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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| prepositional | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| adverbial | x/xx | Noun | 
| object | /x | Noun | 
| pronominal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| adjectival | /xxx | Adjective | 
| adjective | /xx | Noun | 
| adverb | /x | Noun | 
| apposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| partitive | /xx | Adjective | 
| phrase | / | Noun | 
| attributive | x/xx | Noun | 
| proposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| conjunction | x/x | Noun | 
| construction | x/x | Noun | 
| preverbal | x/x | Adjective | 
| complementation | /xx/x | Noun | 
| adjunctive | /xx | Adjective | 
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun | 
| copula | /xx | Noun | 
| qualifier | /xxx | Noun | 
| possessive | x/x | Adjective | 
| parenthesis | x/xx | Noun | 
| modifier | /xxx | Noun | 
| predicative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| governor | /xx | Noun | 
| clause | / | Noun | 
| participial | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective | 
| additive | /xx | Adjective | 
| applicative | /xxx | Noun | 
| complement | /xx | Noun | 
| distributive | x/xx | Adjective | 
| connective | x/x | Noun | 
| conjunctive | xxx | Adjective | 
| conjunct | xx | Noun | 
| constituent | x/xx | Noun | 
| nominal | /xx | Adjective | 
| locative | /xx | Noun | 
| syntax | /x | Noun | 
| interrogative | xx/xx | Noun | 
| complementizer | /xxxx | Noun | 
| conditional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| linker | /x | Noun | 
| pronoun | /x | Noun | 
| positive | /xx | Adjective | 
| coordination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| island | /x | Noun | 
| correlative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| dependent | x/x | Adjective | 
| proper noun | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| role | / | Noun | 
| locution | x/x | Noun | 
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun | 
| indefinite | x/xx | Adjective | 
| participle | /xxx | Noun | 
| infinitive | x/xx | Noun | 
| verb | / | Noun | 
| part of speech | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| prefix | /x | Noun | 
| interjection | xx/x | Noun | 
| dislocation | x//x | Noun | 
| adage | /x | Noun | 
| added | /x | Verb | 
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| anecdote | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun, Verb | 
| appellation | xx/x | Noun | 
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| articulation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| ask | / | Verb, Noun | 
| award | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| buzzword | /x | Noun | 
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| catchphrase | // | Noun | 
| categorial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| cliché | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| clitic | /x | Noun | 
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| couch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| couplet | /x | Noun | 
| credo | /x | Noun | 
| crossing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| deictic | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| dictum | /x | Noun | 
| disjunct | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| embodiment | x/xx | Noun | 
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| epithet | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| expressing | x/x | Adjective | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| ferry | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| floor | / | Noun, Verb | 
| form | / | Noun, Verb | 
| formulae | /xx | Noun | 
| formulate | /xx | Verb | 
| formulation | xx/x | Noun | 
| frame | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gibberish | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| idiom | /xx | Noun | 
| indent | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| indexical | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| indication | xx/x | Noun | 
| intensional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| intransitive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| language | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| line | / | Noun, Verb | 
| manifestation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| maxim | /x | Noun | 
| meaning | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| mention | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| metaphoric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| motto | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| name | / | Noun, Verb | 
| notion | /x | Noun | 
| noun | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nutshell | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| opinion | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| painting | /x | Noun | 
| parable | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| paragraph | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| passage | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| performative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| periphrastic | x//x | Adjective | 
| phrasal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| picture | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| poem | /x | Noun | 
| pose | / | Verb, Noun | 
| prayer | / | Noun | 
| proposal | x/x | Noun | 
| proverb | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| proviso | x/x | Noun | 
| pseudonym | /xx | Noun | 
| put | / | Verb, Noun | 
| quotation | x/x | Noun | 
| quote | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rate | / | Noun, Verb | 
| reference | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| referential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| reflection | x/x | Noun | 
| remark | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| response | x/ | Noun | 
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| saying | /x | Noun | 
| sense | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sentence | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sentential | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| simile | /xx | Noun | 
| slogan | /x | Noun | 
| speech | / | Noun, Verb | 
| statement | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| story | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| subparagraph | x/xx | Noun, Verb | 
| symbolic | x/x | Adjective | 
| term | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| terminology | xx/xx | Noun | 
| text | / | Noun, Verb | 
| thing | / | Noun, Verb | 
| thought | / | Noun | 
| tune | / | Noun, Verb | 
| twist | / | Noun, Verb | 
| usage | /x | Noun | 
| utterance | /xx | Noun | 
| variant | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| verse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| vocabulary | x/xxx | Noun | 
| voice | / | Noun, Verb | 
| watchword | /x | Noun | 
| word | / | Noun, Verb | 
| writing | /x | Noun | 
