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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| tight | /  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| drawn | /  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| tense | /  | Adjective, Adjective, Noun  | 
| sinewy | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| supple | /x  | Adjective  | 
| gripping | /x  | Verb  | 
| shapely | /x  | Adjective  | 
| lithe | /  | Adjective  | 
| stiff | /  | Adjective  | 
| impressively | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| wiry | /x  | Adjective  | 
| silky | /x  | Adjective  | 
| smooth | /  | Adjective  | 
| suspenseful | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| clenched | /  | Adjective  | 
| pliant | /x  | Adjective  | 
| slender | /x  | Adjective  | 
| flabby | /x  | Adjective  | 
| soft | /  | Adjective  | 
| muscular | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| riveting | /xx  | Noun  | 
| stretched | /  | Verb  | 
| deft | /  | Noun  | 
| buoyant | /x  | Adjective  | 
| deliciously | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| marvelously | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| elastic | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| restrained | x/  | Verb  | 
| sleek | /  | Adjective  | 
| languid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| knotted | /x  | Verb  | 
| turgid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| sturdy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| limber | /x  | Noun  | 
| plump | /  | Adjective  | 
| sinuous | /x  | Adjective  | 
| sensuous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| delightfully | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| gorgeously | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| sharp | /  | Adjective  | 
| startlingly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| unyielding | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| crisp | /  | Noun  | 
| unnaturally | x/xxx  | Adverb  | 
| rigid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| tightened | /x  | Verb  | 
| loose | /  | Adjective  | 
| forceful | /x  | Adjective  | 
| distended | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| unusually | x/xxx  | Adverb  | 
| uncomfortably | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| vigorous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| nimble | /x  | Adjective  | 
| unflinching | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| masterful | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| rhythmically | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| flaccid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| lustrous | /x  | Adjective  | 
| silken | /x  | Adjective  | 
| tuneful | /x  | Adjective  | 
| superbly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| thick | /  | Adjective  | 
| slick | /  | Noun  | 
| steely | /x  | Adjective  | 
| lush | /  | Adjective  | 
| fleshy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| seductively | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| evocative | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| excruciatingly | x/xxxx  | Adverb  | 
| sonorous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| achingly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| strait | /  | Noun  | 
| up and down | ///  | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| girt | /  | Noun  | 
| sprung | /  | Verb  | 
| rigged | /  | Adjective  | 
| foul | /  | Adjective  | 
| stranded | /x  | Adjective  | 
| square | /  | Noun  | 
| footloose | /x  | Adjective  | 
| tender | /x  | Noun  | 
| sailed | /  | Verb  | 
| wild | /  | Adjective  | 
| taunt | /  | Noun  | 
| abreast | x/  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| touch and go | ///  | Phrase, Adjective, Verb  | 
| hulled | /  | Adjective  | 
| freighted | /x  | Adjective  | 
| flying | /x  | Noun  | 
| bowstring | /x  | Noun  | 
| hove | /  | Verb  | 
| strung | /  | Verb  | 
| nipple | /x  | Noun  | 
| haul | /  | Verb  | 
| lasso | /x  | Noun  | 
| mooring | /x  | Noun  | 
| midriff | /x  | Noun  | 
| thriller | /x  | Noun  | 
| reins | /  | Noun  | 
| buttocks | /x  | Noun  | 
| nub | /  | Noun  | 
| rope | /  | Noun  | 
| leash | /  | Noun  | 
| pull | /  | Verb  | 
| vellum | /x  | Noun  | 
| pegged | /  | Verb  | 
| snapped | /  | Verb  | 
| belly | /x  | Noun  | 
| chiseled | /x  | Adjective  | 
| corded | /x  | Adjective  | 
| edgy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| fraught | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| intense | x/  | Adjective  | 
| jittery | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| lifeless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| looped | /  | Adjective  | 
| nervous | /x  | Adjective  | 
| outstretched | x/  | Adjective  | 
| pinched | /  | Adjective  | 
| puckered | /x  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| relaxed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| rigorous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| shrivelled | /x  | Adjective  | 
| shrunken | /x  | Adjective  | 
| strained | /  | Adjective  | 
| strict | /  | Adjective  | 
| stringent | /x  | Adjective  | 
| thin | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| twisted | /x  | Adjective  | 
| uneasy | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| uptight | x/  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| wrinkled | /x  | Adjective  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bulletproof | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| die | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| no | /  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| sorta | /x  | Adverb  | 
| fall | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| backwater | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
