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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 |
