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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| thorny | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bristly | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| prickly | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| bristled | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| barbed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| armed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| spiky | /x | Adjective |
| fleshy | /x | Adjective |
| scaly | /x | Adjective |
| bulbous | /x | Adjective |
| spines | / | Noun |
| cactus | /x | Noun |
| leathery | /xx | Noun |
| porcupine | /xx | Noun |
| shrubby | /x | Adjective |
| hairy | /x | Adjective |
| serrated | /xx | Adjective |
| prickles | /x | Noun |
| stellate | /x | Noun |
| knobby | /x | Noun |
| feathery | /xx | Noun |
| bushy | /x | Noun |
| leafy | /x | Adjective |
| mossy | /x | Noun |
| arboreal | x/xx | Adjective |
| pubescent | /x | Noun |
| silky | /x | Adjective |
| hoary | /x | Adjective |
| grown | / | Verb |
| flowered | /x | Adjective |
| branched | / | Adjective |
| weedy | /x | Adjective |
| notch | / | Noun |
| rays | / | Noun |
| portions | /x | Noun |
| neurons | /x | Noun |
| leaves | / | Verb |
| less | / | Adjective |
| back | / | Adverb |
| more | / | Adjective |
| has | / | Verb |
| are | / | Verb |
| first | / | Adjective |
| lobsters | /x | Noun |
| argus | /x | Name |
| amaranth | /xx | Noun |
| branchlets | /x | Noun |
| platypus | /xx | Noun |
| urchins | /x | Noun |
| lizard | /x | Noun |
| starfish | /x | Noun |
| dendrites | x/ | Noun |
| bracts | / | Noun |
| eels | / | Noun |
| proboscis | x/x | Noun |
| oyster | /x | Noun |
| shrub | / | Noun |
| hyperkeratosis | xxxx/x | Noun |
| caterpillar | /xxx | Noun |
| dorsal | /x | Noun |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| ant | / | Noun, Verb |
| basal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| caudal | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| concave | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| convex | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| coral | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| deciduous | x/xx | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| downy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| drawers | / | Noun |
| dwarfed | / | Verb |
| elongate | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| entire | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| foliage | /x | Noun |
| forked | / | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| keeled | / | Adjective |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| ovate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| pods | / | Noun |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| radial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| reddish | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| spinous | /x | Adjective |
| stout | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stunted | /x | Adjective |
| transverse | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| tufted | /x | Adjective |
| velvety | /xx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
