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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dark age | // | Phrase, Noun |
| middle ages | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| ancient history | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| bronze age | // | Phrase, Noun |
| christian era | /x/x | Name, Name |
| medievalism | x/xxx | Noun |
| stone age | // | Phrase, Noun |
| medieval | x/x | Noun |
| darkness | /x | Noun |
| preindustrial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| great depression | /x/x | Name, Name |
| iron age | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| antiquity | x/xx | Noun |
| centuries | /xx | Noun |
| paleolithic | xxx/x | Name |
| mediaeval | /xx/x | Name |
| prehistory | xx/x | Noun |
| bleakness | /x | Noun |
| premodern | x/x | Noun |
| interregnum | xx/x | Noun |
| roman empire | /x/xx | Name, Name |
| antediluvian | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| historical | x/xx | Noun |
| black plague | // | Name, Name |
| retrogression | /x/x | Noun |
| recessionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| darkening | /xx | Noun |
| neolithic | xx/x | Name |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| barbarians | x/xx | Noun |
| dystopia | //xx | Noun |
| feudalism | /xxx | Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| deprivations | xx/x | Noun |
| archaic | x/x | Name |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| deindustrialization | /x/xxx/x | Noun |
| time immemorial | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| christendom | /xx | Name |
| shogunate | /xx | Noun |
| desolation | xx/x | Noun |
| renaissance | xx/ | Noun |
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Noun |
| pessimism | /xxx | Noun |
| blackness | /x | Noun |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| privations | x/x | Noun |
| ice age | // | Phrase, Noun |
| crusades | x/ | Noun |
| apocalypse | x/xx | Noun |
| obscurity | x/xx | Noun |
| golden age | /x/ | Name, Name |
| old world | // | Name, Name |
| christianity | xx/xx | Name |
| isolationism | xx/xxx | Noun |
| ahistorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dimness | /x | Noun |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| apocalypticism | xxx/xxx | Noun |
| nuclear winter | /xx/x | Name, Name |
| acorn | /x | Noun |
| addressees | xx/ | Noun |
| aeons | /x | Noun |
| age | / | Noun, Verb |
| alley | /x | Noun |
| alters | /x | Noun |
| an | / | Noun |
| anonymous | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| arcane | x/ | Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bedtime | /x | Noun |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| blackout | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blind | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bluish | /x | Adjective |
| blur | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blurry | /x | Adjective |
| bosnian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| brown | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| brunet | x/ | Name, Adjective |
| brunette | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| bruno | /x | Name |
| cantos | /x | Noun |
| chandeliers | xx/ | Noun |
| changer | /x | Noun |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| chestnut | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| children | /x | Adjective |
| civilisations | x/x/x | Noun |
| civilizations | xxx/x | Noun |
| classifies | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| cloudy | /x | Adjective |
| cohorts | /x | Noun |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| color | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| colour | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| concealed | x/ | Verb |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| construction | x/x | Noun |
| covert | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| curtain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cycles | /x | Noun |
| dank | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dappled | /x | Adjective |
| darkling | /x | Adjective, Name, Adverb |
| dates | / | Adverb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| days | / | Noun, Adverb |
| daytime | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| discoloration | xxx/x | Noun |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Adjective |
| drizzle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| dusk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dusky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| eerie | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| elderly | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| eons | /x | Noun |
| epochs | /x | Noun |
| eras | /x | Noun |
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| evening | /x | Noun |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| featureless | /xx | Adjective |
| flame | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| fog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| foggy | /x | Adjective |
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| gat | / | Noun, Verb |
| generations | xx/x | Verb |
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective |
| gloom | / | Noun, Verb |
| glowering | /xx | Noun |
| glum | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| gray | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| grayling | /x | Noun |
| green | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| grey | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| grievance | /x | Noun |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| halibut | /xx | Noun |
| hazy | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hidden | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hunk | / | Noun |
| ignorance | /xx | Noun |
| inactive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| iniquity | x/xx | Noun |
| inky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| inner | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| jacket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| jew | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| lapses | /x | Noun |
| legend | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lifespan | /x | Noun |
| lifetimes | /x | Noun |
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| magic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| matures | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| media | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| midnight | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| mist | / | Noun, Verb |
| moody | /x | Name, Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| mule | / | Noun, Verb |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| night | / | Noun, Verb |
| nightfall | /x | Noun |
| nighttime | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| nocturnal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| noir | / | Noun, Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| olds | / | Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| opaque | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| orange | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| overcast | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| overnight | /x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| pale | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| papal | /x | Adjective |
| periods | /xx | Noun |
| popes | / | Noun |
| purple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| purplish | /x | Adjective |
| rebuilding | x/x | Noun |
| reconstruction | xx/x | Noun |
| red | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| reddish | /x | Adjective, Noun |
