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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| spiny | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| prickly | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bristly | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bristled | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| barbed | / | Verb, Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| armed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| spiky | /x | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Name |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| thorns | / | Noun |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| tangled | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| weighty | /x | Adjective |
| dilemmas | x/x | Noun |
| multifaceted | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disputable | x/xx | Adjective |
| perennial | x/xx | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| gnarled | / | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| unresolved | xx/ | Adjective |
| quandary | /xx | Noun |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| irresolvable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| controversial | xx/x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| fleshy | /x | Adjective |
| intricate | /xx | Adjective |
| multifarious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| sticky | /x | Adjective |
| impenetrable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| swampy | /x | Adjective |
| variegated | /xxx | Adjective |
| complex | /x | Noun |
| multilayered | xx/x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| hoary | /x | Adjective |
| craggy | /x | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| jagged | / | Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| spinous | /x | Noun |
| spiked | / | Adjective |
| spineless | /x | Adjective |
| horned | / | Adjective |
| serrated | /xx | Adjective |
| hairy | /x | Adjective |
| ribbed | / | Adjective |
| furred | / | Adjective |
| toothed | / | Adjective |
| spurred | / | Verb |
| burly | /x | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| knobby | /x | Noun |
| stingy | /x | Adjective |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| burnet | /x | Name |
| briars | /x | Noun |
| bushes | /x | Noun |
| mesquite | /x | Noun |
| scrub | / | Noun |
| creepers | /x | Noun |
| chaparral | xx/ | Noun |
| skate | / | Noun |
| brushwood | /x | Noun |
| underbrush | /xx | Noun |
| shrubs | / | Noun |
| cactus | /x | Noun |
| hedge | / | Noun |
| vines | / | Noun |
| undergrowth | /xx | Noun |
| oyster | /x | Noun |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| adept | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| arable | /xx | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| bat | / | Noun, Verb |
| burning | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| carts | / | Adjective |
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| concur | x/ | Verb |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| deciduous | x/xx | Adjective |
| dependant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| explosive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fair | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| fragile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hazel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| hoes | / | Noun |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| hundreds | /x | Noun |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| laurel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| leafed | / | Adjective |
| leafy | /x | Adjective |
| locust | /x | Noun, Verb |
| longs | / | Noun |
| luxuriant | x/xx | Adjective |
| matted | /x | Adjective |
| mountainous | /xx | Adjective |
| oaken | /x | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| ploughs | / | Noun, Verb |
| prickles | /x | Noun |
| razor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| renders | /x | Verb |
| scrubby | /x | Adjective |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shrubby | /x | Adjective |
| solitary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| sore | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| sticking | /x | Noun |
| stunted | /x | Adjective |
| tallies | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| topical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| vesting | /x | Noun |
| wooden | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
