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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| corner | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| landmark | /x  | Verb, Noun, Verb  | 
| street corner | //x  | Phrase, Verb, Noun  | 
| crisis | /x  | Noun  | 
| critical point | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| crossroads | /x  | Noun  | 
| point | /  | Noun  | 
| cusp | /  | Noun  | 
| crux | /  | Noun  | 
| point of no return | ///x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| juncture | /x  | Noun  | 
| tipping point | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| moment of truth | /x//  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun  | 
| break | /  | Noun  | 
| high point | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| breakthrough | /x  | Noun  | 
| projection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| turnaround | /xx  | Noun  | 
| starting point | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| gateway | /x  | Noun  | 
| period | /xx  | Noun  | 
| round | /  | Noun  | 
| hinge | /  | Noun  | 
| caesura | //x  | Noun  | 
| point of origin | ///xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| epoch | /x  | Noun  | 
| acme | /x  | Noun  | 
| threshold | /x  | Noun  | 
| kairos | /x  | Noun  | 
| waypoint | /x  | Noun  | 
| upshot | /x  | Noun  | 
| opportunity | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| peak | /  | Noun  | 
| cutoff | /x  | Noun  | 
| arrival | x/x  | Noun  | 
| point of view | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| turnout | /x  | Noun  | 
| conjuncture | x/x  | Noun  | 
| sticking point | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| revolution | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| knot | /  | Noun  | 
| destination | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| direction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| focal point | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| resolution | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| initiative | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| closing | /x  | Noun  | 
| trend | /  | Noun  | 
| way to go | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| terminus | /xx  | Noun  | 
| conclusion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| passage | /x  | Noun  | 
| step | /  | Noun  | 
| adventure | x/x  | Noun  | 
| headway | /x  | Noun  | 
| window of opportunity | /x/xx/xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| ending | /x  | Noun  | 
| fate | /  | Noun  | 
| viewpoint | /x  | Noun  | 
| moment | /x  | Noun  | 
| circumstance | /xx  | Noun  | 
| stopover | /xx  | Noun  | 
| date | /  | Noun  | 
| when | /  | Adverb, Noun  | 
| clue | /  | Noun  | 
| capstone | /x  | Noun  | 
| summit | /x  | Noun  | 
| coming of age | /x//  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| event | x/  | Noun  | 
| call | /  | Noun  | 
| article | /xx  | Noun  | 
| closure | /x  | Noun  | 
| connection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| phase | /  | Noun  | 
| interim | /xx  | Noun  | 
| meeting | /x  | Noun  | 
| middle | /x  | Noun  | 
| hot button | //x  | Phrase, Noun, Adjective  | 
| termination | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| view | /  | Noun  | 
| front | /  | Noun  | 
| point of departure | //x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| ground zero | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| minute | /x  | Noun  | 
| choice | /  | Noun  | 
| defining moment | x/x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| standpoint | /x  | Noun  | 
| business end | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| turn | /  | Noun  | 
| entrance | /x  | Noun  | 
| eureka moment | x/x/x  | Name, Name  | 
| pièce de résistance | /xxx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| prime time | //  | Phrase, Noun, Adjective  | 
| trajectory | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| head | /  | Noun  | 
| staging post | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| climacteric | x//x  | Noun  | 
| checkpoint | /x  | Noun  | 
| progress | /x  | Noun  | 
| target of opportunity | /x/xx/xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| path | /  | Noun  | 
| touchstone | /x  | Noun  | 
| beginning | x/x  | Noun  | 
| instant | /x  | Noun  | 
| target | /x  | Noun  | 
| occasion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| shift | /  | Noun  | 
| pit stop | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| breakout | /x  | Noun  | 
| note | /  | Noun  | 
| highlight | /x  | Noun  | 
| nick | /  | Name  | 
| origin | /xx  | Noun  | 
| going | /x  | Verb  | 
| tail | /  | Noun  | 
| stage | /  | Noun  | 
| onset | /x  | Noun  | 
| feature | /x  | Noun  | 
| opening | /xx  | Noun  | 
| intermediary | xx/xxx  | Noun  | 
| aspect | /x  | Noun  | 
| layover | /xx  | Noun  | 
| road map | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| hiatus | x/x  | Noun  | 
| interruption | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| times | /  | Noun  | 
| shank | /  | Noun  | 
| result | x/  | Noun  | 
| outset | /x  | Noun  | 
| signal | /x  | Noun  | 
| abutment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| account | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| accuracy | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| activate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| acuminate | x/xx  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| add | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| address | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| advanced | x/  | Adjective  | 
| advantage | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| affair | x/  | Noun  | 
| affirmation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| aim | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| alluding | x/x  | Verb  | 
| altitude | /xx  | Noun  | 
| angle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| appeal | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| appearance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| approach | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| area | /xx  | Noun  | 
| argument | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| arithmetical | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| arrival time | x/x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| arrowhead | /xx  | Noun  | 
| ascent | x/  | Noun  | 
| asia | /x  | Name  | 
| asian | /x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| assertion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| attention | x/x  | Noun  | 
| attract | x/  | Verb  | 
| augur | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| axis | /x  | Noun  | 
| bad | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| badly | /x  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| ball | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ballpark | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| barb | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| basis | /x  | Noun  | 
| bead | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| becoming | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| believe | x/  | Verb  | 
| bend | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| benefit | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bespeak | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| bid | /  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| bit | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| blank | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| blind spot | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| bod | /  | Noun  | 
| bode | /  | Name, Verb  | 
| body | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| boiling | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| bone | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bottom | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bottom line | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| bridge | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bring | /  | Verb  | 
| brink | /  | Noun  | 
| bullet | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| case | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| casting | /x  | Noun  | 
| category | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| cause | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| caveat | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| center | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| centre | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| change | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| channel | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| chapter | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| charge | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| choose | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| citing | /x  | Noun  | 
| claim | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| clarification | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| clause | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cleaning | /x  | Noun  | 
| click | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| climax | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| coefficient | xx/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| coming | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| coming back | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| comma | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| commencement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| comment | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| commentary | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| compliance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| component | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| concept | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| concern | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| concise | x/  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| conn | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| consideration | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| contemporaneous | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| contention | x/x  | Noun  | 
| context | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| convenient | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| conversion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| convert | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| coordinate | x/xx  | Verb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| coordination | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| counterpoint | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| criterion | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| crocheted | x/  | Verb, Adjective, Name  | 
| crossing | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| crucial | /x  | Adjective  | 
| crust | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| curve | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| cutting | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| data | /x  | Noun  | 
| day | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| deadline | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| decimal | /xx  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| decisive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| deck | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| deflection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| degree | x/  | Noun  | 
| demonstrate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| denominator | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| departure time | x/x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| desideratum | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| detail | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| detour | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| develop | x/x  | Verb  | 
| development | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| deviation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| difficulty | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| digital | /xx  | Adjective, Name  | 
| digression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| dimension | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ding | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| direct | x/  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| distance | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| distinction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| diversion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| diverted | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| dock | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| doing | /x  | Noun  | 
| door | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| dossier | x/  | Noun  | 
| dot | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| draw | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| dressing | /x  | Noun  | 
| driven | /x  | Adjective  | 
| dropping | /x  | Noun  | 
| dull | /  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| east by north | ///  | Name, Name  | 
| east by south | ///  | Name, Name  | 
| edge | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| effect | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| elect | x/  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| element | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| elevation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
