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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| normative | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| received | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective |
| dogmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| prescribe | x/ | Verb |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| pragmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Noun |
| legalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| paternalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| aspirational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| formalistic | /x/x | Adjective |
| holistic | x/x | Adjective |
| evaluative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| declarative | x/xx | Adjective |
| predictive | x/x | Adjective |
| formulae | /xx | Noun |
| positivistic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| explicit | x/x | Adjective |
| punitive | /xx | Adjective |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| technocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| authoritative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| practical | /xx | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| scriptural | /xx | Adjective |
| remedial | x/xx | Adjective |
| formal | /x | Adjective |
| rigid | /x | Adjective |
| generic | x/x | Adjective |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| experiential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| injunctive | x/x | Noun |
| therapeutic | xx/x | Adjective |
| systematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective |
| medical | /xx | Name |
| pharmaceutical | xx/xx | Name |
| regulative | /xxx | Adjective |
| medicinal | x/xx | Adjective |
| statutory | /xxx | Adjective |
| pharmacological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| medic | /x | Noun |
| pharm | / | Name |
| psychotherapeutic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| jurisprudential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| psychiatric | xx/x | Name |
| contractual | x/xx | Adjective |
| curricular | x/xx | Adjective |
| curative | /xx | Adjective |
| directional | x/xx | Noun |
| pedagogical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| precautionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| preparatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| prognostic | x/x | Noun |
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| nomic | /x | Adjective |
| teleological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| educative | /xxx | Adjective |
| doctrinal | /xx | Adjective |
| antibiotic | xxx/x | Noun |
| diagnostic | xx/x | Adjective |
| grammatical | x/xx | Adjective |
| correctional | x/xx | Name |
| governmental | /xxx | Adjective |
| dietary | /xxx | Adjective |
| orthotic | xxx | Noun |
| legal | /x | Adjective |
| terminological | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| easement | /x | Noun |
| override | /xx | Noun |
| grammarians | /x/x | Noun |
| valuing | /xx | Noun |
| psychotherapies | xx/xx | Noun |
| eclecticism | x/xxx | Noun |
| altruism | /xxx | Noun |
| right | / | Noun |
| veneration | xx/x | Noun |
| norms | / | Noun |
| tutoring | /xx | Noun |
| jurisdiction | xx/x | Noun |
| pedagogy | /xxx | Noun |
| manuals | /xx | Noun |
| reject | x/ | Verb |
| rules | / | Noun |
| teaching | /x | Noun |
| matching | /x | Noun |
| specifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| privileges | /xx | Noun |
| psychotherapy | xx/xx | Noun |
| guidelines | /x | Noun |
| advice | x/ | Noun |
| authority | x/xx | Noun |
| recommendations | xxx/x | Noun |
| alliance | x/x | Noun |
| linguistics | x/x | Noun |
| mandates | /x | Noun |
| methodology | xx/xx | Noun |
| fitting | /x | Noun |
| literature | /xxx | Noun |
| statements | /x | Noun |
| stereotypes | /xxx | Noun |
| rather | /x | Adverb |
| theorizing | /xxx | Noun |
| codes | / | Noun |
| pronouncements | x/x | Noun |
| curriculum | x/xx | Noun |
| judgments | /x | Noun |
| dictionaries | /xxx | Noun |
| interventions | xx/x | Noun |
| judgements | /x | Noun |
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective |
| affective | x/x | Adjective |
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| applicable | /xxx | Adjective |
| arable | /xx | Adjective |
| axiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| communal | x/x | Adjective |
| compulsory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| constraining | x/x | Noun |
| contractile | /xx | Adjective |
| conventional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| decorative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| deontological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| deserving | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| deviant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| directive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| dispersive | x/x | Adjective |
| effective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| eschatological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| generalizable | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| heuristic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| imperative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inclusionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| indicative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| juridical | /xxx | Adjective |
| legislative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| mandatory | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| policymaking | /xxxx | Noun |
| probabilistic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| requirement | x/x | Noun |
| semiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| strict | / | Adjective |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| substantive | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| universalistic | xx/x/x | Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
