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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| thorny | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| spiny | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adjective |
| bristly | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bristled | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| barbed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| armed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| prickles | /x | Noun |
| spiky | /x | Adjective |
| flinty | /x | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| testy | /x | Noun |
| steely | /x | Adjective |
| stony | /x | Noun |
| pointy | /x | Noun |
| scaly | /x | Adjective |
| ornery | /xx | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| uncharacteristically | xxxx/xx | Adverb |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| acrid | /x | Adjective |
| woolly | /x | Adjective |
| slimy | /x | Noun |
| unpleasantly | x/xx | Adverb |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| shrubby | /x | Adjective |
| scrubby | /x | Adjective |
| gangly | /x | Adjective |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| smelly | /x | Adjective |
| stringy | /x | Noun |
| irritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| characteristically | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| thorn | / | Noun |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| moody | /x | Name |
| brash | / | Noun |
| wiry | /x | Adjective |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| craggy | /x | Adjective |
| cuddly | /x | Adjective |
| knobby | /x | Noun |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| fiercely | /x | Adverb |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| downright | /x | Adjective |
| fleshy | /x | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| grouchy | /x | Noun |
| porcupine | /xx | Noun |
| rocky | /x | Name |
| peppery | /xx | Adjective |
| obstinate | /xx | Adjective |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| spindly | /x | Adjective |
| overly | /xx | Adverb |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| starchy | /x | Noun |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| itchy | /x | Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective |
| rubbery | /xx | Noun |
| pungent | /x | Adjective |
| tangle | /x | Noun |
| feathery | /xx | Noun |
| sticky | /x | Adjective |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective |
| combative | x/x | Adjective |
| cactus | /x | Noun |
| pricked | / | Verb |
| spinous | /x | Noun |
| pointed | /x | Verb |
| spiked | / | Adjective |
| scratchy | /x | Adjective |
| punctate | /x | Noun |
| sharp | / | Adjective |
| picked | / | Verb |
| sharpened | /x | Adjective |
| serrated | /xx | Adjective |
| whiskered | /x | Adjective |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| feathered | /x | Adjective |
| pear | / | Noun |
| sida | /x | Name |
| gorse | / | Noun |
| briars | /x | Noun |
| poppy | /x | Noun |
| acacia | x/x | Noun |
| acclimation | xx/x | Noun |
| acclimatization | /xxx/x | Noun |
| adieu | x/ | Noun |
| afterglow | /xx | Noun |
| allegories | /xxx | Noun |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bivouac | /x | Noun, Verb |
| broadly | /x | Adverb |
| bush | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| carrots | /x | Noun |
| cola | /x | Noun |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| crypts | / | Noun |
| cucumber | /xx | Noun |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| deciduous | x/xx | Adjective |
| downy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dwarfed | / | Verb |
| hair | / | Noun, Verb |
| heat | / | Noun, Verb |
| leafed | / | Adjective |
| legs | / | Noun |
| matted | /x | Adjective |
| ouch | / | Noun, Verb |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| pickle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pin | / | Noun, Verb |
| rose | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| scraggly | /x | Adjective |
| smooth | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| stunted | /x | Adjective |
| succulent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| withered | /x | Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
