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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dress | / | Noun, Verb |
| plume | / | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| pride | / | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| congratulate | x/xx | Verb, Verb |
| strutting | /x | Noun, Verb |
| posturing | /xx | Noun |
| prancing | /x | Noun |
| cooing | /x | Noun |
| fawning | /x | Noun |
| squawking | /x | Noun |
| perching | /x | Verb |
| parading | x/x | Verb |
| pouting | /x | Verb |
| swaggering | /xx | Verb |
| chattering | /xx | Noun |
| clucking | /x | Noun |
| admiring | x/x | Noun |
| squabbling | /xx | Noun |
| narcissistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| cavorting | x/x | Verb |
| sneering | /x | Verb |
| blustering | /xx | Adjective |
| twittering | /xx | Noun |
| ostentatiously | xx/xx | Adverb |
| courting | /x | Noun |
| cackling | /xx | Noun |
| gawking | /x | Verb |
| doting | /x | Adjective |
| fussing | /x | Noun |
| stroking | /x | Verb |
| ogling | /xx | Verb |
| crowing | /x | Noun |
| braying | /x | Noun |
| smirking | /x | Noun |
| histrionic | xx/x | Adjective |
| gossiping | /xx | Verb |
| jabbering | /xx | Verb |
| plumage | /x | Noun |
| sauntering | /xx | Verb |
| warbling | /xx | Noun |
| politicking | /xxx | Noun |
| loafing | /x | Noun |
| flapping | /x | Verb |
| grooming | /x | Noun, Verb |
| effete | x/ | Adjective |
| yapping | /x | Noun |
| smug | / | Adjective |
| hooting | /x | Noun |
| basking | /x | Noun |
| gloating | /x | Verb |
| flaunting | /x | Noun |
| jockeying | /xx | Noun |
| skulking | /x | Verb |
| sunning | /x | Verb |
| peacock | /x | Noun |
| moping | /x | Verb |
| frolicking | /xx | Noun |
| posing | /x | Verb |
| berating | x/x | Verb |
| overweening | xx/x | Adjective |
| obsessing | x/x | Adjective |
| perspiring | x/x | Verb |
| seeming | /x | Verb |
| vining | /x | Name |
| shimmering | /xx | Verb |
| gleaming | /x | Verb |
| barb | / | Noun |
| beaming | /x | Verb |
| soaring | /x | Verb |
| flattering | /xx | Adjective |
| terrier | /xx | Noun |
| glistening | /xx | Verb |
| mane | / | Noun |
| varnish | /x | Noun |
| appearing | x/x | Verb |
| exuding | x/x | Verb |
| glittering | /xx | Verb |
| show | / | Noun |
| yearning | /x | Noun |
| external | x/x | Adjective |
| alluring | x/x | Adjective |
| velvet glove | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| juvenile | /xx | Noun |
| guise | / | Noun |
| shears | / | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun |
| living | /x | Noun |
| veneer | x/ | Noun |
| peach fuzz | // | Phrase, Noun |
| frizzy | /x | Adjective |
| bling | x | Noun |
| fancy | /x | Noun |
| sideburns | /x | Noun |
| walrus moustache | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| pocketing | /xx | Verb |
| beard | / | Noun |
| desiring | x/xx | Verb |
| glitz | / | Noun |
| pretty | /x | Adjective |
| ravishing | /xx | Adjective |
| facies | xx | Noun |
| sweaty | /x | Adjective |
| glare | / | Noun |
| resembling | x/xx | Verb |
| receding | x/x | Noun |
| feathers | /x | Noun |
| displacement | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| mutual | /xx | Adjective |
| species | /x | Noun |
| much | / | Adjective |
| whiskers | /x | Noun |
| beak | / | Noun |
| scratching | /x | Verb |
| mirror | /x | Noun |
| wings | / | Noun |
| vanity | /xx | Noun |
| bird | / | Noun |
| resting | /x | Verb |
| spends | / | Verb |
| vitality | x/xx | Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| sat | / | Verb |
| cat | / | Noun |
| movements | /x | Noun |
| bathing | /x | Noun |
| boiling | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| brushing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| chewing | /x | Noun |
| cleaning | /x | Noun |
| cleansing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cursing | /x | Noun |
| disciplining | /xxx | Noun |
| kissing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| licking | /x | Noun |
| milking | /x | Noun |
| nurturance | /xx | Noun |
| polishing | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| purging | /x | Noun |
| reassurance | xx/x | Noun |
| rocking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| scouring | /xx | Noun |
| washing | /x | Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
