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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| cutting | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| thickening | /xx | Noun | 
| regrowth | xx | Noun | 
| graying | /x | Noun | 
| trimming | /x | Verb | 
| shrinking | /x | Noun | 
| greying | /x | Verb | 
| darkening | /xx | Noun | 
| balding | /x | Noun | 
| pruning | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| shrinkage | /x | Noun | 
| flattening | /xx | Noun | 
| receding | x/x | Noun | 
| straightening | /xx | Noun | 
| softening | /xx | Noun | 
| drying | /x | Noun | 
| weakening | /xx | Noun | 
| shearing | /x | Noun | 
| peeling | /x | Verb | 
| hair | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| growing | /x | Verb | 
| encroaching | x/x | Noun | 
| culling | /x | Noun | 
| diminishing | x/xx | Verb | 
| defoliation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| thicker | /x | Adjective | 
| smoothing | /x | Noun | 
| chopping | /x | Noun | 
| erosion | x/x | Noun | 
| replanting | x/x | Noun | 
| splitting | /x | Noun | 
| thickness | /x | Noun | 
| clumping | /x | Noun | 
| dulling | /x | Noun | 
| wrinkling | /xx | Noun | 
| decreasing | x/x | Verb | 
| blackening | /xx | Noun | 
| harvesting | /xx | Noun | 
| flaking | /x | Noun | 
| spraying | /x | Noun | 
| stiffening | /xx | Noun | 
| fading | /x | Noun | 
| drooping | /x | Verb | 
| bleaching | /x | Noun | 
| lengthening | /xx | Noun | 
| hardening | /xx | Noun | 
| moistening | /xx | Noun | 
| loosening | /xx | Noun | 
| eroding | x/x | Verb | 
| bleeding | /x | Noun | 
| hairline | /x | Noun | 
| cracking | /x | Noun | 
| wetting | /x | Noun | 
| browning | /x | Noun | 
| replenishing | x/xx | Verb | 
| depleting | x/x | Adjective | 
| sagging | /x | Verb | 
| swelling | /x | Verb | 
| slicing | /x | Verb | 
| vegetation | xx/x | Noun | 
| melting | /x | Noun | 
| evaporating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| scaling | /x | Noun | 
| aging | /x | Noun | 
| sloughing | /x | Noun | 
| wilting | /x | Noun | 
| vanishing | /xx | Noun | 
| grazing | /x | Noun | 
| fracturing | /xx | Noun | 
| scattering | /xx | Noun | 
| chipping | /x | Noun | 
| tearing | /x | Verb | 
| reduction | x/x | Noun | 
| sprouting | /x | Noun | 
| weeding | /x | Noun | 
| cropping | /x | Noun | 
| deforestation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| forestry | /xx | Noun | 
| mulching | /x | Noun | 
| threshing | /x | Noun | 
| afforestation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| planting | /x | Noun | 
| grafting | /x | Noun | 
| eradication | xxx/x | Noun | 
| withering | /xx | Noun | 
| greening | /x | Noun | 
| transplantation | xx/x | Noun | 
| slimming | /x | Noun | 
| skidding | /x | Noun | 
| winnowing | /xx | Noun | 
| stalking | /x | Noun | 
| streamlining | /xx | Noun | 
| mowing | /x | Noun | 
| succession | x/x | Noun | 
| narrowing | /xx | Noun | 
| eggshells | /x | Noun | 
| lithospheric | /x/x | Adjective | 
| trabeculae | x/xx | Noun | 
| scleral | xx | Adjective | 
| crustal | /x | Adjective | 
| cortices | /xx | Noun | 
| bulging | /x | Noun | 
| epidermis | xx/x | Noun | 
| callosum | /xx | Noun | 
| cornea | /xx | Noun | 
| stands | / | Noun | 
| cortical | /xx | Adjective | 
| parenchyma | x/xx | Noun | 
| stromal | /x | Adjective | 
| cartilage | /xx | Noun | 
| dermis | /x | Noun | 
| perforation | xx/x | Noun | 
| epithelium | xx/x | Noun | 
| subsidence | x/x | Noun | 
| layer | /x | Noun | 
| ozone | /x | Noun | 
| scarring | /x | Noun | 
| shortening | /xx | Noun | 
| dermal | /x | Adjective | 
| epidermal | xx/x | Adjective | 
| discs | / | Noun | 
| lining | /x | Noun | 
| osteoporosis | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| myocardium | xx/xx | Noun | 
| cervix | /x | Noun | 
| ranks | / | Noun | 
| flap | / | Noun | 
| extensional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| diffuse | x/ | Adjective | 
| fir | / | Noun | 
| mucosa | x/x | Noun | 
| atrophic | /xx | Adjective | 
| endometrium | xxxxx | Noun | 
| altering | /xx | Noun | 
| antiseptic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| blurring | /x | Noun | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| bunching | /x | Noun | 
| clarifying | /xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| clearing | /x | Noun | 
| curtailment | x/x | Noun | 
| diluting | x/x | Verb | 
| dispersive | x/x | Adjective | 
| dissolving | x/x | Noun | 
| easing | /x | Noun | 
| filtering | /xx | Noun | 
| impoverishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| killing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| loss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lowering | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| newtonian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| nonlinear | x/xx | Adjective | 
| preservative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| reducing | x/x | Adjective | 
| relieving | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| rounding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| saturation | xx/x | Noun | 
| sharpening | /xx | Noun | 
| slowing | /x | Noun | 
| viscoelastic | x/x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| widening | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| aisle | / | Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
