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abiding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
accurate
/xx
Adjective
achievement
x/x
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
actuality
xx/xx
Noun
actually
/xxx
Adverb
adventure
x/x
Noun, Verb
affair
x/
Noun
aim
/
Noun, Verb
alley
/x
Noun
animal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
anybody
/xxx
Noun
anyone
/xx
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
appearance
x/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
area
/xx
Noun
asia
/x
Name
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
attitude
/xx
Noun, Verb
authentic
x/x
Adjective
authenticated
x/xxx
Adjective
awfully
/x
Adverb
bag
/
Noun, Verb
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
beast
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
bell
/
Noun, Verb
beneficial
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blasphemy
/xx
Noun
blob
/
Noun, Verb
bona
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
book
/
Noun, Verb
boredom
/x
Noun
brew
/
Noun, Verb
bug
/
Noun, Verb
building
/x
Noun
bunch
/
Noun, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
car
/
Noun
carrefour
/xx
Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
cent
/
Noun
certain
/x
Adjective, Noun
certainly
/xx
Adverb
chair
/
Noun, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
charming
/x
Adjective, Noun
chattel
/x
Noun
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
cheerful
/x
Adjective
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
classically
/xx
Adverb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
coincide
xx/
Verb
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
commentary
/xxx
Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
con
/
Noun, Verb
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
concrete
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
consummate
/xx
Adjective, Verb
contraption
x/x
Noun
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
correspond
xx/
Verb
cracker
/x
Noun
crap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
creature
/x
Noun
credible
/xx
Adjective
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deceitful
x/x
Adjective
deceived
x/
Adjective
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
deed
/
Noun, Verb
deeper
/x
Verb
definite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
denominator
x/xxx
Noun
detail
x/
Noun, Verb
device
x/
Noun
diff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
dimension
x/x
Noun, Verb
ding
/
Noun, Verb
dirtiest
/xx
Adjective
disrespectful
xx/x
Adjective
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
dossier
x/
Noun
downright
/x
Adverb, Adjective
drill
/
Noun, Verb
drink
/
Noun, Verb
effective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
effectively
x/xx
Adverb
element
/xx
Noun, Verb
elephant
/xx
Noun
enamel
x/x
Noun, Verb
enduring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
entity
/xx
Noun
equipment
x/x
Noun
errand
/x
Noun, Verb
essence
/x
Noun
essential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
estate
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
event
x/
Noun, Verb
every
/xx
Noun
everything
/xx
Noun
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exact
x/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
exactly
x/x
Adverb
existent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
facet
/x
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
facto
/x
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
factual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fair
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
fanny
/x
Name
favor
/x
Noun, Verb
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
feasible
/xx
Adjective
feast
/
Noun, Verb
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
fiction
/x
Noun
fittest
/x
Adjective
flagship
/x
Noun, Verb
flan
/
Noun, Verb
fluke
/
Noun, Verb
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
gadget
/x
Noun
gag
/
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
genuine
/xx
Adjective
gesture
/x
Noun, Verb
gig
/
Noun, Verb
gimmick
/x
Noun, Verb
gizmo
/x
Noun
glimmer
/x
Noun, Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
goody
/x
Name, Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
group
/
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hang
/
Verb, Noun
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hated
/x
Adjective
hateful
/x
Adjective
heck
/
Noun, Verb
hefty
/x
Adjective, Noun
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
hereabouts
/xx
Adverb
highly
/x
Adverb
historical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
honest
/x
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
honestly
/xx
Adverb
honored
/x
Adjective
honoured
/x
Adjective
horror
/x
Noun
hour
/x
Noun
housing
/x
Noun
huge
/
Adjective
idea
x/x
Noun
imaginary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
immovable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
incident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
indeed
x/
Adverb
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
initiative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
ink
/
Noun, Verb
insubstantial
xx/x
Adjective
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
intrinsic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
invention
x/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
it
/
Noun, Adjective
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
itself
x/
jasper
/x
Name, Verb
job
/
Noun, Verb
kicker
/x
Noun
kidding
/x
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
knack
/
Noun, Verb
land
/
Noun, Verb
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
legit
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
legitimate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
lesson
/x
Noun, Verb
life
/
Noun, Verb
lifelike
/x
Adjective
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
literal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
lizard
/x
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
luck
/
Noun, Verb
machine
x/
Noun, Verb
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
material
x/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
meaningful
/xx
Adjective
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
message
/x
Noun, Verb
milk
/
Noun, Verb
mistake
x/
Noun, Verb
moment
/x
Noun
monster
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
movie
/x
Noun
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
mundane
x/
Adjective, Noun
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
news
/
Noun, Verb
nominal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
notion
/x
Noun
object
/x
Noun, Verb
objectified
x/xx
Adjective
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
observation
xx/x
Noun
obvious
/xx
Adjective
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
option
/x
Noun, Verb
organism
/xxx
Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
outcome
/x
Noun
outright
//
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
outset
/x
Noun, Verb
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
palpable
/xx
Adjective
paragraph
/xx
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
particular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
passion
/x
Noun, Verb
pathology
x/xx
Noun
penchant
/x
Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
person
/x
Noun, Verb
personal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
perversion
x/x
Noun
phenomenon
x/xx
Noun
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
physical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pi
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pill
/
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
ploy
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
positive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
practicable
/xxx
Adjective
practical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
practically
/xx
Adverb
pragmatic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
precise
x/
Adjective, Verb
pretty
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
proper
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
property
/xx
Noun, Verb
proprietary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
pup
/
Noun, Verb
pure
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
queer
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quid
/
Noun, Verb
quite
/
Adverb, Noun
racket
/x
Noun, Verb
rattling
/x
Noun, Adjective
reales
/
Noun
realistic
xx/x
Adjective
realities
x/xx
Noun
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
realty
/xx
Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
reel
/
Noun, Verb
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
rem
/
Noun, Adjective
remark
x/
Noun, Verb
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
result
x/
Noun, Verb
rial
/x
Noun
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
righteous
/x
Adjective, Verb
rightful
/x
Adjective
roe
/
Noun
roots
/
Noun
royal
/x
Name, Adjective
ruse
/
Noun, Verb
sacred
/x
Adjective
sacrilege
/xx
Noun
scene
/
Noun, Verb
security
x/xx
Noun
security blanket
x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
selection
x/x
Noun
selfish
/x
Adjective
selfsame
//
Noun, Adjective
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
serious
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
share
/
Noun, Verb
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shot
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sights
/
Noun
sign
/
Noun, Verb
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sincere
x/
Adjective, Noun
situation
xx/x
Noun
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
solid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
someone
/x
Noun
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sort
/
Noun, Verb
sovereign
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
specific
x/x
Adjective, Noun
spool
/
Noun, Verb
standby
//
Noun, Verb
step
/
Noun, Verb
story
/x
Noun, Verb
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
stuff
/
Noun, Verb
stunt
/
Noun, Verb
stupid
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
subject
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
substantial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
substantive
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sucker
/x
Noun, Verb
super
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sure
/
Adjective, Adverb
tale
/
Noun, Verb
talisman
/xx
Noun, Verb
tangible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
task
/
Noun, Verb
tear
/
Verb, Noun
that
/
Adverb, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
things
/
Noun
this
/
Adverb, Noun
thought
/
Noun
tiling
/x
Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
tip
/
Noun, Verb
topic
/x
Noun, Adjective
total
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
trick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trouble
/x
Noun, Verb
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
truly
/x
Adverb
truth
/
Noun, Verb
truthful
/x
Adjective
twofold
//
Adjective, Adverb
ufo
xx/
Name
ugliest
/xx
Adjective
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unimagined
xx/x
Adjective
unkind
x/
Adjective
unmitigated
x/xxx
Adjective
unreal
x/
Adjective
unrealistic
xx/x
Adjective
untrue
x/
Adjective
valid
/x
Adjective
variation
xx/x
Noun
vera
/x
Name
veridical
xxxx
Adjective
veritable
/xxx
Adjective
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
viable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
virtual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
vogue
/
Noun, Verb
want
/
Verb, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
whatnot
/x
Noun
which
/
Noun
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
word
/
Noun, Verb
working
/x
Noun, Adjective
wrinkle
/x
Noun, Verb