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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pitfall | /x | Noun, Noun |
| backsliding | /xx | Noun |
| disaster waiting to happen | x/x/x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| vicious circle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| one thing after another | ///xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| stumbling block | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| occupational hazard | xx/xx/x | Name, Name |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| precipitation | xxx/x | Noun |
| impasse | x/ | Noun |
| primrose path | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| can of worms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| jeopardy | /xx | Noun |
| ruin | /x | Noun |
| avoidable | x/xx | Adjective |
| slow lane | // | Phrase, Noun |
| blind alley | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| third rail | // | Phrase, Noun |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| obstacle course | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| sticky wicket | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| strings | / | Noun |
| slough of despond | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| dead end | // | Phrase, Noun |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| lapse | / | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| slippage | /x | Noun |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| hazard | /x | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| bottomless pit | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| foregone conclusion | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun |
| exercise in futility | /xxxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| mire | / | Noun |
| non sequitur | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| diminishing returns | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| narrow escape | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| falling out | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| portent | /x | Noun |
| bind | / | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| runaway | /xx | Adjective |
| risk | / | Noun |
| flip side | // | Phrase, Noun |
| poisoned chalice | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| losing streak | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fallout | /x | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| gangrene | /x | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| curse | / | Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| monkey wrench | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| gridlock | /x | Noun |
| kink | / | Noun |
| fair warning | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| crevasse | x/ | Noun |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inertia | x/x | Noun |
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun |
| fall from grace | /// | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| loose ends | // | Phrase, Noun |
| rubicon | /xx | Name |
| gutter | /x | Noun |
| loose cannon | //x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| fault | / | Noun |
| stalemate | /x | Noun |
| dry rot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| folly | /x | Noun |
| profligate | /xx | Adjective |
| jinx | / | Noun |
| long shot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| peradventure | /x/x | Noun |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| obstacle | /xx | Noun |
| idle threat | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| side effect | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| harm | / | Noun |
| black swan | // | Name, Name |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| slouch | / | Noun |
| plague | / | Noun |
| bottleneck | /xx | Noun |
| unworkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| abruptness | x/x | Noun |
| albumin | x/x | Noun |
| angle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| angular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| aperture | /xx | Noun |
| artificial | xx/x | Adjective |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| awaiting | x/x | Verb |
| axis | /x | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| ball | / | Noun, Verb |
| bank | / | Noun, Verb |
| bend | / | Noun, Verb |
| berm | / | Noun, Verb |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| cage | / | Noun, Verb |
| camber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cant | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| catchment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chalky | /x | Adjective |
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| china | /x | Name |
| chord | / | Noun, Verb |
| circuit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| clever | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cliff | / | Noun |
| climb | / | Verb, Noun |
| cobbled | /x | Adjective |
| colombo | x/x | Name |
| contributing | x/xx | Verb |
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| crafty | /x | Adjective |
| crumbly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cunning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| curvature | /xx | Noun |
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| declination | xx/x | Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deflection | x/x | Noun |
| descending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| dip | / | Noun, Verb |
| downslope | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| drainage | /x | Noun |
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| edge | / | Noun, Verb |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| embankment | x/x | Noun |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| fat | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fatty | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fissured | /x | Adjective |
| flank | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| flinty | /x | Adjective |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| fond | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| foot | / | Noun, Verb |
| gentleness | /xx | Noun |
| gleaming | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grade | / | Noun, Verb |
| gradient | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| gritty | /x | Adjective |
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heel | / | Noun, Verb |
| hernia | /xx | Noun |
| hiatus | x/x | Noun |
| hill | / | Noun, Verb |
| hillside | /x | Noun |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| ice | / | Noun, Verb |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| inclination | xx/x | Noun |
| incline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| intercept | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| interfacial | xx/x | Adjective |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| kneeling | /x | Noun |
| landslide | /x | Noun, Verb |
| leakage | /x | Noun |
| ledge | / | Noun, Verb |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| maintenance | /xx | Noun |
| math | / | Noun, Verb |
| midsection | /xx | Noun |
| mountain | /x | Noun |
| mountainside | /xx | Noun |
| movement | /x | Noun |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nonstick | x/ | Adjective |
| nose | / | Noun, Verb |
| oil | / | Noun, Verb |
| outstanding | x/x | Adjective |
| overhang | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| parameter | x/xx | Noun |
| paraxial | x/xx | Adjective |
| path | / | Noun, Verb |
| pei | / | Name |
| pending | /x | Adjective |
| perfidious | /xxx | Adjective |
| permissible | x/xx | Adjective |
| pitch | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pocked | / | Adjective |
| polar | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| polishing | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| pressure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| profile | /x | Noun, Verb |
| queer | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| raise | / | Verb, Noun |
| rake | / | Noun, Verb |
| ramp | / | Noun, Verb |
| rascal | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| remaining | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| ridge | / | Noun, Verb |
| rise | / | Noun, Verb |
| road | / | Noun, Adjective |
| rock | / | Noun, Verb |
| rolling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| rough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| rutted | /x | Adjective |
| scarp | / | Noun, Verb |
| sensible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| shelf | / | Noun |
| shoulder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| side | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| sidewall | /x | Noun |
| singapore | /xx | Name |
| ski | / | Noun, Verb |
| slant | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| sleek | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| slick | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| slide | / | Noun, Verb |
| slider | /x | Noun |
| slimy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| slipping | /x | Noun |
| slithering | /xx | Noun |
| sloped | / | Adjective |
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| sly | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb |
| smart | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| smooth | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| smug | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| snow | / | Noun, Verb |
| soap | / | Noun, Verb |
| spacing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| stony | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| strewn | / | Verb, Adjective |
| swell | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| swing | / | Noun, Verb |
| talus | /x | Noun |
| tilt | / | Noun, Verb |
| tiring | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| treacherous | /xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| unctuous | /x | Adjective |
| untrustworthy | x/xx | Adjective |
