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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| accounts | x/ | Noun |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| approaching | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| arms | / | Noun |
| arriving | x/x | Noun |
| ascertained | xx/ | Adjective |
| assembling | x/xx | Noun |
| attending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| beard | / | Noun, Verb |
| becoming | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| bidentate | /xx | Adjective |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| biting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blank | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| boarding | /x | Noun |
| boisterous | /xx | Adjective |
| borderline | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| breaking away | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| broken | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| brusque | / | Adjective, Verb |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| brutish | /x | Adjective |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| burning | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| busy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| calling | /x | Noun |
| cantonese | xx/ | Name, Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chapped | / | Adjective |
| chewing | /x | Noun |
| choppy | /x | Adjective |
| chronology | x/xx | Noun |
| church | / | Noun, Verb |
| ciliate | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| ciliated | /xxx | Adjective |
| cinema | /xx | Noun |
| coarse | / | Adjective |
| cockpit | /x | Noun |
| coming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| continuing | x/xx | Noun |
| corded | /x | Adjective |
| corduroy | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cracked | / | Adjective |
| craggy | /x | Adjective |
| crass | / | Adjective |
| crossing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| crude | / | Adjective, Noun |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| crushed | / | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| damp | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| deeper | /x | Adjective |
| deleting | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| dentate | xx | Adjective |
| departing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| despatch | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dice | / | Noun, Verb |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| disappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| disappearing | xx/x | Noun |
| dispatch | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| doing | /x | Noun |
| dominating | /xxx | Adjective |
| draft | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| drenched | / | Adjective |
| dur | x | Noun, Adjective |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| durum | /x | Noun |
| dusty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| elbows | /x | Noun |
| embarking | x/x | Noun |
| entering | /xx | Noun |
| eraser | x/x | Noun |
| estimated | /xxx | Verb |
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| expiration | xx/x | Noun |
| farewell | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| feeling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| filing | /x | Noun |
| filthy | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| flowing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| flying | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fringed | / | Adjective |
| functioning | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| further | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| fuzzy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| garish | /x | Adjective |
| getting | /x | Noun |
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| going away | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| gonna | /x | Verb |
| gotta | /x | Verb, Noun |
| granular | /xx | Adjective |
| grating | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| gravel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gravelly | /xx | Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| happening | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hardcore | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| heading | /x | Noun |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heels | / | Noun |
| hilly | /x | Adjective |
| homespun | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| horizon | x/x | Noun |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| intending | x/x | Noun |
| irregular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| jagged | / | Adjective |
| jarring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| jolting | /x | Adjective |
| judging | /x | Noun |
| keep | / | Verb, Noun |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| launching | /x | Noun |
| leaving | /x | Noun |
| less | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| lined | / | Adjective |
| log | / | Noun, Verb |
| lonesome | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| looking | /x | Verb, Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| making | /x | Noun |
| manger | /x | Noun |
| momentous | x/x | Adjective |
| mop | / | Noun, Verb |
| mountainous | /xx | Adjective |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| moving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nine | / | Noun |
| notched | / | Adjective |
| occurring | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| offensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| often | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| okay | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| outline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| paddy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| parting | /x | Noun |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| permission | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| pique | / | Noun, Verb |
| place | / | Noun, Verb |
| plan | / | Noun, Verb |
| ploughing | /x | Noun |
| plowing | /x | Verb, Noun |
| pocked | / | Adjective |
| pockmarked | /x | Adjective |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| preliminary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| preparing | x/x | Noun |
| proceeding | x/x | Noun |
| progressing | x/x | Verb |
| proximate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| proxy | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| puckered | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| purchasers | /xx | Noun |
| quieter | /xx | Noun |
| ranging | /x | Noun |
| rasping | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| raspy | /x | Adjective |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| release | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| remaining | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| resorting | x/x | Verb |
| restless | /x | Adjective |
| resulting | x/x | Adjective |
| returning | x/x | Noun |
| ribbed | / | Adjective |
| rising | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| road | / | Noun, Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Adjective, Name |
| rough in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| roughened | /x | Adjective |
| roughing | /x | Adjective |
| roughly | /x | Adverb |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| running | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| sailing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| sandpaper | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| scalloped | /x | Adjective |
| scaly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| scorched | / | Adjective |
| scratch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| scratchy | /x | Adjective |
| seamed | / | Adjective |
| seeming | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sell | / | Verb, Noun |
| serrate | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| sex | / | Noun, Verb |
| shaggy | /x | Adjective |
| shark | / | Noun, Verb |
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shipment | /x | Noun |
| sidewalk | /x | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| sketchy | /x | Adjective |
| sledding | /x | Noun |
| slick | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| small | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| smooth | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| spend | / | Verb, Noun |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| starting | /x | Noun |
| staying | /x | Noun |
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| stony | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| straightforward | //x | Adverb, Adjective |
| street | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sudden | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| summary | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| takeoff | /x | Noun |
| taking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| textured | /x | Adjective |
| there | / | Adverb, Noun |
| thick | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| toothed | / | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| train | / | Noun, Verb |
| traveling | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| trip | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| turbulent | /xx | Adjective |
| turning | /x | Noun |
| twill | / | Noun, Verb |
| unadjusted | xx/x | Adjective |
| uncorrected | xx/x | Adjective |
| uncut | x/ | Adjective |
| unequal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| uneven | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| unfolding | x/x | Noun |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| unpolished | x/x | Adjective |
| unprocessed | x/x | Adjective |
| unrefined | xx/ | Adjective |
| unskilled | x/ | Adjective |
| untreated | x/x | Adjective |
| uphill | // | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| vicious | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| violent | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| visiting | /xx | Noun |
| waging | /x | Verb, Noun |
| walking | /x | Adjective |
| wanna | /x | Adjective |
| withdrawal | x/x | Noun |
| wool | / | Noun |
| wrecked | / | Adjective |
| wrinkle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
