| antecedents | xx/x | Noun |
| ancestors | /xx | Noun |
| forebears | /x | Noun |
| precedents | /xx | Noun |
| progenitors | x/xx | Noun |
| forefathers | /xx | Noun |
| precursors | x/x | Noun |
| precedes | x/ | Verb |
| precedential | /x/x | Noun |
| generations | xx/x | Noun |
| precedence | /xx | Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Noun |
| succession | x/x | Noun |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| formers | /x | Noun |
| histories | /xx | Noun |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| contemporaries | x/xxx | Noun |
| centuries | /xx | Noun |
| descendants | x/x | Noun |
| counterparts | /xx | Noun |
| grandfathers | /xx | Noun |
| superiors | x/xx | Noun |
| prior to | /x/ | Phrase |
| inheritors | x/xx | Noun |
| legacies | /xx | Noun |
| leaders | /x | Noun |
| historic | x/x | Noun |
| chronological | xx/xx | Noun |
| equivalents | x/xx | Noun |
| incumbents | x/x | Noun |
| originals | x/xx | Noun |
| in succession | xx/x | Phrase |
| founders | /x | Noun |
| ancient history | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| referents | /xx | Noun |
| opponents | x/x | Noun |
| originators | x/xxx | Noun |
| presidents | /xx | Noun |
| consecutive | x/xx | Adjective |
| presidencies | /xxx | Noun |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| replacements | x/x | Noun |
| relatives | /xx | Noun |
| similarities | xx/xx | Noun |
| references | /xxx | Noun |
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective |
| predate | x/ | Verb |
| chronology | x/xx | Noun |
| elders | /x | Noun |
| competitors | x/xx | Noun |
| sequential | x/x | Adjective |
| grandparents | /xx | Noun |
| descendents | x/x | Noun |
| illustrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| aztecs | /x | Name |
| footsteps | /x | Noun |
| merovingian | /x/xx | Adjective |
| incas | /x | Name |
| reigns | / | Noun |
| malthus | /x | Name |
| surpass | x/ | Verb |
| mistakes | x/ | Noun |
| boas | /x | Name |
| blunders | /x | Noun |
| labours | /x | Noun |
| lancastrian | x/xx | Adjective |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| emulating | /xxx | Verb |
| carolingian | xx/xx | Adjective |
| eluded | x/x | Verb |
| ionian | x/xx | Adjective |
| rivals | /x | Noun |
| differs | /x | Verb |
| alexandrian | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hanoverian | xx/xx | Adjective |
| symbolist | /xx | Adjective |
| bequeathed | x/ | Verb |
| deciduous | x/xx | Adjective |
| excelled | x/ | Verb |
| inherits | x/x | Verb |
| hominid | /xx | Adjective |
| revered | x/ | Adjective |
| umayyad | /x/ | Adjective |
| respects | x/ | Noun |
| parthian | /xx | Adjective |
| mamluk | /x | Adjective |
| edwardian | x/xx | Adjective |
| austen | /x | Name |
| his | / | Adjective |
| achievements | x/x | Noun |
| distinguishes | x/xx | Verb |
| idealist | x/x | Adjective |
| tsarist | xx | Adjective |
| tory | /x | Adjective |
| barker | /x | Name |
| labors | /x | Noun |
| outstripped | x/ | Verb |
| indebtedness | x/xx | Noun |
| sumerian | x/xx | Adjective |
| medieval | x/x | Adjective |
| lineal | /xx | Adjective |
| neoplatonic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| eclipsed | x/ | Verb |
| victorian | x/xx | Adjective |
| see | / | Adjective |
| neanderthal | x/xx | Adjective |
| patristic | x/x | Adjective |
| its | / | Adjective |
| jacobean | xx/x | Adjective |
| weaver | /x | Noun |
| muscovite | /xx | Adjective |
| modernist | /xx | Adjective |
| prewar | x/ | Adjective |
| accomplishments | x/xx | Noun |
| imitating | /xxx | Verb |
| canaanite | /xx | Adjective |
| mediaeval | /xx/x | Adjective |
| pagan | /x | Adjective |
| bach | / | Name |
| diverged | x/ | Verb |
| scholastic | x/x | Adjective |
| fate | / | Noun |
| throne | / | Noun |
| hellenistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| distance | /x | Verb |
| none | / | Noun |
| departs | x/ | Verb |
| puritan | /xx | Adjective |
| august | /x | Adjective |
| electromechanical | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| hume | / | Name |
| tombs | / | Noun |
| descartes | x/ | Name |
| saintly | /x | Adjective |
| shoulders | /x | Noun |
| baffled | /x | Verb |
| eminent | /xx | Adjective |
| premodern | x/x | Adjective |
| ample | /x | Adjective |
| ancients | /x | Noun |
| associates | x/xx | Noun |
| authors | /x | Noun |
| biographers | x/xx | Noun |
| cartographers | /xxx | Noun |
| commencement | x/x | Noun |
| commentators | /xxx | Noun |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| epistle | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| exegetes | x/x | Noun |
| fathers | /x | Noun |
| forerunners | /xx | Noun |
| grammarians | /x/x | Noun |
| greeks | / | Name |
| heartwarming | /xx | Adjective |
| historians | x/xx | Noun |
| im | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| lordship | /x | Noun |
| multitude | /xx | Noun |
| ones | / | Noun |
| peace | / | Noun, Verb |
| pioneers | xx/ | Verb |
| replaces | x/x | Verb |
| representatives | xx/xx | Noun |
| romans | /x | Name |
| speakers | /x | Noun |
| tabloid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tang | / | Noun, Verb |
| theologians | xx/x | Noun |
| upcoming | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| writers | /x | Noun |
