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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| staff | / | Verb, Verb |
| rung | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| lag | / | Adjective, Verb |
| round | / | Verb, Verb |
| fending | /x | Verb |
| avoiding | x/x | Verb |
| preventing | x/x | Verb |
| warding | /x | Verb |
| alleviating | x/xxx | Verb |
| succumbing | x/x | Verb |
| starving | /x | Verb |
| averting | x/x | Verb |
| thwarting | /x | Noun |
| combating | x/x | Verb |
| shutting | /x | Verb |
| reducing | x/x | Verb |
| ameliorating | x/xxx | Verb |
| getting | /x | Verb |
| stopping | /x | Verb |
| eliminating | x/xxx | Verb |
| battling | /xx | Verb |
| kicking | /x | Verb |
| clawing | /x | Noun |
| knocking | /x | Verb |
| turning | /x | Verb |
| relieving | x/x | Verb |
| escaping | x/x | Verb |
| deterring | x/x | Verb |
| overcoming | /xxx | Verb |
| saving | /x | Noun |
| counteracting | xx/x | Verb |
| surviving | x/x | Verb |
| sinking | /x | Noun |
| brink | / | Noun |
| eradicating | x/xxx | Verb |
| curing | /x | Noun |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| forestalling | x/x | Verb |
| withstanding | x/x | Verb |
| evading | x/x | Verb |
| bringing | /x | Verb |
| reversing | x/x | Verb |
| catching | /x | Verb |
| countering | /xx | Verb |
| putting | /x | Verb |
| inducing | x/x | Adjective |
| perishing | /xx | Noun |
| verge | / | Noun |
| rescuing | /xx | Verb |
| resisting | x/x | Verb |
| quelling | /x | Verb |
| curbing | /x | Verb |
| propping | /x | Verb |
| dying | /x | Verb |
| risking | /x | Verb |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| gnawing | /x | Noun |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| remedying | /xxx | Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| contributing | x/xx | Verb |
| taking | /x | Verb |
| conning | /x | Noun |
| hastening | /xx | Verb |
| being | /x | Verb |
| coming | /x | Verb |
| sucking | /x | Noun |
| slipping | /x | Verb |
| defeating | x/x | Adjective |
| sticking | /x | Verb |
| inflicting | x/x | Verb |
| cutting | /x | Noun |
| aiding | /x | Verb |
| minimizing | /xxx | Verb |
| scaring | /x | Verb |
| beating | /x | Noun |
| delaying | x/x | Verb |
| treating | /x | Verb |
| reaching | /x | Verb |
| wiping | /x | Verb |
| repaying | x/x | Verb |
| plundering | /xx | Noun |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| facing | /x | Verb |
| annihilating | x/xxx | Verb |
| protecting | x/x | Verb |
| going | /x | Verb |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| ridding | /x | Verb |
| sustaining | x/x | Adjective |
| snatching | /x | Verb |
| indulging | x/x | Verb |
| toppling | /xx | Noun |
| dragging | /x | Verb |
| lessening | /xx | Noun |
| retreating | x/x | Verb |
| powering | /xx | Verb |
| spoiling | /x | Verb |
| advancing | x/x | Verb |
| suppressing | x/x | Verb |
| smacking | /x | Noun |
| tacking | /x | Verb |
| having | /x | Verb |
| minimising | /xxx | Verb |
| choking | /x | Verb |
| gorging | /x | Verb |
| prolonging | x/x | Verb |
| profiting | /xx | Verb |
| scuttling | /xx | Noun |
| picking | /x | Verb |
| eluding | x/x | Verb |
| easing | /x | Noun |
| keeping | /x | Verb |
| gobbling | /xx | Verb |
| justifying | /xxx | Verb |
| snagging | /x | Verb |
| squandering | /xx | Noun |
| slowing | /x | Verb |
| nibbling | /xx | Verb |
| mantle | /x | Noun |
| chine | / | Noun |
| husk | / | Noun |
| bushel | /x | Noun |
| cant | / | Noun |
| barring | /x | Verb |
| wrest | / | Verb |
| stock | / | Noun |
| shoe | / | Noun |
| steeling | /x | Verb |
| stamp | / | Noun |
| ladle | /x | Noun |
| rind | / | Noun |
| casing | /x | Noun |
| grindstone | /x | Noun |
| strike | / | Noun |
| grating | /x | Noun |
| boredom | /x | Noun |
| bankruptcy | /xx | Noun |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| succeeded | x/x | Verb |
| hunger | /x | Noun |
| creditors | /xx | Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| collapse | x/ | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| aimed | / | Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
