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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| troubles | /x | Noun, Noun |
| tribulations | xx/x | Noun |
| turbidity | x/xx | Noun |
| waterways | /xx | Noun |
| torments | /x | Noun |
| turbulent | /xx | Adjective |
| tread water | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| treading water | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| floodwaters | /xx | Noun |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| waterlogged | /xx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| struggles | /x | Noun |
| waterborne | /xx | Noun |
| deepwater | /xx | Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun |
| disturbed | x/ | Adjective |
| hardships | /x | Noun |
| sargasso sea | x/x/ | Name, Name |
| turmoil | /x | Noun |
| waterside | /xx | Noun |
| high water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| travails | x/ | Noun |
| misfortunes | x/x | Noun |
| slack water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| underwater | /xxx | Adjective |
| mental anguish | /x/x | Name, Name |
| disturbances | x/xx | Noun |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| turbulence | /xx | Noun |
| shipwrecks | /x | Noun |
| bilge water | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
| white water | //x | Name, Name |
| foggy bottom | /x/x | Name, Name |
| predicaments | x/xx | Noun |
| traumatised | /xx | Adjective |
| flood tide | // | Phrase, Noun |
| undertow | /xx | Noun |
| vicissitudes | x/xx | Noun |
| drowning | /x | Noun |
| sufferings | /xx | Noun |
| sorrows | /x | Noun |
| pacific ocean | x/x/x | Name, Name |
| watersheds | /xx | Noun |
| estuaries | /xxx | Noun |
| oceans | /x | Noun |
| sinking | /x | Noun |
| oceanographic | xxx/x | Name |
| atlantic ocean | x/x/x | Name, Name |
| calamities | x/xx | Noun |
| watery | /xx | Noun |
| adrift | x/ | Adverb |
| miseries | /xx | Noun |
| water table | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| floods | / | Noun |
| affected | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| afflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective |
| aguas | xx | Noun |
| ailing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| alarmed | x/ | Adjective |
| amniotic fluid | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| animosities | xx/xx | Noun |
| annoyed | x/ | Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| appeals | x/ | Noun |
| apprehensive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| areas | /xx | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| ballast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beleaguered | x/x | Adjective |
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective |
| beset | x/ | Verb |
| blurry | /x | Adjective |
| bothered | /x | Adjective |
| brood | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| buffeted | x/ | Adjective |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| calls | / | Verb, Noun |
| calmer | /x | Noun |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| chequered | /x | Adjective |
| choppy | /x | Adjective |
| clouded | /x | Adjective |
| coasts | / | Adjective |
| concerned | x/ | Adjective |
| conflict | /x | Noun, Verb |
| confused | x/ | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| crippled | /x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| deadlocked | /x | Adjective |
| defaulted | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| depths | / | Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| discharges | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| disordered | x/x | Adjective |
| disorganized | x/xx | Adjective |
| disputed | x/x | Adjective |
| disquieted | x/xx | Adjective |
| disrupted | x/x | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| drainage | /x | Noun |
| eau | / | Name |
| eaux | / | Name |
| effluents | /xx | Noun |
| embarrassed | x/x | Adjective |
| embattled | x/x | Adjective |
| eventful | x/x | Adjective |
| excited | x/x | Adjective |
| feuds | / | Noun |
| fisheries | /xx | Noun |
| flagging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| flustered | /x | Adjective |
| frantic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fraught | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| frenetic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| freshwater | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| grounds | / | Noun |
| groundwater | /xx | Noun |
| happier | /xx | Adjective |
| harassed | x/ | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hard put | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| harried | /x | Adjective |
| haunted | /x | Adjective |
| headwaters | /xx | Noun |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| hectic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| in a bad way | xx// | Phrase |
| infested | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| irked | / | Adjective |
| jittery | /xx | Adjective |
| lagoons | x/ | Noun |
| lakes | / | Noun |
| lively | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| malate | /x | Noun |
| malfunction | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| marine | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| marred | / | Adjective |
| marshes | /x | Noun |
| mixed | / | Adjective |
| nagging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| navigation | /x/x | Noun |
| nervous | /x | Adjective |
| offshore | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| overrun | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| perplexed | x/ | Adjective |
| perturbed | x/ | Adjective |
| pestered | /x | Adjective |
| placid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| plagued | / | Adjective |
| pond | / | Noun, Verb |
| pools | / | Noun |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| preoccupied | x/xx | Adjective |
| prey | / | Noun, Verb |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| puzzled | /x | Adjective |
| restive | /x | Adjective |
| restless | /x | Adjective |
| ridden | /x | Adjective |
| riotous | /xx | Adjective |
| rivers | /x | Noun |
| rocky | /x | Adjective, Name |
| rough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| runoff | /x | Noun |
| saddened | /x | Verb |
| seas | / | Verb |
| sewage | /x | Noun |
| shaken | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| shallows | /x | Noun |
| shocked | / | Adjective |
| skies | / | Noun |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| soured | /x | Adjective |
| stalled | / | Adjective |
| strained | / | Adjective |
| streams | / | Adjective |
| stressed | / | Adjective |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| stumbling | /xx | Noun |
| tense | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| torn | / | Adjective |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| tranquil | /x | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| undisturbed | xx/ | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| unhinged | x/ | Adjective |
| unquiet | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| untroubled | x/x | Adjective |
| upset | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| vexed | / | Adjective |
| volatile | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| wastewater | /xx | Noun |
| water | /x | Noun, Verb |
| watercourse | /xx | Noun |
