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abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
abridged
x/
Adjective
abruptly
x/x
Adverb
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
accelerated
x/xxx
Adjective
accommodation
xxx/x
Noun
acreage
/xx
Noun
actuation
/x/x
Noun
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
aerospace
/xx
Noun, Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
again
x/
Adverb
age
/
Noun, Verb
air
/
Noun, Verb
airspace
/x
Noun
airtime
/x
Noun
altitude
/xx
Noun
always
/x
Adverb
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
anyhow
/xx
Adverb
anytime
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
anyway
/xx
Adverb
apace
x/
Adverb
appearance
x/x
Noun
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
arc
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
arch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
area
/xx
Noun
arena
x/x
Noun
arrhenius
x/xx
Noun
arrival
x/x
Noun
astronaut
/xx
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
barely
/x
Adverb
basis
/x
Noun
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
between
x/
Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
break
/
Verb, Noun
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
briefly
/x
Adverb
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
cabin
/x
Noun, Verb
cadet
x/
Noun
calendar
/xx
Noun, Verb
capsule
/x
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cavity
/xx
Noun
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
cheer
/
Noun, Verb
choleric
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chronological
xx/xx
Adjective
chronology
x/xx
Noun
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
clearance
/x
Noun
clerical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
clip
/
Noun, Verb
clock
/
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
combination
xx/x
Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
compartment
x/x
Noun, Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condensed
x/
Adjective
conjunction
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
continuance
x/xx
Noun
continuum
x/xx
Noun
correctional
x/xx
Adjective
cosmic
/x
Adjective
cosmos
/x
Noun
coup
/
Noun, Verb
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
court
/
Noun, Verb
credit
/x
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cursory
/xx
Adjective
curt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
data
/x
Noun
date
/
Noun, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
daylight saving
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deadline
/x
Noun, Verb
decade
x/
Noun
deep space
//
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
derivation
xx/x
Noun
deriving
x/x
Noun
devoid
x/
Adjective, Verb
digest
x/
Noun, Verb
dimensional
x/xx
Adjective
diminutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
discretion
x/x
Noun
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
docs
/
Noun
domain
x/
Noun
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
dumpy
/x
Adjective, Noun
duration
//x
Noun
during
/x
Noun
dwarf
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
earth
/
Noun, Verb
embargo
x/x
Noun, Verb
emplacement
x/x
Noun
emptiness
/xx
Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
environment
x/xx
Noun
ephemera
x/xx
Noun
ephemeral
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
episode
/xx
Noun
epoch
/x
Noun, Verb
equilibrium
xx/xx
Noun
era
/x
Noun
eternity
x/xx
Noun
euclidean
/x/x
Adjective
evening
/x
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
facilities
x/xx
Noun
fact
/
Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
field
/
Noun, Verb
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fleeting
/x
Adjective, Noun
flexibility
xx/xx
Noun
floor
/
Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fold
/
Noun, Verb
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
footprint
/x
Noun
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forever
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forgetful
x/x
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
forum
/x
Noun
fourth dimension
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
frontier
x/
Noun, Verb
fugitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fund
/
Noun, Verb
fur
/
Noun, Verb
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
futurity
/xxx
Noun
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
gap
/
Noun, Verb
geodesic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
geometric
xx/x
Adjective
geometrical
xx/xx
Adjective
glance
/
Noun, Verb
grading
/x
Noun
greenwich mean time
/x//
Phrase, Noun
greenwich time
/x/
Name, Name
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hair
/
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hard time
//
Phrase, Noun
harm
/
Noun, Verb
headroom
/x
Noun
headspace
/x
Noun, Verb
height
/
Noun
hereafter
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
hole
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hora
/x
Noun
hour
/x
Noun
hourly
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
hurry
/x
Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
improvident
x/xx
Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
indent
x/
Noun, Verb
indentation
xx/x
Noun
indenture
x/x
Noun, Verb
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
inferior
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
infinity
x/xx
Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
inner
/x
Adjective, Noun
innings
/x
Noun
input
/x
Noun, Verb
installment
x/x
Noun
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
instant
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
instar
xx
Noun, Verb
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
intelligence
x/xx
Noun
interferon
xx/x
Noun
interim
/xx
Adjective, Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
into
x/
Noun
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
irascible
x/xx
Adjective
jail
/
Noun, Verb
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
juncture
/x
Noun
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
kid
/
Noun, Verb
kosmos
xx
Noun
lack
/
Noun, Verb
lagrangian
/xxx
Adjective, Name
land
/
Noun, Verb
lang
/
Noun, Adjective
lange
/
Name
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
latitude
/xx
Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
leeway
/x
Noun
leisure
/x
Noun
length
/
Noun, Verb
lengthened
/x
Adjective
lengthier
/xx
Adjective
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lieu
/
Noun
life
/
Noun, Verb
lifetime
/x
Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
linear
/xx
Adjective, Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
local
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
local time
/x/
Phrase, Noun
location
x/x
Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
longish
/x
Adjective
lot
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
mal
/
Noun
mandate
/x
Noun, Verb
maneuver
x/x
Noun, Verb
manoeuvre
x/
Noun, Verb
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
maturity
x/xx
Noun
me
/
Noun
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
meantime
/x
Noun, Adverb
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
meeting
/x
Noun
memorandum
xx/x
Noun
meter
/x
Noun, Verb
microgravity
xx/xx
Noun
midget
/x
Noun
mileage
/x
Noun
milieu
x/
Noun
minimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
mix
/
Noun, Verb
moment
/x
Noun
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
momentum
x/x
Noun
money
/x
Noun, Adjective
month
/
Noun
moon
/
Noun, Verb
mountain
/x
Noun
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
multidimensional
xxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
nain
/
Name
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
need
/
Verb, Noun
never
/x
Adverb
news
/
Noun, Verb
niche
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
night
/
Noun, Verb
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nonprofessional
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
not
/
Adverb, Noun
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
notice
/x
Noun, Verb
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nowadays
/xx
Adverb
occasion
x/x
Noun, Verb
odyssey
/xx
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
office
/x
Noun, Verb
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
onset
/x
Noun, Verb
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
ora
/x
Noun
orbit
/x
Noun, Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outer
/x
Adjective, Noun
outer space
/x/
Phrase, Noun
overdrawn
/x/
Adjective
overview
/xx
Noun, Verb
pace
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
paid
/
Adjective
pain
/
Noun, Verb
paralegal
xx/x
Noun
parallel
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
parameter
x/xx
Noun
paramount
/xx
Adjective, Name
paraprofessional
xxx/xx
Noun, Adjective
parking space
/x/
Phrase, Noun
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
passage
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
path
/
Noun, Verb
pause
/
Noun, Verb
penalty
/xx
Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
petit
/x
Noun, Adjective
petite
x/
Adjective, Name
phase
/
Noun, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
placeholder
/xx
Noun
planet
/x
Noun
platform
/x
Noun, Verb
plaza
/x
Noun
point
/
Noun, Verb
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
prefatory
/xxx
Adjective
premises
/xx
Noun
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
prime time
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
prison
/x
Noun, Verb
probationary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
process
/x
Noun, Verb
prompt
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
quad
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
rapid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
rate
/
Noun, Verb
re
/
Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
realm
/
Noun
recently
/xx
Adverb
rectangle
/xx
Noun, Adjective
reduced
x/
Adjective
referral
x/x
Noun
region
/x
Noun
regular
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
residence
/xx
Noun
restricted
x/x
Adjective
rhythm
/x
Noun
rime
/
Noun, Verb
rocket
/x
Noun, Verb
room
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
route
/
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
salaried
/xx
Adjective
sales
/
Noun
satellite
/xx
Noun, Verb
scaled
/
Adjective
scant
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
scarce
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
schedule
/x
Noun, Verb
scope
/
Noun, Verb
season
/x
Noun, Verb
seat
/
Noun, Verb
sec
/
Noun
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
segment
/x
Noun, Verb
seller
/x
Noun
send
/
Verb, Noun
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
separation
xx/x
Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
service
/x
Noun, Verb
session
/x
Noun, Verb
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
ship
/
Noun, Verb
short and sweet
//x
Phrase, Adjective
short circuit
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
shorted
/x
Adjective
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shortly
/x
Adverb
shortsighted
//x
Adjective
shortstop
/x
Noun, Verb
shorty
/x
Name
shot
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
showtime
/x
Noun
shunting
/x
Noun
shuttle
/x
Noun, Verb
shy
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
site
/
Noun, Verb
situation
xx/x
Noun
size
/
Noun, Verb
skirt
/
Noun, Verb
sky
/
Noun, Verb
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slot
/
Noun, Verb
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sms
x
Name, Verb
snub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
someone
/x
Noun
somme
/
Name
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
spacecraft
/x
Noun
spaced
/
Noun
spaceflight
/x
Noun
spaceship
/x
Noun
span
/
Noun, Verb
sparsely
/x
Adverb
spatial
/x
Adjective
speak
/
Verb, Noun
speed
/
Noun, Verb
speedy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spell
/
Noun, Verb
sphere
/
Noun, Verb
spindle
/x
Noun, Verb
spot
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
squat
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
stadium
/xx
Noun
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stake
/
Noun, Verb
standard time
/x/
Phrase, Noun
star
/
Noun, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
step
/
Noun, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stint
/
Noun, Verb
stocky
/x
Adjective
stopwatch
/x
Noun
storage
/x
Noun, Verb
story
/x
Noun, Verb
streamlined
/x
Adjective
stretch
/
Noun, Verb
stroke
/
Noun, Verb
stubby
/x
Adjective, Noun
stumpy
/x
Adjective, Name
subspace
/x
Noun
substandard
x/x
Adjective
succinct
x/
Adjective
sudden
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
sum
/
Noun, Verb
summaries
/xx
Noun
summarise
/x/
Verb
summarize
/xx
Verb
supervisory
xx/xx
Adjective
surface
/x
Noun, Verb
swath
/
Noun
swift
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
swoop
/
Noun, Verb
synopsis
x/x
Noun
synthesis
/xx
Noun
synthesize
/xx
Verb
synthetic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
tank
/
Noun, Verb
temp
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
tempo
/x
Noun
temporal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
temporary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
tender
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tense
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
territory
/xxx
Noun
testy
/x
Adjective
the
x
Adverb, Noun
thing
/
Noun, Verb
ticking
/x
Noun
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
time of day
///
Phrase, Noun
timed
/
Adjective
timeframe
/x
Noun
timekeeping
/xx
Noun
timeline
/x
Noun, Verb
timeliness
/xx
Noun
timescale
/x
Noun
timetable
/xx
Noun, Verb
tine
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
today
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
token
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tomorrow
x/x
Noun, Adverb
topological
xx/xx
Adjective
tour
/
Noun, Verb
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
transient
/x
Adjective, Noun
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trouble
/x
Noun, Verb
truncate
/x
Verb, Adjective
turn
/
Verb, Noun
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unawares
xx/
Adverb
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
uneventful
xx/x
Adjective
universe
/xx
Noun
unprepared
xx/
Adjective, Noun
unstressed
x/
Adjective
upright
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
ut
/
Noun
utmost
/x
Adjective, Noun
vacancy
/xx
Noun
vacuum
/x
Noun, Verb
vendor
/x
Noun, Verb
venue
/x
Noun
visit
/x
Noun, Verb
void
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
volta
/x
Name
vote
/
Noun, Verb
wait
/
Verb, Noun
watch
/
Verb, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
weather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
wee
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
week
/
Noun
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
when
/
Adverb, Noun
where
/
Adverb, Noun
while
/
Noun, Verb
window
/x
Noun, Verb
within
x/
Adverb, Adjective
word
/
Noun, Verb
work
/
Noun, Verb
workspace
/x
Noun
writ
/
Noun
yardage
/x
Noun
year
/
Noun
yesteryear
/xx
Noun
yore
/
Adverb, Noun
young
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
zaman
/x
Name
zone
/
Noun, Verb