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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| deadlock | /x | Noun |
| stand | / | Noun, Noun |
| impasse | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| stalemate | /x | Noun, Noun |
| halt | / | Noun |
| stalled | / | Verb |
| gridlock | /x | Noun |
| limbo | /x | Noun |
| nowhere | /x | Adverb |
| doldrums | /x | Noun |
| stagnation | x/x | Noun |
| paralysed | x/x | Verb |
| bogged | / | Verb |
| slowed | / | Verb |
| slump | / | Noun |
| lurch | / | Noun |
| practically | /xx | Adverb |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| stymied | /x | Verb |
| breakneck | /x | Noun |
| crossroads | /x | Noun |
| slowdown | /x | Noun |
| sudden | /x | Adjective |
| chaos | /x | Noun |
| unstoppable | x/xx | Adjective |
| abruptly | x/x | Adverb |
| motionless | /xx | Adjective |
| decelerated | x/xxx | Verb |
| disarray | xx/ | Noun |
| paralyzed | /xx | Verb |
| blockade | x/ | Noun |
| momentarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| nightmare | /x | Noun |
| screeching | /x | Verb |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| almost | /x | Adverb |
| lagging | /x | Noun |
| nonstop | x/ | Noun |
| silent | /x | Adjective |
| shuddering | /xx | Verb |
| turmoil | /x | Noun |
| plodding | /x | Verb |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| stoppage | /x | Noun |
| virtually | /xxx | Adverb |
| interminably | /xxxx | Adverb |
| struggle | /x | Noun |
| seeming | /x | Verb |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| steady | /x | Adjective |
| disruption | x/x | Noun |
| paralysis | x/xx | Noun |
| lull | / | Noun |
| stop | / | Noun |
| perpetual | x/xx | Adjective |
| accelerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| brink | / | Noun |
| imminent | /xx | Adjective |
| juggernaut | /xx | Noun |
| delays | x/ | Noun |
| dragged | / | Verb |
| dawdling | /x | Verb |
| bedlam | /x | Noun |
| roadblock | /x | Noun |
| speed | / | Noun |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| shambles | /x | Noun |
| booming | /x | Adjective |
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| frenzy | /x | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| force | / | Noun |
| rush | / | Noun |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| resumed | x/ | Verb |
| slackening | /xx | Noun |
| unimaginable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| hurry | /x | Noun |
| shutdown | /x | Noun |
| naught | / | Noun |
| close | / | Adjective |
| freeze | / | Noun |
| full stop | // | Phrase, Noun |
| still | / | Adverb |
| resting | /x | Verb |
| shut | / | Verb |
| moment of silence | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| lapse | / | Noun |
| calm | / | Noun |
| dead center | //x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| slumber | /x | Noun |
| languor | // | Noun |
| dead | / | Adjective |
| decline | x/ | Noun |
| hibernation | xx/x | Noun |
| dead air | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dead zone | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sleep | / | Noun |
| expiration | xx/x | Noun |
| passing | /x | Noun |
| death | / | Noun |
| snowing | /x | Verb |
| downfall | /x | Noun |
| decease | x/ | Noun |
| blackout | /x | Noun |
| kingdom come | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| freezing cold | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| outage | /x | Noun |
| dwindling | /xx | Noun |
| wake | / | Noun |
| midwinter | //x | Noun |
| rollback | /x | Noun |
| asystole | xx/ | Noun |
| fibrillation | xx/x | Noun |
| dialectics | xx/x | Noun |
| ventricular | x/xx | Adjective |
| bradycardia | xx/xx | Noun |
| atrial | /xx | Adjective |
| reactance | x/x | Noun |
| auricular | x/xx | Adjective |
| virtual | /xx | Adjective |
| rotor | /x | Noun |
| braked | / | Verb |
| torque | / | Noun |
| cardiac | /xx | Adjective |
| motor | /x | Noun |
| grinds | / | Verb |
| near | / | Adjective |
| battled | /x | Verb |
| taxied | /x | Verb |
| arrhythmias | x/xx | Noun |
| sinus | /x | Adjective |
| tachycardia | xx/xx | Noun |
| jolted | /x | Verb |
| reined | / | Verb |
| arrest | x/ | Noun |
| complete | x/ | Adjective |
| commitments | x/x | Noun |
| fought | / | Verb |
| skidded | /x | Verb |
| want | / | Noun |
| momentary | /xxx | Adjective |
| circulatory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| abandonment | x/xx | Noun |
| abdication | xx/x | Noun |
| abeyance | x/x | Noun |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| adjournment | x/x | Noun |
| alley | /x | Noun |
| applicable | /xxx | Adjective |
| ascertained | xx/ | Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| banishment | /xx | Noun |
| bloc | / | Noun |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| blockage | /x | Noun |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| cessation | x/x | Noun |
| collapse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| contractual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| disappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| discontinuance | xx/xx | Noun |
| discontinuation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| downturn | /x | Noun, Verb |
| eclipse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| enforceable | x/xx | Adjective |
| ent | / | Noun, Verb |
| exact | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| expectation | xx/x | Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| formative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| frost | / | Noun, Verb |
| gating | /x | Noun |
| gel | / | Noun, Verb |
| ic | x | Name, Adjective |
| immobility | xx/xx | Noun |
| immobilization | x/xx/x | Noun |
| inaction | x/x | Noun |
| inertia | x/x | Noun |
| initial | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| intermediate | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| interruption | xx/x | Noun |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| latter | /x | Adjective |
| liminal | /xx | Adjective |
| load | / | Noun, Verb |
| lock | / | Noun, Verb |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| nation | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| neutral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| oblivion | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| overload | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| palsy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| park | / | Noun, Verb |
| pause | / | Noun, Verb |
| peak | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| quagmire | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| quiescent | x/x | Adjective |
| recession | x/x | Noun |
| rigidity | x/xx | Noun |
| ruling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| rut | / | Noun, Verb |
| setback | /x | Noun |
| severance | /xx | Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stasis | /x | Noun |
| stay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| sufferance | /xx | Noun |
| suspension | x/x | Noun |
| transitional | x/xx | Adjective |
| treadmill | /x | Noun, Verb |
| truce | / | Noun |
| unemployed | xx/ | Adjective |
| waiting | /x | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| southend | /x | Name |
