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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| lengthy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| extended | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| long | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| ensuing | /xx | Verb |
| grueling | /xx | Adjective |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| torrid | /x | Noun |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| internecine | x/xx | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| excruciating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| unremitting | xx/x | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| fruitless | /x | Adjective |
| embroiled | x/ | Verb |
| sustained | x/ | Adjective |
| tiring | /x | Noun |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| painstaking | /xx | Adjective |
| frenzied | /x | Adjective |
| spasmodic | x/x | Adjective |
| tussle | /x | Noun |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| sanguinary | /xxx | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| continual | x/xx | Adjective |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| agonising | /xxx | Adjective |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| bloody | /x | Adjective |
| brief | / | Adjective |
| unending | x/x | Adjective |
| rapid | /x | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective |
| feverish | /xx | Adjective |
| convulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| negotiations | xxx/x | Noun |
| incessant | x/x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| chronic | /x | Adjective |
| concerted | x/x | Adjective |
| exasperated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| wearying | /xx | Verb |
| longish | /x | Adjective |
| continuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| endured | x/ | Verb |
| extensive | x/x | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| delayed | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| ceaseless | /x | Adjective |
| mired | / | Verb |
| escalating | /xxx | Noun |
| repetitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| turbulent | /xx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun |
| abortive | x/x | Adjective |
| weeklong | /x | Adjective |
| longtime | /x | Adjective |
| strung out | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| inveterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| distended | x/x | Adjective |
| aggravated | /xxx | Verb |
| progressive | x/x | Adjective |
| surgical | /xx | Adjective |
| elongated | x/xx | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| long haul | // | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| exaggerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| turgid | /x | Adjective |
| laboured | /x | Verb |
| inordinate | x/xx | Adjective |
| dragging | /x | Verb |
| enormous | x/x | Adjective |
| insistent | x/x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| outsized | /x | Adjective |
| overextended | xxx/x | Adjective |
| accelerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| eternal | x/x | Adjective |
| oversized | /xx | Adjective |
| undue | x/ | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| repetitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| cloying | /x | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective |
| abused | x/ | Adjective |
| exacting | x/x | Adjective |
| swollen | /x | Adjective |
| fractionated | /xxx | Verb |
| fluorouracil | x/x/x | Noun |
| wrangle | /x | Noun |
| sieges | /x | Noun |
| haggling | /xx | Noun |
| convalescence | xx/x | Noun |
| litigation | xx/x | Noun |
| vomiting | /xx | Noun |
| stalemate | /x | Noun |
| lawsuit | /x | Noun |
| heated | /x | Verb |
| diarrhoea | xx/x | Noun |
| detailed | x/ | Verb |
| abstinence | /xx | Noun |
| struggle | /x | Noun |
| diarrhea | xx/x | Noun |
| anaphylaxis | xxx/x | Noun |
| prohibited | x/xx | Verb |
| agonies | /xx | Noun |
| drought | / | Noun |
| courtship | /x | Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun |
| deliberations | xxx/x | Noun |
| squabble | /x | Noun |
| dying | /x | Noun |
| scapula | /xx | Noun |
| spree | / | Noun |
| absences | /xx | Noun |
| stay | / | Noun |
| sojourn | /x | Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| duel | /x | Noun |
| abiding | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| continued | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| dace | / | Noun |
| durable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| endless | /x | Adjective |
| fought | / | Noun |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| inconclusive | xx/x | Adjective |
| lang | / | Noun, Adjective |
| lasting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| length | / | Noun, Verb |
| lengthened | /x | Adjective |
| lingering | /xx | Noun |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| perennial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| permanent | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| persistence | x/x | Noun |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| publicized | /xx | Adjective |
| recurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sustainable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| yearlong | // | Adjective, Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
