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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| history | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Noun |
| memories | /xx | Noun |
| previous | /xx | Adjective |
| historic | x/x | Noun |
| date back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| past tense | // | Phrase, Noun |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| look back | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| flashback | /x | Noun |
| retrospect | /xx | Noun |
| ancient history | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| pasted | /x | Verb |
| timeline | /x | Noun |
| reminiscence | xx/x | Noun |
| past participle | //xxx | Phrase, Noun |
| nostalgic | x/x | Adjective |
| present | /x | Noun |
| throwback | /x | Noun |
| relive | x/ | Verb |
| hark back | // | Name, Verb, Name |
| reminiscing | xx/x | Verb |
| yesteryear | /xx | Noun |
| ancient | /x | Noun |
| the way | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| recollection | xx/x | Noun |
| time line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| pastel | x/ | Noun |
| think back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| back in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| long ago | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| preceding | x/x | Verb |
| retrospective | xx/x | Adjective |
| prior | /x | Adjective |
| childhood | /x | Noun |
| context | /x | Noun |
| current | /x | Noun |
| archives | /x | Noun |
| the word | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| experience | x/xx | Noun |
| bygone | /x | Adjective |
| times | / | Noun |
| early | /x | Adjective |
| future | /x | Noun |
| revisiting | x/xx | Verb |
| chronological | xx/xx | Noun |
| chronology | x/xx | Noun |
| anciently | /xx | Adverb |
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun |
| remembering | x/xx | Verb |
| classic | /x | Noun |
| historicity | x/xxx | Noun |
| prior to | /x/ | Phrase |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| original | x/xx | Adjective |
| time frame | // | Phrase, Noun |
| retrospection | xx/x | Noun |
| olden | /x | Name |
| origin | /xx | Noun |
| the world | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| time warp | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| reference | /xx | Noun |
| centuries | /xx | Noun |
| pasteboard | /x | Noun |
| passed | / | Verb |
| existed | x/x | Verb |
| early on | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| already | x/x | Adverb |
| altruistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| alumni | x/x | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| annals | /x | Noun |
| anterior | x/xx | Adjective |
| ashley | /x | Name |
| awake | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backwards | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| been | / | Verb |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| by | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| chivalric | /xx | Adjective |
| closing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| completed | x/x | Adjective |
| concluded | x/x | Adjective |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| consecutive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| continuously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| continuum | x/xx | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| departed | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| done | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| elapsed | x/ | Adjective |
| elders | /x | Noun |
| enjoyable | x/xx | Adjective |
| epoch | /x | Noun, Verb |
| eras | /x | Verb |
| erstwhile | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| eventful | x/x | Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| fable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| facts | / | Verb |
| few | / | Noun |
| final | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| finishing | /xx | Noun |
| forefathers | /xx | Noun |
| foregoing | x/x | Adjective |
| formative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| former | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| formerly | /xx | Adverb |
| from | / | Adverb |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| futurity | /xxx | Noun |
| going | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| happening | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hectic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| here | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| hereafter | x/x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| heroes | /x | Noun |
| historian | x/xx | Noun |
| hitherto | /x/ | Adverb |
| increased | x/ | Adjective |
| jeez | / | Name |
| knightly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb |
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| latest | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| latter | /x | Adjective |
| legacy | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| lore | / | Noun |
| madi | /x | Name |
| medieval | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| once | / | Adverb, Noun |
| onetime | // | Adjective |
| other | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| outgoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| passé | / | Noun, Adjective |
| pilgrimage | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| place | / | Noun, Verb |
| precedent | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| prehistoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| preterite | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| rearview | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| recent | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| record | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| remaining | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| retiring | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| shift | / | Noun, Verb |
| significant | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| since | / | Adverb |
| society | x/xx | Noun |
| sometime | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| sooner | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| spent | / | Adjective |
| story | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| successive | x/x | Adjective |
| tense | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| the good old days | x/// | Phrase |
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| time immemorial | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| time out of mind | //// | Phrase, Noun, Adverb |
| traditionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| trap | / | Noun, Verb |
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| uneventful | xx/x | Adjective |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| year | / | Noun |
| yesterday | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| yore | / | Adverb, Noun |
