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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| hypothesis | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| possibility | xx/xx | Noun, Noun |
| theorizing | /xxx | Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun |
| theoretical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| concept | /x | Noun |
| philosophy | x/xx | Noun |
| theorists | /xx | Noun |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| postulates | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| theoretic | xx/x | Adjective |
| methodology | xx/xx | Noun |
| doctrine | /x | Noun |
| reasoning | /xx | Noun |
| axiom | /xx | Noun |
| conjecture | x/x | Noun |
| relativity | xx/xx | Noun |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| assumption | x/x | Noun |
| paradigm | /xx | Noun |
| logic | /x | Noun |
| theorising | /xxx | Noun |
| rationale | xx/ | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun |
| practice | /x | Noun |
| explanation | xx/x | Noun |
| psychology | x/xx | Noun |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| phenomenology | x/xxxx | Noun |
| belief | x/ | Noun |
| ideology | xx/xx | Noun |
| thesis | /x | Noun |
| metaphysics | xx/x | Noun |
| physics | /x | Noun |
| interactionism | xx/xxx | Noun |
| interpretation | xxx/x | Noun |
| model | /x | Noun |
| analogy | x/xx | Noun |
| pedagogy | /xxx | Noun |
| supposition | xx/x | Noun |
| science | /x | Noun |
| strategy | /xx | Noun |
| refutation | xx/x | Noun |
| corollary | /xxx | Noun |
| theorem | /x | Noun |
| premise | /x | Noun |
| epistemology | xxx/xx | Noun |
| framework | /x | Noun |
| evolution | xx/x | Noun |
| cosmology | x/xx | Noun |
| economics | xx/x | Noun |
| argumentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| ethnomethodology | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| observation | xx/x | Noun |
| evidence | /xx | Noun |
| truism | /xx | Noun |
| proposition | xx/x | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| pattern | /x | Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun |
| fact | / | Noun |
| outline | /x | Noun |
| probability | xx/xx | Noun |
| prediction | x/x | Noun |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| system | /x | Noun |
| experiment | x/xx | Noun |
| case | / | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun |
| predicting | x/x | Verb |
| forecasting | /xx | Noun |
| scheme | / | Noun |
| confirmation | xx/x | Noun |
| specifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| proof | / | Noun |
| proof of concept | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| history | /xx | Noun |
| calculation | xx/x | Noun |
| sketch | / | Noun |
| guideline | /x | Noun |
| timeline | /x | Noun |
| chronology | x/xx | Noun |
| outcome | /x | Noun |
| analysis | x/xx | Noun |
| storyline | /xx | Noun |
| train | / | Noun |
| expectation | xx/x | Noun |
| working hypothesis | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| prognostication | xxx/x | Noun |
| occurrence | x/x | Noun |
| demonstration | xx/x | Noun |
| projection | x/x | Noun |
| testimony | /xxx | Noun |
| statistics | x/x | Noun |
| assuming | x/x | Verb |
| field test | // | Phrase, Noun |
| eventuality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective |
| tale | / | Noun |
| hindsight | /x | Noun |
| opinion | x/x | Noun |
| formula | /xx | Noun |
| estimation | xx/x | Noun |
| prognosis | x/x | Noun |
| précis | x | Noun, Verb |
| overview | /xx | Noun |
| reportage | x/x | Noun |
| weather report | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| occasion | x/x | Noun |
| research | x/ | Noun |
| plan | / | Noun |
| commentary | /xxx | Noun |
| experience | x/xx | Noun |
| standard | /x | Noun |
| rule of thumb | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| circumstance | /xx | Noun |
| data | /x | Noun |
| proposal | x/x | Noun |
| survey | x/ | Noun |
| case study | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| view | / | Noun |
| briefing | /x | Noun |
| summary | /xx | Noun |
| object lesson | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| version | /x | Noun |
| feminist | /xx | Adverb |
| quantification | xxx/x | Adjective |
| molecular | x/xx | Adverb |
| electroweak | x/x/ | Adjective |
| attachment | x/x | Adjective |
| war | / | Adjective |
| queueing | /x | Verb |
| corpuscular | /xxx | Adjective |
| piagetian | xx/xx | Adjective |
| psychoanalytic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| copernican | x/xx | Adjective |
| microeconomic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| germ | / | Adjective |
| oligopoly | xx/xx | Adverb |
| neoclassical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| freudian | /xx | Adjective |
| ricardian | x/xx | Adjective |
| quantum | /x | Adjective |
| darwinian | x/xx | Adjective |
| lacanian | x/xx | Adjective |
| criminological | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| ergodic | /xx | Adjective |
| propounded | x/x | Verb |
| marxian | /xx | Adjective |
| malthusian | /xxx | Adjective |
| toward | x/ | Verb |
| gravitation | xx/x | Noun |
| semiclassical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| academic | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| addressed | x/ | Adjective |
| afrocentric | /x/x | Adjective |
| ahistorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| anthropological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| behaviourist | x/xx | Noun |
| cashew | /x | Noun |
| centred | /x | Adjective |
| chemistry | /xx | Noun |
| classroom | /x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| conceivably | x/xx | Adverb |
| conceptualization | x/xxxx | Noun |
| conceptually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| conclusions | x/x | Noun |
| construct | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| constructivist | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| curriculum | x/xx | Noun |
| darwin | /x | Name |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| desk | / | Noun, Verb |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dissertation | xx/x | Noun |
| doctrinal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| freud | / | Name |
| grounds | / | Noun |
| guess | / | Verb, Noun |
| hodgepodge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ideal | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| imputed | x/x | Adjective |
| ism | /x | Noun |
| jumble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| law | / | Noun, Verb |
| law of nature | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| literature | /xxx | Noun |
| marxist | /x | Adjective, Name |
| math | / | Noun, Verb |
| mechanics | x/x | Noun |
| music | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| notional | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ontology | x/xx | Noun |
| orientated | /xxxx | Adjective |
| orientation | xxx/x | Noun |
| oriented | /xxx | Adjective |
| paper | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| patchwork | /x | Noun, Verb |
| perspective | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| phenomenological | x/xx/xx | Adjective |
| philosophical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| policy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| professor | x/x | Noun |
| prove | / | Verb, Noun |
| psychodynamic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| question | /x | Noun, Verb |
| reductionism | x/xxx | Noun |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| rumor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| socialism | /xxx | Noun |
| sociological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| speculation | xx/x | Noun |
| statement | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| statistically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| structuralism | /xxxx | Noun |
| study | /x | Noun, Verb |
| taxonomy | /xxx | Noun |
| technically | /xxx | Adverb |
| tenets | /x | Noun |
| textbook | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| theoretically | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| thinking | /x | Noun |
| typological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| viewpoint | /x | Noun |
| wax | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| work | / | Noun, Verb |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
