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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| stress | / | Noun, Noun |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| toxicant | /xx | Noun |
| cortisol | /xx | Noun |
| physiological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| stimuli | /xx | Noun |
| psychophysiological | xxxxx/xx | Adjective |
| psychosocial | /xxx | Adjective |
| sublethal | x/x | Adjective |
| trauma | /x | Noun |
| abiotic | /x/x | Adjective |
| physiologic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| psychological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| neurochemical | /x/xx | Adjective |
| oxidative | /xxx | Adjective |
| pathogen | /xx | Noun |
| hypoxia | x/xx | Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun |
| anthropogenic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| pollutant | x/x | Noun |
| oxidant | /xx | Noun |
| perturbation | xx/x | Noun |
| corticosterone | xxxxx | Noun |
| catecholamine | /xxxx | Noun |
| contaminant | x/xx | Noun |
| biobehavioral | x/x/xx | Noun |
| xenobiotic | /xx/x | Noun |
| burnout | /x | Noun |
| irritant | /xx | Noun |
| chronic | /x | Adjective |
| biological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| distractor | x/x | Noun |
| biotic | x/x | Adjective |
| cytokine | xx/ | Noun |
| covariate | x/xx | Noun |
| adversity | x/xx | Noun |
| hormonal | /xx | Adjective |
| organism | /xxx | Noun |
| glucocorticoid | /xxxx | Noun |
| strain | / | Noun |
| behavior | x/x | Noun |
| nurture | /x | Noun |
| environment | x/xx | Noun |
| limiting factor | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| biomedicine | xx/xx | Noun |
| psychobiology | xxx/xx | Noun |
| ecology | x/xx | Noun |
| trait | / | Noun |
| psychology | x/xx | Noun |
| biology | x/xx | Noun |
| substrate | /x | Noun |
| acclimation | xx/x | Noun |
| structuralism | /xxxx | Noun |
| physiology | xx/xx | Noun |
| environmentalism | x/xxxxx | Noun |
| dynamics | x/x | Noun |
| acclimatization | /xxx/x | Noun |
| functionalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| life history | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| specialization | xxx/x | Noun |
| psychophysics | xx/x | Noun |
| phenology | x/xx | Noun |
| growth | / | Noun |
| tropism | xxx | Noun |
| function | /x | Noun |
| modification | xxx/x | Noun |
| field theory | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| sociobiology | /xxx/xx | Noun |
| behaviorism | x/xxx | Noun |
| abnormal psychology | x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| medium | /xx | Noun |
| psychodynamics | xxx/x | Noun |
| ecosystem | /xxx | Noun |
| biomarker | xx/x | Noun |
| genetics | x/x | Noun |
| biota | x/x | Noun |
| chemistry | /xx | Noun |
| taxis | /x | Noun |
| population | xx/x | Noun |
| nutrition | x/x | Noun |
| controllability | x/x/xx | Noun |
| precipitating | x/xxx | Verb |
| identifiable | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| uncontrollable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| appraisal | x/x | Noun |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| coping | /x | Verb |
| disruption | x/x | Noun |
| appraised | x/ | Verb |
| recognizable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| adapts | x/ | Verb |
| response | x/ | Noun |
| severity | x/xx | Noun |
| racism | /xx | Noun |
| reaction | x/x | Noun |
| persists | x/ | Verb |
| trigger | /x | Verb |
| onset | /x | Noun |
| evoke | x/ | Verb |
| conceptualized | x/xx | Verb |
| termination | xx/x | Noun |
| potent | /x | Adjective |
| perceives | x/ | Verb |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| situational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| exposed | x/ | Verb |
| ceases | /x | Verb |
| experiencing | x/xxx | Verb |
| acute | x/ | Adjective |
| terminated | /xxx | Verb |
| intensity | x/xx | Noun |
| perception | x/x | Noun |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| confronted | x/x | Verb |
| frustrated | /xx | Verb |
| reacts | x/ | Verb |
| responds | x/ | Verb |
| event | x/ | Noun |
| monkeys | /x | Noun |
| added | /x | Adjective |
| lowers | /x | Verb |
| alters | /x | Verb |
| activator | /xxx | Noun |
| novel | /x | Adjective |
| americans | x/xx | Name |
| acts | / | Verb |
| occurrence | x/x | Noun |
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun |
| aftermath | /xx | Noun |
| mild | / | Adjective |
| aggressor | x/x | Noun |
| antidepressant | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| arousal | x/x | Noun |
| biomechanical | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| bottleneck | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| breaking | /x | Noun |
| bullies | /x | Noun, Verb |
| carcinogenic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| cathartic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| compressional | x/xx | Adjective |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| determinant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| etiologic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| handicap | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hazard | /x | Noun, Verb |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| impetus | /xx | Noun |
| interaction | xx/x | Noun |
| motivator | /xxx | Noun |
| mutagenic | /xxx | Adjective |
| mutational | x/xx | Adjective |
| oncogenic | /x/x | Adjective |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| threat | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
