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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| selection | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| eugenics | x/x | Noun |
| natural selection | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| animal husbandry | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| genetic engineering | x/x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| sexual selection | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hybridization | xxx/x | Noun |
| inheritance | x/xx | Noun |
| genetics | x/x | Noun |
| procreation | /x/x | Noun |
| speciation | /x/x | Noun |
| phenotype | /xx | Noun |
| fitness | /x | Noun |
| systematics | xx/x | Noun |
| survival of the fittest | x/x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| conservation | xx/x | Noun |
| differentiation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| specialization | xxx/x | Noun |
| biosecurity | /xx/xx | Noun |
| cline | / | Noun |
| maturation | xx/x | Noun |
| evolution | xx/x | Noun |
| integration | xx/x | Noun |
| grooming | /x | Noun |
| genomics | x/x | Noun |
| race | / | Noun |
| divergence | x/x | Noun |
| morphogenesis | xx/xx | Noun |
| evolutionary biology | xx/xxxx/xx | Name, Name |
| economy | x/xx | Noun |
| biocontrol | xx/x | Noun |
| epigenetics | xxx/x | Noun |
| recapitulation | xx/x/x | Noun |
| convergence | x/x | Noun |
| modification | xxx/x | Noun |
| individuation | xx/x/x | Noun |
| biology | x/xx | Noun |
| biotechnology | xxx/xx | Noun |
| population | xx/x | Noun |
| coevolution | /xx/x | Noun |
| absorbent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| acceptors | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective |
| adenosine | x/xx | Noun |
| adjudication | xxx/x | Noun |
| allosteric | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| aluminum | x/xx | Noun |
| amelioration | xxx/x | Noun |
| anchoring | /xx | Noun |
| aquaculture | /xxx | Noun |
| aqueous | /xx | Adjective |
| attendees | x// | Noun |
| autocrine | x/x | Adjective |
| autonomous | x/xx | Adjective |
| baited | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| beam | / | Noun, Verb |
| bird | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boggy | /x | Adjective |
| breed | / | Noun, Verb |
| breeder | /x | Noun |
| bringing up | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| brood | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| burial | /xx | Noun |
| burying | /xx | Noun |
| camping | /x | Noun |
| certain | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| childbearing | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cholinergic | xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| choose | / | Verb, Noun |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| collecting | x/x | Noun |
| conception | x/x | Noun |
| conducive | x/x | Adjective |
| consecrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| contiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| copulation | /x/x | Noun |
| copying | /xx | Noun |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| coupling | /x | Noun |
| creation | x/x | Noun |
| cricket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crop | / | Noun, Verb |
| crossing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cultivating | /xxx | Verb |
| cultivation | xx/x | Noun |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| curative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dependent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| differential | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| differentiated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| disabled | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| discriminating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| doghouse | /x | Noun |
| duplicating | /xxx | Verb, Noun |
| duplication | xx/x | Noun |
| education | xx/x | Noun |
| elective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| electoral | x/xx | Adjective |
| enhancing | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| exclusive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fanning | /x | Noun |
| farming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fastidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| fattening | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| feeding | /x | Noun |
| fertilization | xxx/x | Noun |
| flock | / | Noun, Verb |
| focused | /x | Adjective |
| foraging | /xx | Noun |
| fostering | /xx | Noun |
| frequency | /xx | Noun |
| fruitful | /x | Adjective |
| gardening | /xx | Noun |
| generation | xx/x | Noun |
| gentility | x/xx | Noun |
| germ | / | Noun, Verb |
| germination | xx/x | Noun |
| grazing | /x | Noun |
| greed | / | Noun, Verb |
| growing | /x | Noun |
| habitat | /xx | Noun |
| hadrons | /x | Noun |
| harvesting | /xx | Noun |
| hatchery | /xx | Noun |
| hatching | /x | Noun |
| herding | /x | Noun |
| hotbed | /x | Noun |
| hunting | /x | Noun |
| husbandry | /xx | Noun |
| hybridisation | /xx/x | Noun |
| imitation | xx/x | Noun |
| improvement | x/x | Noun |
| improving | x/x | Adjective |
| indiscriminate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| infestation | x//x | Noun |
| interbreeding | /x/x | Noun |
| ions | /x | Noun |
| keeping | /x | Noun |
| kennel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| livestock | /x | Noun |
| mating | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mesons | /x | Noun |
| miscegenation | x/x/x | Noun |
| mosquito | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| multiplication | xxx/x | Noun |
| nesting | /x | Noun |
| nestling | /x | Noun |
| niche | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| nonselective | xx/x | Adjective |
| nonspecific | xx/x | Adjective |
| nursery | /xx | Noun |
| nurturing | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| obtaining | x/x | Verb |
| optional | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| osmotic | x/x | Adjective |
| paracrine | x/x | Adjective |
| partial | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| pedagogy | /xxx | Noun |
| photocopying | /xxxx | Noun |
| picky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| planting | /x | Noun |
| playback | /x | Noun |
| playing | /x | Noun |
| plowing | /x | Verb, Noun |
| preservative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| preventative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| primarily | x/xx | Adverb |
| principally | /xx | Adverb |
| printing | /x | Noun, Verb |
| producing | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| production | x/x | Noun |
| proliferation | xxx/x | Noun |
| propagating | /xxx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| propagation | xx/x | Noun |
| punctual | /xx | Adjective |
| raising | /x | Noun |
| ranching | /x | Noun |
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rearing | /x | Noun |
| record | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| recurring | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| refinement | x/x | Noun |
| repeatable | x/xx | Adjective |
| repetition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| replay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| replica | /xx | Noun |
| replicating | /xxx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| replication | xx/x | Noun |
| reproducible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| reproducing | xx/x | Noun |
| reproduction | xx/x | Noun |
| reproductive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| responders | x/x | Noun |
| reversible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| screening | /x | Noun |
| selecting | x/x | Verb, Noun |
