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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| sinking feeling | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| straighten | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| plunging | /x | Verb |
| drowning | /x | Noun |
| falling | /x | Verb |
| floundering | /xx | Noun |
| floating | /x | Noun |
| sunken | /x | Adjective |
| collapsing | x/x | Verb |
| plummeting | /xx | Verb |
| slipping | /x | Verb |
| rising | /x | Verb |
| submerging | x/x | Verb |
| afloat | x/ | Adverb |
| slumping | /x | Verb |
| dragging | /x | Verb |
| drifting | /x | Verb |
| crashing | /x | Verb |
| piling | /x | Verb |
| burying | /xx | Verb |
| scuttling | /xx | Noun |
| dropping | /x | Verb |
| crushing | /x | Verb |
| disintegrating | x/xxx | Noun |
| dumping | /x | Verb |
| quicksand | /x | Noun |
| bailing | /x | Noun |
| propelling | x/x | Adjective |
| evaporating | x/xxx | Verb |
| faltering | /xx | Adjective |
| rotting | /x | Verb |
| sliding | /x | Verb |
| dipping | /x | Noun |
| ship | / | Noun |
| lurching | /x | Verb |
| sagging | /x | Verb |
| stagnating | /xx | Verb |
| wrecking | /x | Verb |
| shore | / | Noun |
| tumbling | /xx | Verb |
| rolling | /x | Noun |
| jumping | /x | Noun |
| bobbing | /x | Noun |
| wobbling | /xx | Noun |
| reeling | /x | Verb |
| ebbing | /x | Noun |
| losing | /x | Verb |
| crumbling | /xx | Verb |
| surging | /x | Adjective |
| churning | /x | Noun |
| settling | /xx | Noun |
| keeling | /x | Name |
| subsiding | x/x | Verb |
| battleship | /xx | Noun |
| deepening | /xx | Verb |
| moving | /x | Verb |
| circling | /xx | Verb |
| eroding | x/x | Verb |
| retreating | x/x | Verb |
| escaping | x/x | Verb |
| turning | /x | Verb |
| shrinking | /x | Noun |
| flailing | /x | Verb |
| dying | /x | Verb |
| lowering | /xx | Verb |
| heaving | /x | Noun |
| boat | / | Noun |
| splashing | /x | Noun |
| corroding | x/x | Noun |
| burning | /x | Noun |
| swaying | /x | Verb |
| clinging | /x | Verb |
| breaking | /x | Noun |
| hitting | /x | Verb |
| receding | x/x | Noun |
| stepping | /x | Verb |
| draining | /x | Verb |
| pulling | /x | Verb |
| seeping | /x | Verb |
| exploding | x/x | Verb |
| adrift | x/ | Adverb |
| precipitating | x/xxx | Verb |
| spiraling | /xx | Noun |
| choking | /x | Verb |
| salvaging | /xx | Verb |
| decaying | x/x | Verb |
| melting | /x | Noun |
| abandoning | x/xx | Verb |
| rescuing | /xx | Verb |
| reaching | /x | Verb |
| creeping | /x | Verb |
| sticking | /x | Verb |
| sustaining | x/x | Adjective |
| dislodging | x/x | Verb |
| titanic | x/x | Name |
| roiling | /x | Adjective |
| accelerating | x/xxx | Verb |
| dissolving | x/x | Verb |
| catching | /x | Verb |
| pouring | /x | Verb |
| skimming | /x | Noun |
| leaching | /x | Noun |
| lapsing | /x | Verb |
| saturation | xx/x | Noun |
| fading | /x | Noun |
| dunking | /x | Noun |
| submersion | x/x | Noun |
| leaking | /x | Verb |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| subordination | xxx/x | Noun |
| seepage | /x | Noun |
| sowing | /x | Noun |
| discharging | x/x | Verb |
| softening | /xx | Noun |
| implosion | x/x | Noun |
| narrowing | /xx | Noun |
| penetration | xx/x | Noun |
| internalization | x/xx/x | Noun |
| deadening | /xx | Adjective |
| extinguishing | x/xx | Verb |
| inverting | x/x | Noun |
| ruining | /xx | Verb |
| subsumption | /xx | Noun |
| wetting | /x | Noun |
| subduction | x/x | Noun |
| entrenchment | x/x | Noun |
| sapping | /x | Verb |
| scooping | /x | Verb |
| perishing | /xx | Noun |
| withering | /xx | Noun |
| spillage | /x | Noun |
| spawning | /x | Noun |
| erosion | x/x | Noun |
| diving | /x | Noun |
| swimming | /x | Noun |
| relaxing | x/x | Verb |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| instilling | x/x | Verb |
| rooting | /x | Noun |
| lookouts | /x | Verb |
| lusitania | xx/xx | Name, Adjective |
| audacious | x/x | Noun |
| afire | x/ | Adverb |
| maru | /x | Name |
| doria | /xx | Name |
| abolition | xx/x | Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| amortization | xxx/x | Noun |
| borehole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| burial | /xx | Noun |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| closing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| curtailment | x/x | Noun |
| declining | x/x | Noun |
| decreasing | x/x | Noun |
| deflection | x/x | Noun |
| deformation | xx/x | Noun |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| depreciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| descendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| descendent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| descending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| disappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| disappears | xx/ | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| disposal | x/x | Noun |
| downfall | /x | Noun, Verb |
| draught | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dregs | / | Noun |
| dribble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| drilling | /x | Noun |
| dripping | /x | Noun |
| easing | /x | Noun |
| estrangement | x/x | Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| flowing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| going under | /x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| grief | / | Noun, Verb |
| immersion | x/x | Noun |
| lessening | /xx | Noun |
| lifting | /x | Noun |
| lightening | /xx | Noun |
| meltdown | /x | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| retrogression | /x/x | Noun |
| running | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| scion | /x | Noun |
| scuba | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sedimentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| shipwreck | /x | Noun, Verb |
| thawing | /x | Noun |
| train | / | Noun, Verb |
| tugboat | /x | Noun |
| wreckage | /x | Noun |
| yielding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
