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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| continental drift | xx/x/ | Name, Name, Name |
| folding | /x | Noun |
| transgression | x/x | Noun |
| seep | / | Noun |
| seafloor | // | Noun |
| slab | / | Noun |
| continental shelf | xx/x/ | Name, Name |
| warping | /x | Noun |
| drift | / | Noun |
| slippage | /x | Noun |
| subsidence | x/x | Noun |
| plate | / | Noun |
| creeping | /x | Noun |
| foreland | /x | Noun |
| transform | x/ | Verb |
| slide | / | Noun |
| earth tremor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| seabed | /x | Noun |
| uplift | /x | Noun |
| rake | / | Noun |
| crust | / | Noun |
| faulting | /x | Noun |
| spread | / | Noun |
| abstraction | x/x | Noun |
| fault line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sheet | / | Noun |
| groundswell | /x | Noun |
| bedding | /x | Noun |
| graben | /x | Noun |
| terrane | x/x | Noun |
| cataclysm | /xxx | Noun |
| rift valley | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| lava flow | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| landmass | /x | Noun |
| expanse | x/ | Noun |
| spring | / | Noun |
| sweep | / | Noun |
| superposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| entrainment | //x | Noun |
| shift | / | Noun |
| accretion | x/x | Noun |
| fracture | /x | Noun |
| ice shelf | // | Phrase, Noun |
| seashore | /x | Noun |
| vergence | /x | Noun |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective |
| rolling stone | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| suture | /x | Noun |
| tongue | / | Noun |
| discontinuity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| parting | /x | Noun |
| unconformity | xx/xx | Noun |
| trenching | /x | Noun |
| mountain chain | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| swell | / | Noun |
| geoid | /x | Noun |
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| adductor | /xx | Noun |
| aggregation | xx/x | Noun |
| airing | /x | Noun |
| aponeurosis | x/x/x | Noun |
| arabesque | xx/ | Noun |
| archaean | xxx | Name, Adjective |
| archean | xxx | Name, Adjective |
| ascending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| automatic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| averaging | /xx | Noun |
| axon | /x | Noun |
| bagged | / | Adjective |
| balanced | /x | Adjective |
| barked | / | Adjective |
| beaten | /x | Adjective |
| benthic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| binary | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| binomial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| blackjack | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blasted | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| bloomed | / | Verb |
| blossoming | /xx | Noun |
| blot | / | Noun, Verb |
| blown | / | Adjective |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| branching | /x | Noun |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| broadcasting | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| broadening | /xx | Noun |
| bushy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| causing | /x | Noun |
| cenozoic | xx/x | Name, Adjective |
| chopping | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| circulating | /xxx | Adjective |
| circulation | /xxx | Noun |
| coastline | /x | Noun |
| communicable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| communicating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| communications | xxx/x | Noun |
| contagious | x/x | Adjective |
| coral | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| decentralisation | x/xx/x | Noun |
| decentralization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| deploying | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| depositional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| diffusing | x/x | Adjective |
| diffusion | x/x | Noun |
| diffusive | x/x | Adjective |
| dispersal | x/x | Noun |
| dispersing | x/x | Verb |
| dispersion | x/x | Noun |
| dispersive | x/x | Adjective |
| disseminating | x/xxx | Verb |
| distributing | x/xx | Verb, Noun |
| distribution | xx/x | Noun |
| distributive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dune | / | Noun |
| embankment | x/x | Noun |
| expanding | x/x | Verb |
| extending | x/x | Verb |
| extension | x/x | Noun |
| extensor | x/x | Noun |
| foreshore | xx | Noun |
| growing | /x | Noun |
| halo | /x | Noun, Verb |
| harbour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| holocene | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| hydrothermal | xx/x | Adjective |
| increasing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| intertidal | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| jews | / | Name |
| lacustrine | xxx | Adjective |
| maple | /x | Noun |
| marine | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| martian | /x | Name, Adjective |
| merits | /x | Noun |
| metamorphic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| midden | /x | Noun |
| nonproliferation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| ocean | /x | Noun |
| oceanic | xx/x | Adjective |
| outreach | /x | Noun, Verb |
| panning | /x | Noun |
| photodiode | xx/x | Noun |
| planting | /x | Noun |
| popularizing | /xxxx | Verb, Noun |
| posted | /x | Adjective |
| prevalence | /xx | Noun |
| proliferating | x/xxx | Verb, Noun |
| promoting | x/x | Verb |
| propagating | /xxx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| propagation | xx/x | Noun |
| publication | xx/x | Noun |
| publicizing | /xxx | Noun |
| publishing | /xx | Noun |
| redeployment | xx/x | Noun |
| reef | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| releasing | x/x | Noun |
| riverbank | /xx | Noun |
| riverbed | /xx | Noun |
| roadbed | /x | Noun |
| roadway | /x | Noun |
| scan | / | Noun, Verb |
| scattering | /xx | Noun |
| seaway | /x | Noun |
| sediments | /xx | Noun |
| sharing | /x | Noun |
| shoreline | /x | Noun |
| shutter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| solidification | x/xx/x | Noun |
| sowing | /x | Noun |
| spanning | /x | Noun |
| spilling | /x | Noun |
| spillover | /xx | Noun |
| spraying | /x | Noun |
| strata | /x | Noun |
| stretching | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| subduction | x/x | Noun |
| submarine | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| substance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| subsurface | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| surficial | //x | Adjective |
| transmission | x/x | Noun |
| transmitting | x/x | Noun |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| undersea | xx/ | Adjective |
| underwater | /xxx | Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb |
| wide | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| widening | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
