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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| make waves | // | Phrase, Verb |
| push the boat out | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| rock the house | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| rattle someone's cage | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make a splash | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| rock out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| rock someone's world | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go against the grain | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| burn one's boats | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| raise the roof | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| roll | / | Noun |
| kick over the traces | //xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| blow out of the water | ///x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| ruffle some feathers | /x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| rock | / | Noun |
| kick up a fuss | //xx | Phrase, Verb |
| get one's rocks off | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| step out of line | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| stick one's oar in | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| make a scene | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| miss the boat | /x/ | Name, Verb |
| carry on | /x/ | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| sail close to the wind | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run afoul of | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the deck | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| batten down the hatches | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| get on someone's nerves | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| walk the plank | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fish out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| boil over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| rock and roll | /// | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| brogue | / | Noun |
| step on someone's toes | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| loose cannon | //x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| throw caution to the wind | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| upset the apple cart | x/x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| rule the roost | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| break the mold | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| burst someone's bubble | //x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| make a nuisance of oneself | /x/x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run amok | /xx | Phrase, Verb |
| lower the boom | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| break new ground | /// | Name, Verb |
| take by storm | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| break ranks | // | Phrase, Verb |
| overstep the mark | /xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| jump ship | // | Phrase, Verb |
| kick it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| rub up the wrong way | //x// | Phrase, Verb |
| push it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| get under someone's skin | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| throw one's weight around | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| raise hell | // | Phrase, Verb |
| throw someone a curve | //xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the bottle | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| get someone's goat | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run riot | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| kick up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| boot | / | Noun |
| blow up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| burn one's bridges | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| break the ice | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cross the line | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| blow the lid off | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| drop a bombshell | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| trim one's sails | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| go out with a bang | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get on someone's wick | ///xx | Phrase, Verb |
| blaze a trail | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bring the house down | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| blow one's cool | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| take a risk | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go with the flow | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| set off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| give someone a hard time | //xx// | Phrase, Verb |
| rake someone over the coals | //x/xx/ | Phrase |
| get up someone's nose | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| look for trouble | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| blow someone's mind | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| rouse | / | Noun |
| make a move | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get the word out | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| stand up and be counted | ////x | Phrase, Verb |
| make a spectacle of oneself | /x/xx/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| play fast and loose | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| rip into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| aeroplane | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| aircraft | /x | Noun |
| airplane | /x | Noun, Verb |
| alpine | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ark | / | Noun |
| asteroid | /xx | Noun |
| balboa | x/x | Name |
| bands | / | Name |
| barge | / | Noun, Verb |
| bark | / | Noun, Verb |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| battleship | /xx | Noun |
| bearing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bedrock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| berthing | /x | Noun |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| boatman | /x | Noun |
| bot | / | Noun, Verb |
| bottle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| boulder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| brick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb |
| brink | / | Noun |
| buck | / | Noun, Verb |
| bug | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| building | /x | Noun |
| bummer | /x | Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| calcium | /xx | Noun |
| calculus | /xx | Noun |
| canister | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| canoe | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| canteen | x/ | Noun |
| capsize | /x | Verb, Noun |
| car | / | Noun |
| carib | /x | Name |
| cavalry | /xx | Noun |
| cave | / | Noun, Verb |
| chair | / | Noun, Verb |
| chelsea | /x | Name |
| church | / | Noun, Verb |
| cliff | / | Noun |
| climber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| climbing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| clumps | / | Noun |
| coat | / | Noun, Verb |
| cobble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| composite | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| compound | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| conglomerate | x/xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| coral | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crab | / | Noun, Verb |
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cradle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| craft | / | Noun, Verb |
| crew | / | Noun, Verb |
| cruise | / | Noun, Verb |
| cruiser | /x | Noun |
| crystal | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cutter | /x | Noun |
| diamond | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dinghy | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dixie | /x | Name |
| dolomite | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| donkey | /x | Noun |
| doomed | / | Adjective |
| earth | / | Noun, Verb |
| edge | / | Noun, Verb |
| embarkation | xx/x | Noun |
| expeditionary | xx/xxx | Name, Adjective |
| facade | x/ | Noun |
| fated | /x | Adjective |
| façade | // | Noun |
| ferry | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fish | / | Noun, Verb |
| fisher | /x | Name |
| flagstones | /x | Noun |
| fleet | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| flint | / | Noun, Verb |
| float | / | Noun, Verb |
| fragments | /x | Noun |
| freighter | /x | Adverb |
| fur | / | Noun, Verb |
| galley | /x | Noun |
| gavel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gem | / | Noun, Verb |
| gondola | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| gourd | / | Noun |
| granite | /x | Noun |
| gravel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gravy boat | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| grenadier | x/xx | Noun |
| guard boat | // | Phrase, Noun |
| gunboat | /x | Noun |
| hammer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hereford | /xx | Name |
| heterogeneous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| homogeneous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| houseboat | /x | Noun |
| hoy | / | Noun, Verb |
| hull | / | Noun, Verb |
| hydrocarbon | xx/x | Noun |
| ice | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| igneous | /xx | Adjective |
| igneous rock | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| intermetallic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| island | /x | Noun, Verb |
| jar | / | Noun, Verb |
| jolt | / | Noun, Verb |
| kaya | /x | Name |
| kayak | /x | Noun, Verb |
| launch | / | Noun, Verb |
| lava | /x | Noun |
| ledges | /x | Noun |
| lifeboat | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lighter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| limestone | /x | Noun |
| liner | /x | Noun, Verb |
| longboat | /x | Noun |
| magma | /x | Noun |
| marble | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| marine | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| maritime | /xx | Adjective |
| mess | / | Noun, Verb |
| military | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| mineral | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| missile | /x | Noun |
| mist | / | Noun, Verb |
| moonstone | /x | Noun |
| mooring | /x | Noun |
| mortar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| motor | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| motorboat | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| mountain | /x | Noun |
| move | / | Verb, Noun |
| mule | / | Noun, Verb |
| music | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| nautical | /xx | Adjective |
| naval | /x | Adjective, Name |
| navigation | /x/x | Noun |
| navy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| nugget | /x | Noun, Verb |
| oars | / | Noun |
| ocean | /x | Noun |
| ore | / | Noun |
| outcrop | // | Noun, Verb |
| overburden | /x/x | Verb, Noun |
| packet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| packet boat | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| paddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| paleozoic | xxx/x | Name, Adjective |
| patrol | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| pebble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| peter | /x | Name, Verb |
| pierre | x/ | Name |
| pilot boat | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
