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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dog paddle | //x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| touch and go | /// | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| flipper | /x | Noun |
| snorkel | /x | Noun |
| paddle | /x | Noun |
| punt | / | Noun |
| buoy | /x | Noun |
| skiff | / | Noun |
| sail | / | Noun |
| kayak | /x | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun |
| surfboard | /x | Noun |
| toss | / | Noun |
| motorboat | /xx | Noun |
| stroke | / | Noun |
| jet ski | /x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| catch | / | Noun |
| canoe | x/ | Noun |
| fish out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| breeze | / | Noun |
| reef | / | Noun |
| porpoise | /x | Noun |
| bail out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| keel | / | Noun |
| stand on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| drag | / | Noun |
| tombstone | /x | Noun |
| catch a crab | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| swing | / | Noun |
| ride out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take the wheel | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hike | / | Noun |
| feather | /x | Noun |
| shoal | / | Noun |
| lay on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| creep | / | Noun |
| watch | / | Noun |
| make way | // | Phrase, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb |
| sound | / | Noun |
| lifeboat | /x | Noun |
| shoot | / | Noun |
| plover | /x | Noun |
| kite | / | Noun |
| touch | / | Noun |
| cast | / | Noun |
| scud | / | Noun |
| tend | / | Verb |
| bend | / | Noun |
| scull | / | Noun |
| bail | / | Noun |
| keel over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| bottom out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| marine | x/ | Noun |
| ride | / | Noun |
| trip | / | Noun |
| tide | / | Noun |
| splash | / | Noun |
| whiff | / | Noun |
| balk | / | Noun |
| sit out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| stretch | / | Noun |
| trawl | / | Noun |
| displace | x/ | Verb |
| seagull | /x | Noun |
| beach | / | Noun |
| sweep | / | Noun |
| blow | / | Noun |
| take | / | Verb |
| ghost | / | Noun |
| go by the board | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lay to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| dinghy | /x | Noun |
| kent | / | Name |
| reach | / | Noun |
| come in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| sail through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| weigh | / | Verb |
| stay | / | Verb |
| beat | / | Noun |
| steamboat | /x | Noun |
| go to sea | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| labour | /x | Noun |
| navigate | /xx | Verb |
| bilge | / | Noun |
| stern | / | Noun |
| boat | / | Noun |
| hull | / | Noun |
| trim one's sails | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| run down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| scuttle | /x | Verb |
| tail | / | Noun |
| ship | / | Noun |
| heave to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bear up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bale | / | Noun |
| take in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| broach | / | Noun |
| snort | / | Noun |
| strand | / | Noun |
| shove off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| stand out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| back and fill | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| launch | / | Noun |
| windlass | /x | Noun |
| swig | / | Noun |
| shore | / | Noun |
| blow out of the water | ///x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| bear down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| abs | /// | Noun, Adjective |
| abstracted | /xx | Adjective |
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| ada | /x | Name |
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| agua | /x | Adjective |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| alma | /x | Name |
| alteration | xx/x | Noun |
| ammonia | x/x | Noun |
| appear | x/ | Verb |
| approved | x/ | Adjective |
| aqua | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| aqueduct | /xx | Noun |
| aqueous | /xx | Adjective |
| aquifer | /xx | Noun |
| axle | /x | Noun |
| band | / | Noun, Verb |
| barge | / | Noun, Verb |
| basin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bay | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bead | / | Noun, Verb |
| benzyl | /x | Noun |
| borrow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| bouncy | /x | Adjective |
| brakes | / | Noun |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| brine | / | Noun, Verb |
| briny | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cadence | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cam | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cascade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cataract | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| channel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chilled | / | Adjective |
| chocolate | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| clunky | /x | Adjective |
| coal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| coffee | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| coke | / | Noun, Verb |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| condensate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| coolant | /x | Noun |
| cooler | /x | Noun |
| corkscrew | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cove | / | Noun, Verb |
| crank | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| creak | / | Noun, Verb |
| cream | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| creek | / | Noun, Adjective |
| crossing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cylinder | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| deck | / | Noun, Verb |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| deepwater | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| demonstrate | /xx | Verb |
| depth | / | Noun |
| diaphoresis | x/x/x | Noun |
| dirt | / | Noun, Verb |
| disc | / | Noun, Verb |
| distilled water | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| distribution | xx/x | Noun |
| drain | / | Verb, Noun |
| drainage | /x | Noun |
| drawing | /x | Noun |
| drink | / | Noun, Verb |
| drinking water | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| driven | /x | Adjective |
| drought | / | Noun |
| drumbeat | /x | Noun |
| eau | / | Name |
| eaux | / | Name |
| effluent | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| enter | /x | Verb, Noun |
| environment | x/xx | Noun |
| estuary | /xxx | Noun |
| ether | /x | Noun, Verb |
| evolve | x/ | Verb |
| falls | / | Noun |
| faucet | /x | Noun |
| filtration | x/x | Noun |
| find | / | Verb, Noun |
| fish | / | Noun, Verb |
| fleet | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| float | / | Noun, Verb |
| flood | / | Noun, Verb |
| flotation | x/x | Noun |
| flow | / | Noun, Verb |
| fluid | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| follow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| footfall | /x | Noun |
| footing | /x | Noun |
| footprint | /x | Noun |
| footstep | /x | Noun |
| ford | / | Name, Verb |
| fresh water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| freshwater | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| fuel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gait | / | Noun, Verb |
| gas | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| grease | / | Noun, Verb |
| groundwater | /xx | Noun |
| grout | / | Noun, Verb |
| gulf | / | Noun, Verb |
| habitat | /xx | Noun |
| heel | / | Noun, Verb |
| holy water | /x/x | Name, Name |
| hoofs | / | Noun |
| hose | / | Noun, Verb |
| humidity | x/xx | Noun |
| hush | / | Noun, Verb |
| hydraulic | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| hydro | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| hydrographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| hydrologic | /x/x | Adjective |
| hydropower | /xx | Noun |
| ice | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| idealized | x/xx | Adjective |
| inlet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| irrigate | /xx | Verb |
| jug | / | Noun, Verb |
| kettle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lake | / | Noun, Verb |
| land | / | Noun, Verb |
| liquid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| livestock | /x | Noun |
| lubricant | /xx | Noun |
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| maritime | /xx | Adjective |
| milk | / | Noun, Verb |
| mill | / | Noun, Verb |
| moisture | /x | Noun |
| molasses | x/x | Noun |
| mortar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| move | / | Verb, Noun |
| nautical | /xx | Adjective |
| navigable | /xxx | Adjective |
| needle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nutritious | x/x | Adjective |
| ocean | /x | Noun |
| offing | /x | Noun |
| oil | / | Noun, Verb |
| operate | /xx | Verb |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| pace | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| parallel | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| patter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pee | / | Noun, Verb |
| perspiration | xx/x | Noun |
| picnic | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pipe | / | Noun, Verb |
| plumbing | /x | Noun |
| pond | / | Noun, Verb |
| pool | / | Noun, Verb |
| pressurized | /xx | Adjective |
| proceed | x/ | Verb |
| puddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| quality | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| rain | / | Noun, Verb |
