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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| pruning | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| finger | /x | Noun | 
| cutting | /x | Noun | 
| slash | / | Noun | 
| pinching | /x | Noun | 
| thinning | /x | Noun | 
| sprig | / | Noun | 
| stripling | /x | Noun | 
| pollard | /x | Name | 
| tiller | /x | Noun | 
| steeper | /x | Adjective | 
| planting | /x | Noun | 
| barb | / | Noun | 
| blade | / | Noun | 
| crop | / | Noun | 
| acumen | x/x | Noun | 
| thorn | / | Noun | 
| hedgerow | /xx | Noun | 
| spur | / | Noun | 
| piping | /x | Noun | 
| beard | / | Noun | 
| strap | / | Noun | 
| shroud | / | Noun | 
| sheath | / | Noun | 
| clove | / | Noun | 
| claw | / | Noun | 
| nurse | / | Noun | 
| stubble | /x | Noun | 
| spray | / | Noun | 
| graft | / | Noun | 
| scion | /x | Noun | 
| tentacle | /xx | Noun | 
| truss | / | Noun | 
| shrub | / | Noun | 
| seedling | /x | Noun | 
| sapling | /x | Noun | 
| leaf | / | Noun | 
| spear | / | Noun | 
| plume | / | Noun | 
| garden | /x | Noun | 
| cordon | /x | Noun | 
| kitchen garden | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| tooth | / | Noun | 
| labyrinth | /xx | Noun | 
| herbage | /x | Noun | 
| stool | / | Noun | 
| bonsai | x/ | Noun | 
| suture | /x | Noun | 
| sprout | / | Noun | 
| clump | / | Noun | 
| limb | / | Noun | 
| nursery | /xx | Noun | 
| plug | / | Noun | 
| stylet | /x | Noun | 
| beak | / | Noun | 
| primrose | /x | Noun | 
| lacinia | x/xx | Noun | 
| branch | / | Noun | 
| copse | / | Noun | 
| attenuation | x/x/x | Noun | 
| rosette | x/ | Noun | 
| spire | / | Noun | 
| knot | / | Noun | 
| knuckle | /x | Noun | 
| bush | / | Noun | 
| exfoliation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| tendril | /x | Noun | 
| simpler | /xx | Adjective | 
| undergrowth | /xx | Noun | 
| herb | / | Noun | 
| veil | / | Noun | 
| rachis | /x | Noun | 
| green | / | Noun | 
| scape | / | Noun | 
| petiole | /xx | Noun | 
| litter | /x | Noun | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| valve | / | Noun | 
| whorl | / | Noun | 
| abhorred | x/ | Adjective | 
| ax | / | Noun, Verb | 
| balancing | /xx | Noun | 
| bellows | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| brushing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| checking | /x | Noun | 
| chisels | /x | Noun | 
| cleaning | /x | Noun | 
| clip | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clippers | /x | Noun | 
| conquer | /x | Verb | 
| counting | /x | Noun | 
| culling | /x | Noun | 
| curtailment | x/x | Noun | 
| curtains | /x | Noun | 
| cutback | /x | Noun | 
| cutout | /x | Noun | 
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| decontamination | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| disposal | x/x | Noun | 
| dredging | /x | Noun | 
| dusting | /x | Noun | 
| electromagnet | xxx/x | Noun | 
| elimination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| erasure | x/x | Noun | 
| established | x/x | Adjective | 
| filtering | /xx | Noun | 
| furnaces | /xx | Noun | 
| grinding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| haircut | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| height | / | Noun | 
| hoeing | /x | Noun | 
| knives | / | Noun | 
| labeling | /xx | Noun | 
| lathes | / | Noun | 
| lawns | / | Noun | 
| lexicographic | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| magnets | /x | Adjective | 
| modification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| mowing | /x | Noun | 
| oiling | /x | Noun | 
| pantyhose | /xx | Noun | 
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| pivoted | /xx | Adjective | 
| ploughing | /x | Noun | 
| plowing | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| polishing | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| priming | /x | Noun | 
| purging | /x | Noun | 
| rationalisation | /xx/x | Noun | 
| reduction | x/x | Noun | 
| remediation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| routing | /x | Noun | 
| sanitation | xx/x | Noun | 
| saws | / | Noun | 
| scaling | /x | Noun | 
| scissors | /x | Noun | 
| scouring | /xx | Noun | 
| search | / | Noun, Verb | 
| shear | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| shovels | /x | Noun | 
| sizes | /x | Noun | 
| stand | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stocking | /x | Noun | 
| stresses | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stripping | /x | Noun | 
| strokes | / | Noun | 
| synthesis | /xx | Noun | 
| technical | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| tillage | /x | Noun | 
| tongs | / | Noun | 
| trim | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| waist | / | Noun | 
| watering | /xx | Noun | 
| weeding | /x | Noun | 
