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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| irrelevant | x/xx | Adjective |
| tangent | /x | Noun |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| oblique | x/ | Adjective |
| hyperbolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| unrelated | xx/x | Adjective |
| extraneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| germane | x/ | Adjective |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| salient | /xx | Adjective |
| incidental | xx/x | Adjective |
| digression | x/x | Noun |
| radial | /xx | Noun |
| peripheral | x/xx | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| superficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| parallel | /xx | Noun |
| axial | /xx | Noun |
| philosophical | xx/xx | Noun |
| perturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| orthogonal | x/xx | Adjective |
| unimportant | xx/x | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| diverging | x/x | Noun |
| relevant | /xx | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| perpendicular | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nonsensical | x/xx | Adjective |
| discontinuous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| tautological | /x/xx | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| oddball | /x | Noun |
| theoretical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| angular | /xx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| idiosyncratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| gratuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| anomalous | x/xx | Adjective |
| superfluous | /xx | Adjective |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| substantive | /xx | Adjective |
| revolving | x/x | Adjective |
| circumferential | x/x/x | Adjective |
| side | / | Noun |
| circular | /xx | Adjective |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sideways | /x | Adverb |
| sidelong | /xx | Adjective |
| roundabout | /xx | Adjective |
| multidirectional | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| inflected | x/x | Adjective |
| canted | /x | Verb |
| devious | /xx | Adjective |
| collateral | x/xx | Noun |
| periphrastic | x//x | Adjective |
| by the by | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| zigzag | /x | Noun |
| traverse | /x | Noun |
| circumflex | x/x | Noun |
| peripatetic | xxx/x | Noun |
| circuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| phrasal | /x | Adjective |
| transverse | x/ | Noun |
| apropos | xx/ | Noun |
| slanted | /x | Adjective |
| directional | x/xx | Noun |
| transversal | x/x | Noun |
| coincidental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| meandering | x/xx | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| implied | x/ | Adjective |
| crossing | /x | Noun |
| approaching | x/x | Verb |
| oscillating | /xxx | Adjective |
| clockwise | /x | Noun |
| afferent | /xx | Noun |
| forward | /x | Adverb |
| direct | x/ | Adjective |
| converging | x/x | Noun |
| fortuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| bidirectional | /x/xx | Adjective |
| refracted | x/x | Adjective |
| rambling | /x | Noun |
| out and about | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| rectilinear | /x/xx | Adjective |
| circulating | /xxx | Verb |
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective |
| adventitious | /x/x | Adjective |
| swiveled | /x | Verb |
| on the move | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| downward | /x | Adjective |
| rotated | /xx | Verb |
| in the wind | xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| adjacent | x/x | Adjective |
| sectioning | /xx | Noun |
| sagittal | /xx | Noun |
| discontinuity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| penetrations | /x/x | Noun |
| inlet | /x | Noun |
| ultrafiltration | xxx/x | Noun |
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| velocity | x/xx | Noun |
| shrinkage | /x | Noun |
| stresses | /x | Noun |
| traction | /x | Noun |
| pitting | /x | Noun |
| excision | x/x | Noun |
| filtration | x/x | Noun |
| component | x/x | Noun |
| displacements | x/x | Noun |
| cam | / | Noun |
| nozzles | /x | Noun |
| stiffness | /x | Noun |
| dipoles | /x | Noun |
| burners | /x | Noun |
| cyclone | x/ | Noun |
| rotors | /x | Noun |
| shears | / | Noun |
| blowing | /x | Verb |
| slots | / | Noun |
| firing | /x | Noun |
| drawn | / | Verb |
| vector | /x | Noun |
| mixers | /x | Noun |
| restitution | xx/x | Noun |
| portals | /x | Noun |
| ellipse | x/ | Noun |
| accessory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ancillary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| anteroposterior | /x/x/x | Adjective |
| azimuthal | xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| horizontal | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| lateral | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| longitudinal | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| meridional | xxxx/ | Noun, Adjective |
| miscellaneous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| plane | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| rearward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| resultant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| vertical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
