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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| point | / | Noun, Noun |
| sail | / | Noun |
| reach | / | Noun |
| bear up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| touch | / | Noun |
| round to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| sail through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| head up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| set sail | // | Phrase, Verb |
| weather | /x | Noun |
| wind | / | Noun |
| gale | / | Noun |
| stretch | / | Noun |
| pinch | / | Noun |
| head off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bear down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lay to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hike | / | Noun |
| range | / | Noun |
| come to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| sit out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| haul | / | Noun |
| beat | / | Noun |
| lay on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| beat up | /x | Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| stand out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come about | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| pull in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| swing | / | Noun |
| fill | / | Verb |
| enlarge | x/ | Verb |
| tail | / | Noun |
| cut and run | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| tack | / | Noun |
| trim | / | Noun |
| back | / | Adverb |
| veer | / | Noun |
| shoot | / | Noun |
| shorten | /x | Verb |
| carry away | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| ride down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| make way | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pay off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| back and fill | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| lie to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| crowd | / | Noun |
| luff | / | Noun |
| ghost | / | Noun |
| overreach | /xx | Noun |
| coast | / | Noun |
| double | /x | Adjective |
| lay by | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| tend | / | Verb |
| put about | /x/ | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| balance | /x | Noun |
| hull | / | Noun |
| sway | / | Noun |
| crew | / | Noun |
| heave to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pass | / | Noun |
| stand on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| wear | / | Noun |
| gripe | / | Noun |
| touch and go | /// | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| sheer | / | Adjective |
| ride out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| reef | / | Noun |
| slew | / | Noun |
| sheet | / | Noun |
| sweep | / | Noun |
| cruise | / | Noun |
| brace | / | Noun |
| cast | / | Noun |
| clew | / | Noun |
| fend off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| swifter | /x | Adjective |
| windlass | /x | Noun |
| club | / | Noun |
| haul off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| loose | / | Adjective |
| boom | / | Noun |
| bend | / | Noun |
| send | / | Verb |
| chapel | /x | Noun |
| go by the board | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| warp | / | Noun |
| carry | /x | Verb |
| kite | / | Noun |
| serve | / | Verb |
| bogue | / | Name |
| navigate | /xx | Verb |
| spill | / | Noun |
| cape | / | Noun |
| guide | / | Noun |
| run afoul of | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| run down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| stem | / | Noun |
| yacht | / | Noun |
| put to sea | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| vang | / | Name |
| fetch | / | Verb |
| stand | / | Noun |
| go to sea | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| cut out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| swig | / | Noun |
| stay | / | Verb |
| plane | / | Noun |
| plough | / | Noun |
| cleat | / | Noun |
| tide | / | Noun |
| heave in sight | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| spring | / | Noun |
| take the helm | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| broach | / | Noun |
| abandonment | x/xx | Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| accurate | /xx | Adjective |
| acoustic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| adjacent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| adjoining | x/x | Adjective |
| adjournment | x/x | Noun |
| aft | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| airflow | /x | Noun |
| airstream | /x | Noun |
| akin | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| almost | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| ambient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| announces | x/x | Verb |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| aria | /xx | Noun |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| at hand | // | Phrase |
| atmospheric | xx/x | Adjective |
| attention | x/x | Noun |
| attentive | x/x | Adjective |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| ball | / | Noun, Verb |
| bang | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| bell | / | Noun, Verb |
| beside | x/ | Adverb |
| biaxial | x/xx | Adjective |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| blast | / | Noun, Verb |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| bloom | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boat | / | Noun, Verb |
| boon | / | Noun, Adjective |
| boreas | /xx | Name |
| bosom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| brass | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| breeze | / | Noun, Verb |
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb |
| brink | / | Noun |
| brotherly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| browse | / | Noun, Verb |
| built | / | Adjective, Noun |
| busy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| candle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cannon | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| canopy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| canvas | /x | Noun, Verb |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| categorize | /xxx | Verb |
| cease | / | Verb, Noun |
| chap | / | Noun, Verb |
| chicago | x/x | Name |
| chinook | x/ | Noun |
| chummy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chute | / | Noun, Verb |
| cirrus | /x | Noun |
| classify | /xx | Verb |
| climax | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloak | / | Noun, Verb |
| close at hand | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| closed | / | Adjective |
| closeout | /x | Noun |
| closure | /x | Noun |
| cloud | / | Noun, Verb |
| cloudy | /x | Adjective |
| clue | / | Noun, Verb |
| clump | / | Noun, Verb |
| coda | /x | Noun |
| coffee | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| coil | / | Noun, Verb |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| collegial | x/xx | Adjective |
| come together | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| coming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| compact | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| completion | x/x | Noun |
| compressional | x/xx | Adjective |
| compressive | x/x | Adjective |
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| concluded | x/x | Adjective |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| confidential | xx/x | Adjective |
| confined | x/ | Adjective |
| constrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| consummation | xx/x | Noun |
| contiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| convective | x/x | Adjective |
| convergence | x/x | Noun |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| cordial | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cozy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| craze | / | Noun, Verb |
| crisscross | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| crunch | / | Noun, Verb |
| culmination | xx/x | Noun |
| curl | / | Noun, Verb |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cyclonic | x/x | Adjective |
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| delete | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| dense | / | Adjective, Noun |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| direction | x/x | Noun |
| disc | / | Noun, Verb |
| discontinue | xx/x | Verb |
| dismantle | x/x | Verb |
| dismiss | x/ | Verb |
| dissolve | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| distance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| doldrums | /x | Noun |
| door | / | Noun, Verb |
| downstairs | // | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| downwind | x/ | Adverb |
| draft | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| drain | / | Verb, Noun |
| drape | / | Noun, Verb |
| draught | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| dribble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| drift | / | Noun, Verb |
| drive | / | Noun, Verb |
| dust | / | Noun, Verb |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| easter | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
