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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| suburbanization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| suburbia | x/xx | Noun |
| encroachment | x/x | Noun |
| urban | /x | Name, Adjective |
| suburban | x/x | Adjective |
| megalopolis | xx/xx | Noun |
| urbanism | /xx | Noun |
| expanse | x/ | Noun |
| densification | xxx/x | Noun |
| congestion | x/x | Noun |
| crowding | /x | Noun |
| smothering | /xx | Noun |
| urbanization | xxx/x | Noun |
| blight | / | Noun |
| zoning | /x | Noun |
| suffocating | /xxx | Adjective |
| density | /xx | Noun |
| land | / | Noun |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| overcrowding | /xxx | Noun |
| pollution | x/x | Noun |
| monoculture | xxxx | Noun |
| farmland | /x | Noun |
| metropolitan | xx/xx | Name |
| agglomeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| dense | / | Adjective |
| city | /x | Noun |
| gentrification | xxx/x | Noun |
| urbanisation | /xx/x | Noun |
| squalor | /x | Noun |
| wasteland | /x | Noun |
| gridlock | /x | Noun |
| splay | x | Noun |
| spread | / | Noun |
| straddle | /x | Noun |
| outspread | // | Adjective |
| stretch out | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| overspread | /x/ | Verb |
| scarecrow | /x | Noun |
| stride | / | Noun |
| slouch | / | Noun |
| spread out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| open | /x | Adjective |
| spill | / | Noun |
| sprout | / | Noun |
| branch out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| prowl | / | Noun |
| spend | / | Verb |
| prostrate | /x | Adjective |
| weep | / | Verb |
| fan out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| writhe | / | Noun |
| spaghetti | x/x | Noun |
| plop down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| drape | / | Noun |
| distribute | x/x | Verb |
| spring | / | Noun |
| squat | / | Adjective |
| spree | / | Noun |
| spindle | /x | Noun |
| scatter | /x | Noun |
| scrawl | / | Noun |
| lounge | / | Noun |
| put forth | // | Phrase, Verb |
| spread like wildfire | ///xx | Phrase, Verb |
| splatter | /x | Noun |
| plank | / | Noun |
| spatter | /x | Noun |
| swathe | / | Noun |
| struggle | /x | Noun |
| stoop | / | Noun |
| slop | / | Noun |
| slump | / | Noun |
| wriggle | /x | Noun |
| wallow | /x | Noun |
| recline | x/ | Verb |
| spawn | / | Noun |
| lie around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| welter | /x | Noun |
| splice | / | Noun |
| lie down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| limb | / | Noun |
| reach | / | Noun |
| shag | / | Noun |
| stretch | / | Noun |
| shed | / | Verb |
| open out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| widen | /x | Verb |
| propagate | /xx | Verb |
| lean | / | Adjective |
| swim | / | Noun |
| disinvestment | xx/x | Noun |
| smog | / | Noun |
| freeways | /x | Noun |
| inequity | x/xx | Noun |
| curbing | /x | Verb |
| malls | / | Noun |
| unplanned | x/ | Adjective |
| shacks | / | Noun |
| engulfed | x/ | Verb |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| unchecked | x/ | Adjective |
| untidy | x/x | Adjective |
| containment | x/x | Noun |
| undignified | x/xx | Adjective |
| antidote | /xx | Noun |
| slums | / | Noun |
| formless | /x | Adjective |
| discourage | x/x | Verb |
| unsightly | x/x | Adjective |
| uncontrolled | xx/ | Adjective |
| huts | / | Noun |
| impacts | x/ | Noun |
| abolitionist | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| abortion | x/x | Noun |
| affluence | /xx | Noun |
| anticlerical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| anticommunist | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| antipoverty | xx/xx | Adjective |
| antislavery | xx/xx | Adjective |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| averaging | /xx | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| buildup | /x | Noun |
| busing | /x | Noun |
| communities | x/xx | Noun |
| conglomeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| decentralization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| deforestation | xxx/x | Noun |
| disarray | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| disorganization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| dispersal | x/x | Noun |
| dispersion | x/x | Noun |
| disruption | x/x | Noun |
| districts | /x | Noun |
| electrification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| exodus | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| expanding | x/x | Verb |
| expansion | x/x | Noun |
| extending | x/x | Verb |
| extension | x/x | Noun |
| fabric | /x | Noun, Verb |
| growth | / | Noun |
| heaps | / | Noun, Adverb |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| phasing | /x | Noun |
| plating | /x | Noun |
| pornography | x/xx | Noun |
| prosperity | x/xx | Noun |
| redevelopment | xx/xx | Noun |
| skyscraper | /xx | Noun |
| spanning | /x | Noun |
| sparsity | /xx | Noun |
| tangle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tariff | /x | Noun, Verb |
| temperance | /xx | Noun |
| tissue | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
