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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| discriminating | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| exclusive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| nonselective | xx/x | Adjective |
| indiscriminate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| selection | x/x | Noun |
| systematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| preferential | xx/x | Adjective |
| judicious | x/x | Adjective |
| biased | /x | Verb |
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective |
| automatic | xx/x | Noun |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| opportunistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective |
| preemptive | x/x | Adjective |
| extensive | x/x | Adjective |
| circumspect | /xx | Adjective |
| selecting | x/x | Verb |
| uncritical | x/xx | Adjective |
| filtering | /xx | Noun |
| targeted | /xx | Verb |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| sequential | x/x | Adjective |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| diligent | /xx | Adjective |
| discriminative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| surreptitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| sophisticated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| partial | /x | Adjective |
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective |
| specialized | /xx | Adjective |
| privileging | /xxx | Noun |
| reactive | x/x | Adjective |
| efficient | x/x | Adjective |
| perceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| choice | / | Noun |
| proactive | //x | Adjective |
| reflexive | x/x | Adjective |
| inhibiting | x/xx | Verb |
| prejudiced | /xx | Adjective |
| limited | /xx | Adjective |
| artful | /x | Adjective |
| promiscuous | /xx | Adjective |
| assiduous | x/x | Adjective |
| progressive | x/x | Adjective |
| consistent | x/x | Adjective |
| conscientious | xx/x | Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| focused | /x | Verb |
| thorough | /x | Adjective |
| quantitative | /xxx | Adjective |
| discounting | /xx | Noun |
| choose | / | Verb, Noun |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Noun |
| myopic | x/x | Adjective |
| suppressing | x/x | Verb |
| restricting | x/x | Verb |
| tolerant | /xx | Adjective |
| rationalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| asymmetric | xx/x | Adjective |
| innovative | /xxx | Adjective |
| purposeful | /xx | Adjective |
| fixation | x/x | Noun |
| prioritization | x/xx/x | Noun |
| intelligent | x/xx | Adjective |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| analytical | xx/xx | Noun |
| skillful | /x | Adjective |
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| exhaustive | x/x | Adjective |
| unbiased | x/x | Adjective |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| culling | /x | Noun |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| retentive | x/x | Adjective |
| thoughtful | /x | Adjective |
| inventive | x/x | Adjective |
| active | /x | Adjective |
| individualized | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| comprehensive | xx/x | Adjective |
| advantageous | xx/x | Adjective |
| preferred | x/ | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| precise | x/ | Adjective |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| inhibition | xx/x | Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| reductive | x/x | Adjective |
| diverse | x/ | Adjective |
| diffusion | x/x | Noun |
| eugenic | x/x | Noun |
| judgmental | x/x | Adjective |
| electoral | x/xx | Noun |
| decisional | x/xx | Adjective |
| reductionist | x/xx | Noun |
| statistical | x/xx | Name |
| diagnostic | xx/x | Adjective |
| optical | /xx | Adjective |
| surgical | /xx | Adjective |
| comparative | x/xx | Name |
| regulative | /xxx | Adjective |
| topical | /xx | Adjective |
| curatorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| combinatorial | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| modulatory | /xxxx | Noun |
| divisional | x/xx | Name |
| taxonomic | /x/x | Adjective |
| phenotypic | xx/x | Adjective |
| subtractive | x/x | Adjective |
| attentional | x/xx | Adjective |
| preparatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| dietary | /xxx | Adjective |
| rationalistic | /x/x | Adjective |
| breeding | /x | Noun |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective |
| deductive | x/x | Adjective |
| editorial | xx/xx | Noun |
| serological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| investigational | xxx/xx | Name |
| therapeutic | xx/x | Adjective |
| chromatographic | x/x/x | Noun |
| cation | /x | Verb |
| reuptake | /x | Noun |
| incapacitation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| mutism | /xx | Noun |
| decontamination | xxxx/x | Noun |
| inattention | xx/x | Noun |
| orientation | xxx/x | Verb |
| herbicide | /xx | Noun |
| inhibitors | x/xx | Noun |
| arteriography | xxx/xx | Noun |
| modulators | /xxx | Noun |
| blocker | /x | Noun |
| logging | /x | Noun |
| hydrogenation | xxx/x | Noun |
| agonist | /xx | Noun |
| flocculation | /x/x | Noun |
| flotation | x/x | Noun |
| felling | /x | Noun |
| forgetting | x/x | Verb |
| fading | /x | Noun |
| sintering | /xx | Noun |
| serotonin | xx/x | Noun |
| grinding | /x | Noun |
| predation | x/x | Noun |
| etching | /x | Noun |
| leaking | /x | Verb |
| epitaxy | /xxx | Noun |
| leaching | /x | Noun |
| antagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| acceptors | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| adenosine | x/xx | Noun |
| allosteric | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| aluminum | x/xx | Noun |
| aqueous | /xx | Adjective |
| attendees | x// | Noun |
| autocrine | x/x | Adjective |
| autonomous | x/xx | Adjective |
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| certain | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cholinergic | xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| contiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| curative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dependent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| differential | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| differentiated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| disabled | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| elective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fastidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| frequency | /xx | Noun |
| hadrons | /x | Noun |
| ions | /x | Noun |
| mesons | /x | Noun |
| nonspecific | xx/x | Adjective |
| optional | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| osmotic | x/x | Adjective |
| paracrine | x/x | Adjective |
| picky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| preservative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| preventative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| producing | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| punctual | /xx | Adjective |
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| responders | x/x | Noun |
| reversible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| separate | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| silicates | /xx | Noun |
| simultaneous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| snapshot | /x | Noun, Verb |
| specific | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| synergistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| toxic | /x | Adjective |
| unspecific | xx/x | Adjective |
| wasting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
