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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| tar paper | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| fire pit | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| paint pot | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| tepee | //  | Noun  | 
| hotspot | /x  | Noun  | 
| scrap heap | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| skate park | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| rust belt | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| water bag | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| shoveling | /x  | Verb  | 
| death trap | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| able seaman | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| abyss | x/  | Noun  | 
| acrylic | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| arm | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| art | /  | Noun  | 
| ash | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| asphalt | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| basins | /x  | Noun  | 
| bay | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| bitumen | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bituminous | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| black | /  | Adjective, Name, Verb  | 
| blacken | /x  | Verb  | 
| boatswain | /x  | Noun  | 
| boiling | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| bosun | /x  | Noun  | 
| bottom | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bottomless | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| box | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bricked | /  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| brig | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| brown | /  | Name, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bull | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bunker | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bushy | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| career | x/  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| cave | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cavern | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cavity | /xx  | Noun  | 
| cellar | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| chamber | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| char | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| chasm | /x  | Noun  | 
| cherry | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| chiseled | /x  | Adjective  | 
| chlorinated | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| chocolate | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| chute | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ciel | /  | Verb  | 
| cigarette | xx/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cistern | /x  | Noun  | 
| claymore | /x  | Noun  | 
| cliff | /  | Noun  | 
| closure | /x  | Noun  | 
| club | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| coal | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| coal tar | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| coke | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| colliery | /xx  | Noun  | 
| confront | x/  | Verb  | 
| core | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| court | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| crater | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| creosote | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cut | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| dark | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| deep | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| defile | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| depression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| diminutive | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| discharge | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| dishonored | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| distillation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| ditch | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| divide | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| dna | /x/  | Name, Verb  | 
| dock | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| dog | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| driveway | /x  | Noun  | 
| dugout | /x  | Noun  | 
| dump | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| emergency | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| empty | /x  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| excavated | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| excavation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| explosives | x/x  | Noun  | 
| fall | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| feather | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fluorinated | xxxx  | Adjective  | 
| fly | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| fossa | /x  | Noun  | 
| fosse | /  | Noun  | 
| fountain | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| foxhole | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| gap | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| garner | /x  | Name, Verb  | 
| gee | /  | Name, Verb  | 
| generated | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| glue | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| gob | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| grave | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| gravel | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| grease | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| grotto | /x  | Noun  | 
| gulf | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| heaven | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| heel | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| hell | /  | Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| hellhole | /x  | Noun  | 
| helmsman | /x  | Noun  | 
| hole | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| hollow | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| hom | /  | Noun  | 
| hopper | /x  | Noun  | 
| hot | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun  | 
| hydrogenated | /xxxx  | Adjective  | 
| inferno | x/x  | Noun  | 
| ipo | /x  | Name, Verb  | 
| iron | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| latrine | x/  | Noun  | 
| low | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| malt | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mariner | /xx  | Noun  | 
| mark | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| match | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mercury | /xx  | Noun  | 
| mess | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mine | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mineral | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| moat | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| molasses | x/x  | Noun  | 
| money | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| moor | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| nicotine | /xx  | Noun  | 
| nontoxic | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| nuclei | /xx  | Noun  | 
| oblong | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| odorless | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| officer | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| oil | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| old salt | //  | Name, Name  | 
| olive | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| oppose | x/  | Verb  | 
| orchestra pit | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| ore | /  | Noun  | 
| oval | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| paper | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| paraffin | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| peach | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| peat | /  | Noun  | 
| pecked | /  | Verb  | 
| peephole | /x  | Noun  | 
| pendulum | /xx  | Noun  | 
| petroleum | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| pilot | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| pitch | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| pitfall | /x  | Noun  | 
| pits | /  | Noun  | 
| plaza | /x  | Noun  | 
| plum | /  | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| pock | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pool | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| precipice | /xx  | Noun  | 
| preservative | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| proportioned | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| punctuation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| put | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| quarry | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| quicksand | /x  | Noun  | 
| rat | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| registry | /xx  | Noun  | 
| road | /  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| roof | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| rosin | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sailor | /x  | Noun  | 
| salt | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| sand | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
