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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| retreating | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| recession | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| backward | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| retiring | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| low | / | Noun, Verb |
| ebb | / | Verb, Verb |
| gain | / | Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| win | / | Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| gain ground | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| get ahead | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make headway | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| march on | // | Name, Verb |
| move on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pass on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| vanishing | /xx | Noun |
| fading | /x | Noun |
| disappearing | xx/x | Verb |
| shrinking | /x | Noun |
| diminishing | x/xx | Verb |
| subsiding | x/x | Verb |
| eroding | x/x | Verb |
| rising | /x | Verb |
| horizon | x/x | Noun |
| evaporating | x/xxx | Verb |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| thinning | /x | Noun |
| darkening | /xx | Noun |
| surging | /x | Adjective |
| accelerating | x/xxx | Verb |
| creeping | /x | Verb |
| westward | /x | Noun |
| reappearing | xx/x | Verb |
| cresting | /x | Noun |
| graying | /x | Noun |
| southward | /x | Noun |
| eastward | /x | Noun |
| slowing | /x | Verb |
| stagnating | /xx | Verb |
| steadily | /xx | Adverb |
| intensifying | x/xxx | Verb |
| waning | /x | Noun |
| advancing | x/x | Verb |
| inexorably | x/xxx | Adverb |
| dissipating | /xxx | Verb |
| looming | /x | Verb |
| rapidly | /xx | Adverb |
| sinking | /x | Noun |
| trickling | /x | Noun |
| falling | /x | Verb |
| inching | /x | Verb |
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Verb |
| emerging | x/x | Verb |
| drifting | /x | Verb |
| deepening | /xx | Verb |
| decelerating | x/xxx | Verb |
| approaching | x/x | Verb |
| northward | /x | Adverb |
| farther | /x | Adverb |
| dwindling | /xx | Noun |
| disintegrating | x/xxx | Noun |
| slowly | /x | Adverb |
| monotonically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| curving | /x | Verb |
| seeping | /x | Verb |
| decreasing | x/x | Verb |
| tide | / | Noun |
| collapsing | x/x | Verb |
| greying | /x | Verb |
| degenerating | x/xxx | Verb |
| flowing | /x | Verb |
| downward | /x | Adjective |
| hastening | /xx | Verb |
| swelling | /x | Verb |
| diverging | x/x | Noun |
| extending | x/x | Verb |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| declining | x/x | Verb |
| faltering | /xx | Adjective |
| growing | /x | Verb |
| slipping | /x | Verb |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| increasing | x/x | Verb |
| obscuring | x/x | Verb |
| coming | /x | Verb |
| hairline | /x | Noun |
| veering | /x | Verb |
| slackening | /xx | Noun |
| lingering | /xx | Adjective |
| progressing | x/x | Verb |
| weakening | /xx | Noun |
| drooping | /x | Verb |
| converging | x/x | Noun |
| bobbing | /x | Noun |
| shore | / | Noun |
| clinging | /x | Verb |
| descending | x/x | Verb |
| wobbling | /xx | Noun |
| upward | /x | Adjective |
| widening | /xx | Noun |
| decaying | x/x | Verb |
| gradually | /xxx | Adverb |
| gravitating | /xxx | Verb |
| lapsing | /x | Verb |
| shoreline | /x | Noun |
| clouding | /x | Noun |
| inclining | x/x | Verb |
| lapping | /x | Noun |
| peaking | /x | Noun |
| evolving | x/x | Verb |
| downslope | // | Noun |
| persisting | x/x | Verb |
| proliferating | x/xxx | Noun |
| seeming | /x | Verb |
| tottering | /xx | Verb |
| engulfing | x/x | Noun |
| recessive | x/x | Adjective |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective |
| back | / | Adverb |
| rearward | /x | Adjective |
| reverted | x/x | Verb |
| backsliding | /xx | Noun |
| retracted | x/x | Verb |
| regressive | x/x | Adjective |
| regressing | x/x | Verb |
| recurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| retrospective | xx/x | Adjective |
| resurgent | x/x | Noun |
| to and fro | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| reversionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| reverberate | x/xx | Noun |
| reentrant | x/x | Adjective |
| prodigal | /xx | Noun |
| relict | x/ | Noun |
| reclaimed | x/ | Adjective |
| retro | /x | Noun |
| reversal | x/x | Noun |
| mandible | /xx | Noun |
| memory | /xx | Noun |
| surface | /x | Noun |
| phonological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| robust | x/ | Adverb |
| chins | x | Noun |
| floodwaters | /xx | Noun |
| pandemics | x/x | Noun |
| glaciers | /x | Noun |
| axis | /x | Verb |
| taillights | /x | Noun |
| phonemic | x/x | Adjective |
| abating | x/x | Noun |
| appears | x/ | Noun |
| ascending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| bringing | /x | Noun |
| ceding | /x | Noun |
| coincident | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| correspond | xx/ | Verb |
| eastern | /x | Adjective |
| enchanting | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| faraway | /x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| flooding | /x | Noun |
| glorious | /xx | Adjective |
| haunted | /x | Adjective |
| misty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| moving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nearer | /x | Adjective |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| predominate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| restoring | x/x | Verb |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| shrouded | /x | Adjective |
| suffice | x/ | Verb |
| sunlit | /x | Adjective |
| uplifting | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| warp | / | Noun, Verb |
| withdrawing | x/x | Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
