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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| abram | x/ | Name, Adjective | 
| accept | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| access | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| accessible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| address | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| adriatic | xx/x | Name, Adjective | 
| adriatic sea | xx/x/ | Name, Name | 
| aegean | x/x | Name, Adjective | 
| aegean sea | x/x/ | Name, Name | 
| aes | x | Name | 
| afford | x/ | Verb | 
| afloat | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| again | x/ | Adverb | 
| agape | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| aguas | xx | Noun | 
| air | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ajar | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| alive | x/ | Adjective | 
| allow | x/ | Verb | 
| amenable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| aperture | /xx | Noun | 
| approachable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| arabian sea | x/xx/ | Name, Name | 
| arid | /x | Adjective | 
| artless | /x | Adjective | 
| ati | /x | Name | 
| atlantic | x/x | Name, Adjective | 
| ats | / | Name | 
| attentive | x/x | Adjective | 
| audience | /xx | Noun | 
| available | x/xx | Adjective | 
| azo | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| backwards | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| bahr | / | Name | 
| bald | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| baltic | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| baltic sea | /x/ | Name, Name | 
| basin | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bay | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| beach | / | Noun, Verb | 
| beaten | /x | Adjective | 
| began | x/ | Verb | 
| bering sea | /x/ | Name, Name | 
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| billows | /x | Noun | 
| black sea | // | Name, Name | 
| blank | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| blanket | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| blatant | /x | Adjective | 
| blaze | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blog | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| bluntly | /x | Adverb | 
| boat | / | Noun, Verb | 
| book | / | Noun, Verb | 
| borderless | /xx | Adjective | 
| breach | / | Noun, Verb | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| break open | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| bridged | / | Adjective | 
| bring | / | Verb | 
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| broaden | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| burnt | / | Adjective | 
| bushels | /x | Noun | 
| called | / | Adjective | 
| can | / | Verb, Noun | 
| candid | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cape | / | Noun, Verb | 
| caribbean | x/xx | Name, Adjective | 
| caribbean sea | x/xx/ | Name, Name | 
| carriage | /x | Noun | 
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| championship | /xxx | Noun | 
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| coarse | / | Adjective | 
| coast | / | Noun, Verb | 
| commence | x/ | Verb | 
| commencement | x/x | Noun | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| conquest | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| conspicuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| constricted | x/x | Adjective | 
| convene | x/ | Verb | 
| coral sea | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| cove | / | Noun, Verb | 
| covert | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| create | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| declared | x/ | Adjective | 
| degree | x/ | Noun | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| disclose | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| disclosure | x/x | Noun | 
| discovered | x/x | Adjective | 
| display | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| disposed | x/ | Adjective | 
| distance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| diving | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| door | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dozens | /x | Noun | 
| dragon | /x | Noun | 
| drain | / | Verb, Noun | 
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| dun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| dusty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| east china sea | //x/ | Name, Name | 
| eaux | / | Name | 
| ees | / | Noun, Verb | 
| eligible | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| embark | x/ | Verb | 
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| engage | x/ | Verb | 
| enlightened | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| enter | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| esa | /x | Name | 
| ess | / | Noun, Verb | 
| establish | x/x | Verb | 
| expand | x/ | Verb | 
| expanse | x/ | Noun | 
| expansive | x/x | Adjective | 
| explicit | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| exposed | x/ | Adjective | 
| extent | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| face | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ferry | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fish | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fisherman | /xx | Noun | 
| flagrant | /x | Adjective | 
| flank | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| flecked | / | Adjective | 
| flexible | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| floating | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fold | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fold up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| forthcoming | //x | Adjective, Noun | 
| forthright | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| found | / | Verb, Noun | 
| franchise | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| franco | /x | Name | 
| frank | / | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| frankly | /x | Adverb | 
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| freedom | /x | Noun | 
| freely | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| full | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| further | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| gap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| giant | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| give | / | Verb, Noun | 
| grass | / | Noun, Verb | 
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| green | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| gulf | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hae | / | Verb, Noun | 
| hand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| harbour | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| haven | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| heavens | /x | Noun | 
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| hoi | / | Name | 
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| honest | /x | Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| honestly | /xx | Adverb | 
| honorable | /xxx | Adjective, Name | 
| hoping | /x | Adjective | 
| horizon | x/x | Noun | 
| hudson bay | /x/ | Name, Name | 
| hunting | /x | Noun | 
| husband | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| impartial | x/x | Adjective | 
| inaugural | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| inaugurate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| inauguration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| inclusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| increasingly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| initiate | x/xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| initiation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| inlet | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| inshore | // | Adjective, Adverb | 
| installment | x/x | Noun | 
| instigate | /xx | Verb | 
| instituted | /xxx | Verb | 
| interactive | xx/x | Adjective, Name | 
| introduce | xx/ | Verb | 
| invoke | x/ | Verb | 
| ionian sea | x/xx/ | Name, Name | 
| island | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| journey | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| keep | / | Verb, Noun | 
| kindly | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| lagoon | x/ | Noun | 
| laid | / | Adjective | 
| lake | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lance | / | Noun, Verb | 
| land | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lashed | / | Verb | 
| launch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lawless | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| lead | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| levant | x/ | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| liberal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| liberalization | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| likely | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| liner | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| loose | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| make | / | Verb, Noun | 
| mar | / | Name, Verb | 
| mare | / | Noun | 
| marin | /x | Name | 
| marina | x/x | Noun | 
| marine | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| mariners | /xx | Noun | 
| marini | x/x | Name | 
| marino | x/x | Name | 
| maritime | /xx | Adjective | 
| mediterranean | xxx/xx | Name, Adjective | 
| mediterranean sea | xxx/xx/ | Name, Name | 
| mer | / | Noun | 
| mere | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| middle | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| mom | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| mora | /x | Noun | 
| more | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| mother | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb | 
| multitude | /xx | Noun | 
| nae | / | Noun | 
| naked | /x | Adjective | 
| nautical | /xx | Adjective | 
| naval | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| navies | /x | Noun | 
| navigate | /xx | Verb | 
| navigation | /x/x | Noun | 
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| none | / | Noun, Adverb | 
| nonunion | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| north sea | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| nostrum | /x | Noun | 
| obvious | /xx | Adjective | 
| ocean | /x | Noun | 
| oceanic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| offer | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| official | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| offshore | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| open air | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| open up | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| operate | /xx | Verb | 
| operation | xx/x | Noun | 
| order | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| outdoor | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| outright | // | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| outspoken | //x | Adjective | 
| outstanding | x/x | Adjective | 
| overboard | /xx | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| overdrawn | /x/ | Adjective | 
| overt | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| overture | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| palm | / | Noun, Verb | 
| parcel | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| pars | / | Adverb | 
| participate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| pave | / | Verb | 
| pebbled | /x | Adjective | 
| pending | /x | Adjective | 
| permeable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| pioneer | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| pond | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pool | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pop | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| possible | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| prairie | /x | Noun | 
| prepared | x/ | Adjective | 
| private | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| proceed | x/ | Verb | 
| provide | x/ | Verb | 
| pry | / | Verb, Noun | 
| public | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| publicize | /xx | Verb | 
| publicly | /xx | Adverb | 
| publish | /x | Verb | 
| puddle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| quagmire | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| radical | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| raise | / | Verb, Noun | 
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| read | / | Verb, Noun | 
| ready | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| receptive | x/x | Adjective | 
| recess | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| red sea | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| reef | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| release | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| remaining | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| reopen | x/x | Verb | 
| reserved | x/ | Adjective | 
| responsive | x/x | Adjective | 
| reveal | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| river | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| rolling | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| roundly | /x | Adverb | 
| sail | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sailor | /x | Noun | 
| salt | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| saltwater | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| saw | / | Verb, Noun | 
| sea of japan | //x/ | Name, Name | 
| sea of marmara | //x/x | Name, Name | 
| sea of okhotsk | //xx | Name, Name | 
| seabed | /x | Noun | 
| seabird | /x | Noun | 
| seafarers | /xx | Noun | 
| seafaring | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| seafood | /x | Noun | 
| seagoing | /xx | Adjective | 
| seagull | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| seaman | /x | Noun | 
| seamless | /x | Adjective | 
| seas | / | Adjective | 
| seashore | /x | Noun | 
| seaside | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| seaward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| seawater | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| seaway | /x | Noun | 
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| serve | / | Verb, Noun | 
| set | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| set up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| shanghai | // | Name, Verb | 
| ship | / | Noun, Verb | 
| shipboard | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| shore | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| shut | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| shut down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| sidewalk | /x | Noun | 
| sincere | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| skies | / | Noun | 
| slimy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| slit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| soiling | /x | Noun | 
| south china sea | //x/ | Name, Name | 
| south sea | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| sparse | / | Adjective, Verb | 
| speckled | /x | Adjective | 
| splay | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| spread | / | Verb, Noun | 
| spread out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| starfish | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| staring | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| start | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| stopped | / | Adjective | 
| straightforward | //x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| strait | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| subject | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| submarine | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| sunlit | /x | Adjective | 
| sunny | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| surf | / | Noun, Verb | 
| surface | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| susceptible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| suspense | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| swept | / | Adjective | 
| take | / | Verb, Noun | 
| tampered | /x | Verb | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| tennis | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| this | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| tide | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tournament | /xx | Noun | 
| trackless | /x | Adjective | 
| transparency | x/xx | Noun | 
| transparent | x/x | Adjective | 
| turn | / | Verb, Noun | 
| turn up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| tyrrhenian sea | x/xx/ | Name, Name | 
| unanswered | x/x | Adjective | 
| unburden | x/x | Verb | 
| uncharted | x/x | Adjective | 
| uncommitted | xx/x | Adjective | 
| uncover | x/x | Verb | 
| undecided | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| undefended | xx/x | Adjective | 
| undersea | xx/ | Adjective | 
| undertake | /xx | Verb, Noun | 
| undetermined | xx/x | Adjective | 
| undisguised | xx/ | Adjective | 
| undo | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| unfasten | x/x | Verb | 
| unfold | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| unfurl | x/ | Verb | 
| unguarded | x/x | Adjective | 
| unhindered | x/x | Adjective | 
| unimpeded | xx/x | Adjective | 
| uninhibited | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unlawful | x/x | Adjective | 
| unlock | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| unobstructed | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unprejudiced | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unprotected | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unresolved | xx/ | Adjective | 
| unrestricted | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unsettled | x/x | Adjective | 
| unsolved | x/ | Adjective | 
| unveil | x/ | Verb | 
| unzip | x/ | Verb | 
| uri | /x | Name | 
| usher | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| vacant | /x | Adjective | 
| vastness | /x | Noun | 
| vessel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| visible | /xx | Adjective | 
| visit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| vivo | /x | Verb | 
| vulnerable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| water | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| waterborne | /xx | Adjective | 
| waterway | /xx | Noun | 
| waves | / | Noun | 
| wed | / | Verb, Name | 
| welcome | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| wes | / | Name | 
| wheeled | / | Adjective | 
| wide | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| willing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| window | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| winged | / | Adjective | 
| yards | / | Noun | 
| yawning | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| yellow sea | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| zee | / | Name, Verb | 
