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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| choking | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| breathless | /x | Verb, Adjective | 
| smothering | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| stifling | /x | Noun | 
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective | 
| strangling | /xx | Noun | 
| stultifying | /xxx | Adjective | 
| constricting | x/x | Noun | 
| paralyzing | /xxx | Noun | 
| drowning | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| confining | x/x | Verb | 
| escaping | x/x | Verb | 
| deadening | /xx | Adjective | 
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| crippling | /xx | Noun | 
| crushing | /x | Verb | 
| trapping | /x | Noun | 
| breathing | /x | Noun | 
| claustrophobic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| encroaching | x/x | Noun | 
| enveloping | x/xx | Noun | 
| collapsing | x/x | Verb | 
| paralysing | x/xx | Noun | 
| overpowering | /x/x | Adjective | 
| overbearing | /x/x | Adjective | 
| stinking | /x | Noun | 
| disintegrating | x/xxx | Noun | 
| stagnant | /x | Adjective | 
| engulfing | x/x | Noun | 
| cloying | /x | Adjective | 
| gasping | /x | Verb | 
| seeping | /x | Verb | 
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective | 
| succumbing | x/x | Verb | 
| straitjacket | /xx | Noun | 
| stagnating | /xx | Verb | 
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| cramped | / | Adjective | 
| pervading | x/x | Adjective | 
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective | 
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| stench | / | Noun | 
| creeping | /x | Verb | 
| impenetrable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| miasma | x/x | Noun | 
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| relentless | x/x | Adjective | 
| sickening | /xx | Adjective | 
| sweltering | /xx | Verb | 
| burdening | /xx | Verb | 
| entrapment | x/x | Noun | 
| noxious | /x | Adjective | 
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective | 
| maddening | /xx | Adjective | 
| oppressing | x/x | Verb | 
| killing | /x | Noun | 
| dying | /x | Verb | 
| putrid | /x | Adjective | 
| cocooned | x/ | Verb | 
| burying | /xx | Verb | 
| convulsing | x/x | Noun | 
| permeating | /xxx | Verb | 
| deflating | x/x | Verb | 
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| limiting | /xx | Verb | 
| deathly | /x | Adjective | 
| gagging | /x | Noun | 
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| restricting | x/x | Verb | 
| hyperventilating | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective | 
| squeezing | /x | Verb | 
| pummeling | /xx | Noun | 
| exhausting | x/x | Adjective | 
| fetid | /x | Adjective | 
| sucking | /x | Noun | 
| squirming | /x | Verb | 
| clinging | /x | Verb | 
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective | 
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective | 
| bloated | /x | Adjective | 
| unendurable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| starving | /x | Verb | 
| gassing | /x | Noun | 
| overflowing | /xxx | Adjective | 
| blubbering | /xx | Verb | 
| vexing | /x | Adjective | 
| exploding | x/x | Verb | 
| thirsty | /x | Adjective | 
| harassing | x/x | Adjective | 
| consumptive | x/x | Adjective | 
| stuffing | /x | Noun | 
| grown | / | Verb | 
| little | /x | Adjective | 
| found | / | Verb | 
| uppermost | /xx | Noun | 
| stranglehold | /xx | Noun | 
| noose | / | Noun | 
| fumes | / | Noun | 
| odor | /x | Noun | 
| embrace | x/ | Noun | 
| smoke | / | Noun | 
| pall | / | Noun | 
| languor | // | Noun | 
| heat | / | Noun | 
| vapour | // | Noun | 
| blackness | /x | Noun | 
| closeness | /x | Noun | 
| blanket | /x | Noun | 
| tightness | /x | Noun | 
| odour | /x | Noun | 
| mothers | /x | Noun | 
| smell | / | Noun | 
| vapors | /x | Noun | 
| grip | / | Noun | 
| dust | / | Noun | 
| acrid | /x | Adjective | 
| aeroplanes | /xx | Noun | 
| airplanes | /x | Noun | 
| alien | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| arrowheads | /xx | Noun | 
| auto | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| batches | /x | Noun | 
| beau | / | Noun, Verb | 
| beginners | x/x | Verb | 
| bi | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| bio | x/ | Adjective, Name | 
| blanks | / | Name | 
| blinding | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| boil | / | Noun, Verb | 
| breaks | / | Verb, Noun | 
| chilly | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| clammy | /x | Adjective | 
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| miss | / | Name, Verb | 
| muggy | /x | Adjective | 
| nauseating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| nipping | /x | Noun | 
| steamy | /x | Adjective | 
| straining | /x | Noun | 
| stuffy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| sulphurous | /xx | Adjective | 
| sweaty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| winning | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
