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Word | Syllables | Categories |
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put the wind up | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
have the wind up | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
get the wind up | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
hit out | // | Phrase, Verb |
take aim | // | Phrase, Verb |
kick up | // | Phrase, Verb |
wind up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
bombard | x/ | Verb |
lash out | // | Phrase, Verb |
lay into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
twist in the wind | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
circle the wagons | /xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
strike a blow | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
go at it | /// | Phrase, Verb |
fly in the face of | /xx// | Phrase, Verb |
let them have it | /xxx | Phrase |
imagine | x/x | Verb |
pitch | / | Noun |
sally | /x | Name |
rub up the wrong way | //x// | Phrase, Verb |
kick | / | Noun |
set upon | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
beat off | // | Phrase, Verb |
cut down | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
set on | // | Phrase, Verb |
tip the scales | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
have a go | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
howitzer | /xx | Noun |
kick up dust | /// | Phrase, Verb |
let fly | // | Phrase, Verb |
shoot the breeze | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
mills | / | Noun |
run at | // | Phrase, Verb |
hit the fan | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
slew | / | Noun |
belt | / | Noun |
pile on | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
beat someone at their own game | //x//// | Phrase, Verb |
make fun of | /// | Phrase, Verb |
make waves | // | Phrase, Verb |
attack | x/ | Noun |
take a run at | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
mess with | // | Phrase, Verb |
turn the knife in the wound | /x/xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
walk into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
pitch a tent | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
make a mountain out of a molehill | /x/x//x/x | Phrase, Verb |
make game of | /// | Phrase, Verb |
turn the knife | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
hit off | // | Phrase, Verb |
get back at | /// | Phrase, Verb |
strike in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
roll | / | Noun |
taunt | / | Noun |
angle | /x | Noun |
pick a fight | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
twist the knife | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
mimic | /x | Noun |
turn round | // | Phrase, Verb |
turn the tables | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
vulture | /x | Noun |
flip | / | Noun |
get to | // | Phrase, Verb |
bounce | / | Noun |
take it out on | //// | Phrase, Verb |
dig in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
act out | // | Phrase, Verb |
kick in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
blow off steam | /// | Phrase, Verb |
blow up | // | Phrase, Verb |
take a turn | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
tee off | // | Phrase, Verb |
screw around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
throw to the wolves | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
dare | / | Verb |
play at | // | Phrase, Verb |
rip into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
play the fool | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
blow off | // | Phrase, Verb |
kick up a fuss | //xx | Phrase, Verb |
milkshake | /x | Noun |
fight shy of | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
get at | // | Phrase, Verb |
flip the bird | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
throw a tantrum | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
mock | / | Adjective |
throw a wobbly | /x/xx | Phrase, Verb |
wink | / | Noun |
acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
aeroplanes | /xx | Noun |
airplanes | /x | Noun |
angulation | /x/x | Noun |
arching | /x | Noun, Adjective |
arguing | /xx | Noun |
argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
axis | /x | Noun |
azimuth | xxx | Noun |
bend | / | Noun, Verb |
bias | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
boogie | /x | Noun, Verb |
bow | / | Noun, Verb |
camber | /x | Noun, Verb |
cannons | /x | Verb |
cant | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
castles | /x | Adjective |
changeover | /xx | Noun |
circuses | /xx | Noun |
clocks | / | Noun |
cock | / | Noun, Verb |
contention | x/x | Noun |
contestation | /x/x | Noun |
controversy | /xxx | Noun |
convexity | x/xx | Noun |
counting | /x | Noun |
curvature | /xx | Noun |
defer | x/ | Verb |
deflection | x/x | Noun |
deviation | xx/x | Noun |
dip | / | Noun, Verb |
displacement | x/x | Noun |
elevation | xx/x | Noun |
elongation | xx/x | Noun |
farmhouses | /xx | Noun |
farmsteads | /x | Noun |
fold | / | Noun, Verb |
furnaces | /xx | Noun |
gradient | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
hanger | /x | Noun |
heel | / | Noun, Verb |
hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
hue | / | Noun |
icebergs | /x | Noun |
inclination | xx/x | Noun |
incline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
joust | / | Noun, Verb |
kneeling | /x | Noun |
lean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
lift | / | Verb, Noun |
list | / | Noun, Verb |
lock | / | Noun, Verb |
locomotives | xx/x | Noun |
looms | / | Verb, Noun |
magnitude | /xx | Noun |
measuring | /xx | Noun |
motorized | /xx | Adjective |
niche | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
nozzle | /x | Noun |
orientation | xxx/x | Noun |
overhead | /x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
pagodas | x/x | Noun |
peaking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
penchant | /x | Noun |
pivoted | /xx | Adjective |
pixel | /x | Noun, Verb |
ploughs | / | Noun, Verb |
plows | / | Noun, Verb |
polemic | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
portrait | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
preference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
prone | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
push | / | Verb, Noun |
rake | / | Noun, Verb |
recline | x/ | Verb, Noun |
revolving | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
riser | /x | Noun |
rock | / | Noun, Verb |
rotation | x/x | Noun |
shift | / | Noun, Verb |
skew | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
skewness | /x | Noun |
slant | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
slope | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
slotted | /x | Adjective |
sparring | /x | Noun |
stature | /x | Noun |
steepness | /x | Noun |
stills | / | Noun |
sub | / | Noun, Verb |
sway | / | Noun, Verb |
swing | / | Noun, Verb |
switch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
tend | / | Verb |
tendency | /xx | Noun |
tip | / | Noun, Verb |
tombstones | /x | Noun |
toppling | /xx | Noun |
totter | /x | Verb, Noun |
turbines | /x | Noun |
turn | / | Verb, Noun |
upset | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
vertical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
weather | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
wheels | / | Noun |
willingness | /xx | Noun |
windmill | /x | Noun, Verb |
wobble | /x | Noun, Verb |