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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| annealed | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| baked | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| burned | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| calloused | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| hardened | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| inured | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| tempered | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| thickened | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| treated | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| tender | /x | Noun, Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| softening | /xx | Noun |
| strengthening | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| stiffening | /xx | Noun |
| weakening | /xx | Noun |
| loosening | /xx | Noun |
| tightening | /xx | Noun |
| reforming | x/x | Verb |
| lowering | /xx | Verb |
| cracking | /x | Noun |
| bolstering | /xx | Verb |
| enforcing | x/x | Verb |
| easing | /x | Noun |
| solidifying | x/xxx | Verb |
| harsher | /x | Adjective |
| improving | x/x | Verb |
| boosting | /x | Verb |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| breaking | /x | Noun |
| intensifying | x/xxx | Verb |
| reinforcing | xx/x | Verb |
| reshaping | x/x | Noun |
| enhancing | x/x | Verb |
| reducing | x/x | Verb |
| bending | /x | Noun |
| resisting | x/x | Verb |
| increasing | x/x | Verb |
| shaping | /x | Verb |
| broadening | /xx | Noun |
| disciplining | /xxx | Noun |
| stricter | /x | Adjective |
| flexing | /x | Noun |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| modifying | /xxx | Verb |
| circumventing | xx/x | Verb |
| slackening | /xx | Noun |
| heightening | /xx | Noun |
| stripping | /x | Noun |
| stretching | /x | Verb |
| ramping | /x | Noun |
| stiffer | /x | Adjective |
| blunting | /x | Noun |
| lengthening | /xx | Noun |
| polishing | /xx | Noun |
| coarsening | /xx | Noun |
| enacting | x/x | Verb |
| changing | /x | Verb |
| dampening | /xx | Noun |
| sanctioning | /xx | Noun |
| lessening | /xx | Noun |
| hammering | /xx | Noun |
| delaying | x/x | Verb |
| battering | /xx | Noun |
| tweaking | /x | Noun |
| pushing | /x | Verb |
| deforming | x/x | Noun |
| altering | /xx | Verb |
| limiting | /xx | Verb |
| overhauling | /xxx | Noun |
| protecting | x/x | Verb |
| augmenting | /xx | Verb |
| fining | /x | Noun |
| raising | /x | Noun |
| streamlining | /xx | Noun |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| adjusting | x/x | Verb |
| pressuring | /xx | Verb |
| refining | x/x | Noun |
| crushing | /x | Verb |
| drying | /x | Noun |
| lifting | /x | Noun |
| restricting | x/x | Verb |
| deformation | xx/x | Noun |
| shrinkage | /x | Noun |
| whipping | /x | Verb |
| conditioning | x/xx | Noun |
| sticking | /x | Verb |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| imposing | x/x | Verb |
| beating | /x | Noun |
| slashing | /x | Verb |
| bracing | /x | Verb |
| deepening | /xx | Verb |
| combating | x/x | Verb |
| buckling | /x | Noun |
| rescinding | x/x | Noun |
| fortifying | /xxx | Verb |
| deadening | /xx | Adjective |
| induration | x//x | Noun |
| sensitization | /xx/x | Noun |
| sharpening | /xx | Noun |
| smoothing | /x | Noun |
| honing | /x | Noun |
| ripening | /xx | Noun |
| entrenchment | x/x | Noun |
| making | /x | Noun |
| tensing | /x | Noun |
| narrowing | /xx | Noun |
| denaturing | x/xx | Noun |
| fortification | xxx/x | Noun |
| sweetening | /xx | Noun |
| maturation | xx/x | Noun |
| whitening | /xx | Noun |
| waterproofing | /xxx | Noun |
| embrittlement | x/xx | Noun |
| withering | /xx | Noun |
| upgrading | x/x | Noun |
| modernization | xxx/x | Noun |
| greening | /x | Noun |
| ceramics | x/x | Noun |
| composites | x/x | Noun |
| resins | /x | Noun |
| plastics | /x | Noun |
| stance | / | Noun |
| polymers | /xx | Noun |
| mechanism | /xxx | Noun |
| meat | / | Noun |
| skin | / | Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun |
| achieved | x/ | Verb |
| policy | /xx | Noun |
| effective | x/x | Adjective |
| physical | /xx | Adjective |
| materials | x/xx | Noun |
| significant | x/xx | Adjective |
| occurs | x/ | Verb |
| prevent | x/ | Verb |
| laws | / | Noun |
| cause | / | Verb |
| degree | x/ | Noun |
| result | x/ | Verb |
| effect | x/ | Noun |
| further | /x | Adjective |
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| lead | / | Verb |
| general | /xx | Adjective |
| position | x/x | Noun |
| process | /x | Noun |
| blurring | /x | Noun |
| bunching | /x | Noun |
| curing | /x | Noun |
| darkening | /xx | Noun |
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| densification | xxx/x | Noun |
| deterioration | x/xxxx | Noun |
| distortion | x/x | Noun |
| erosion | x/x | Noun |
| escalation | xx/x | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| hardness | /x | Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| resurgence | x/x | Noun |
| shortening | /xx | Noun |
| slowing | /x | Noun |
| upsurge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
