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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| sloughed | / | Verb, Adjective |
| slump | / | Noun |
| swale | / | Noun |
| swamp | / | Noun |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| marshland | /x | Noun |
| sink | / | Noun |
| quagmire | /xx | Noun |
| swag | / | Noun |
| puddle | /x | Noun |
| carr | / | Name |
| slack | / | Noun |
| sinkhole | /x | Noun |
| fosse | / | Noun |
| slew | / | Noun |
| bayou | /x | Noun |
| wallow | /x | Noun |
| mire | / | Noun |
| soil | / | Noun |
| brook | / | Noun |
| shallow | /x | Adjective |
| barren | /x | Adjective |
| flow | / | Noun |
| soak | / | Verb |
| moss | / | Noun |
| desolation | xx/x | Noun |
| ooze | / | Noun |
| gully | /x | Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun |
| shelving | /x | Noun |
| downslope | // | Noun |
| slush | / | Noun |
| basin | /x | Noun |
| slab | / | Noun |
| meadow | /x | Noun |
| clough | / | Name |
| sole | / | Noun |
| mud bath | // | Phrase, Noun |
| marsh | / | Noun |
| ditch | / | Noun |
| lake | / | Noun |
| peat bog | // | Phrase, Noun |
| moor | / | Noun |
| lagoon | x/ | Noun |
| lough | / | Name |
| water meadow | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| wash | / | Noun |
| low water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| moat | / | Noun |
| slant | / | Noun |
| holm | / | Name |
| abyss | x/ | Noun |
| stank | / | Noun |
| trough | / | Noun |
| slash | / | Noun |
| pothole | /x | Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| rodham | /x | Name |
| suspension | x/x | Noun |
| precipice | /xx | Noun |
| flume | / | Noun |
| dereliction | xx/x | Noun |
| plunging | /x | Verb |
| wasteland | /x | Noun |
| ross | / | Name |
| callow | /x | Noun |
| salina | x/x | Noun |
| drift | / | Noun |
| pool | / | Noun |
| bottom | /x | Noun |
| lade | / | Noun |
| dump | / | Noun |
| slade | / | Name |
| landfall | /x | Noun |
| valley | /x | Noun |
| wetland | /x | Noun |
| gutter | /x | Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| cess | x | Noun |
| dell | / | Noun |
| sludge | / | Noun |
| logan | /x | Name |
| gulf | / | Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| silt | / | Noun |
| lair | / | Noun |
| cove | / | Noun |
| watering hole | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| sump | / | Noun |
| rift | / | Noun |
| riverbank | /xx | Noun |
| antarctic | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| coal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| despair | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dishonor | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| distresses | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| dune | / | Noun |
| entanglement | x/xx | Noun |
| fraught | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| gorge | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| grass | / | Noun, Verb |
| hollow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| inlet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| island | /x | Noun, Verb |
| macular | /xx | Adjective |
| molt | / | Noun, Verb |
| moult | / | Noun, Verb |
| muddy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nibble | /x | Verb, Noun |
| oat | / | Noun |
| patch | / | Noun, Verb |
| peat | / | Noun |
| peel off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| perplexities | x/xx | Noun |
| quicksand | /x | Noun |
| rice | / | Noun, Verb |
| river | /x | Noun, Verb |
| roadblocks | /x | Noun |
| rye | / | Noun |
| scab | / | Noun, Verb |
| scrub | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| shadow | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| shed | / | Verb, Noun |
| slag | / | Noun, Verb |
| spiritual | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| stirrings | /x | Noun |
| struggles | /x | Noun, Verb |
| swath | / | Noun |
| tangles | /x | Noun |
| ties | / | Noun |
| upland | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| well | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| wizardry | /xx | Noun |
| woes | / | Noun |
