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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| figure of speech | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| façon de parler | xxxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| formulation | xx/x | Noun |
| english | /x | Name |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| term of art | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| byword | /x | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun |
| word | / | Noun |
| quotation | x/x | Noun |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| verbiage | /xx | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| contradiction in terms | xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| utterance | /xx | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| watchword | /x | Noun |
| twist | / | Noun |
| coining | /x | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| expressive | x/x | Adjective |
| wordplay | /x | Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| equivocal | x/xx | Adjective |
| trope | x | Noun |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| exclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| quoting | /x | Verb |
| term of address | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| adverbial | x/xx | Noun |
| dictum | /x | Noun |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| tautology | //xx | Noun |
| style | / | Noun |
| voice | / | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun |
| oratory | /xxx | Noun |
| anaphora | x/xx | Noun |
| guise | / | Noun |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| euphemism | /xxx | Noun |
| transition | x/x | Noun |
| anagram | /xx | Noun |
| strain | / | Noun |
| expletive | /xx | Noun |
| adjectival | /xxx | Adjective |
| big word | // | Name, Name |
| vocative | /xx | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun |
| interpretation | xxx/x | Noun |
| double meaning | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| understatement | /xxx | Noun |
| form | / | Noun |
| oxymoron | x//x | Noun |
| idiosyncrasy | xxx/xx | Noun |
| designation | xx/x | Noun |
| accent | x/ | Noun |
| last word | // | Phrase, Noun |
| neologism | x/xxx | Noun |
| statement | /x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun |
| slang | / | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| honorific | xx/x | Adjective |
| speak | / | Verb |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| verb | / | Noun |
| distinctive | x/x | Adjective |
| deixis | /x | Noun |
| word of mouth | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| motto | /x | Noun |
| parlance | /x | Noun |
| pronominal | x/xx | Adjective |
| parol | xx | Noun |
| phrase book | // | Phrase, Noun |
| usage | /x | Noun |
| good word | // | Phrase, Noun |
| diction | /x | Noun |
| lens | / | Noun |
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| activate | /xx | Verb |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| adage | /x | Noun |
| add | / | Verb, Noun |
| add up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| addition | x/x | Noun |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| adjective | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| adjust | x/ | Verb |
| advent | /x | Noun, Verb |
| adverb | /x | Noun, Verb |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| alter | /x | Verb, Noun |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| ameliorate | x/xx | Verb |
| amend | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| apparel | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| appeal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| appellation | xx/x | Noun |
| applicative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| apply | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| articulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| asylum | x/x | Noun |
| attach | x/ | Verb |
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| attract | x/ | Verb |
| attributive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| avert | x/ | Verb |
| award | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bald | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| ballot | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bat | / | Noun, Verb |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| bend | / | Noun, Verb |
| betray | x/ | Verb |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bight | / | Noun, Verb |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| black out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| boil | / | Noun, Verb |
| boil down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| boot | / | Noun, Verb |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bout | / | Noun, Verb |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| break loose | // | Phrase, Verb |
| breakthrough | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bring | / | Verb |
| bump | / | Noun, Verb |
| burn | / | Verb, Noun |
| bustle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| buy | / | Verb, Noun |
| buzzword | /x | Noun |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| calm | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| car | / | Noun |
| carbonate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| catalyze | /xx | Verb |
| catch fire | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| catchphrase | // | Noun |
| categorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| change | / | Noun, Verb |
| chill | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| chill out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| chuck | / | Noun, Verb |
| circumference | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| circumvent | xx/ | Verb |
| citrate | xx | Noun, Verb |
| clause | / | Noun, Verb |
| cliché | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| clitic | /x | Noun |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| clot | / | Noun, Verb |
| clothe | / | Verb |
| coil | / | Noun, Verb |
| coke | / | Noun, Verb |
| combust | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| come down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| comeback | /x | Noun, Verb |
| coming back | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| commencement | x/x | Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| commute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| concentrate | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| connect | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| consult | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| contact | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| conversion | x/x | Noun |
| convert | /x | Verb, Noun |
| convince | x/ | Verb |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| cool it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| corkscrew | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| corner | /x | Noun, Verb |
| correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| couch | / | Noun, Verb |
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| counterpart | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| counterparty | /xxx | Noun |
| couplet | /x | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| crank | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| credo | /x | Noun |
| crook | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crossing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| crossroads | /x | Noun |
| cue | / | Noun, Verb |
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cusp | / | Noun, Verb |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cycle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dawn | / | Noun, Verb |
| deactivate | x/xx | Verb |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decompress | xx/ | Verb |
| deflate | x/ | Verb |
| deflect | x/ | Verb |
| deflection | x/x | Noun |
| detour | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| develop | x/x | Verb |
| deviate | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| deviation | xx/x | Noun |
| devote | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| digression | x/x | Noun |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| direction | x/x | Noun |
| disable | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| discharge | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| disconnect | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| discuss | x/ | Verb |
| disengage | xx/ | Verb, Noun |
| disjunct | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| disk | / | Noun, Verb |
| dissolve | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| diversion | x/x | Noun |
| divert | x/ | Verb |
| double | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| douse | / | Verb, Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| dress | / | Noun, Verb |
| drive | / | Noun, Verb |
