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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| unspoken | x/x | Adjective | 
| unquestioned | x/x | Adjective | 
| unofficially | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| superstition | xx/x | Noun | 
| unenforceable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| natural law | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| unacknowledged | xx/x | Adjective | 
| golden rule | /x/ | Name, Name | 
| common knowledge | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| unstated | x/x | Adjective | 
| fundamental law | xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| unofficial | xx/x | Adjective | 
| instinctual | x/xx | Adjective | 
| tradition | x/x | Noun | 
| unappreciated | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| common sense | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| nonnegotiable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unalterable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| proverb | /x | Noun | 
| undocumented | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| unchangeable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unconditional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unconsciously | x/xx | Adverb | 
| unconditioned | xx/x | Adjective | 
| underappreciated | /xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| common law | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| civil law | /x/ | Name, Name | 
| ground rules | // | Phrase, Name | 
| unwavering | x/xx | Adjective | 
| international law | xx/xx/ | Name, Name | 
| sacrosanct | /xx | Adjective | 
| inevitability | xxxx/xx | Noun | 
| etiquette | /xx | Noun | 
| obligation | xx/x | Noun | 
| uncredited | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| underrated | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unpunished | x/x | Adjective | 
| inalienable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| universally | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| public law | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| universality | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| unanimous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| inviolable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| principles | /xx | Noun | 
| illegality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| instinctively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| untranslated | xx/x | Adjective | 
| uncontroversial | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| uncollectible | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| customary | /xxx | Adjective | 
| unheeded | x/x | Adjective | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| access | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| accrue | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| acquiescence | xx/x | Noun | 
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| administrative law | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| admiralty | /xxx | Noun | 
| affaire | x/ | Noun | 
| aforesaid | x/x | Adjective | 
| allowed | x/ | Adjective | 
| american | x/xx | Name, Adjective | 
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| antidumping | xx/x | Adjective | 
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| ascending | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| attorneys | x/x | Noun | 
| authored | /x | Adjective | 
| authorities | x/xx | Noun | 
| avocados | xx/x | Noun | 
| backwards | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bent | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| bia | xx | Name | 
| bill | / | Noun, Verb | 
| birthright | /x | Noun | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| canada | /xx | Name | 
| canadian | x/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| canon | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| canon law | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| chambers | /x | Noun | 
| charge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| charter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| claim | / | Noun, Verb | 
| code | / | Noun, Verb | 
| coincide | xx/ | Verb | 
| coincident | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| commercial law | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| con | / | Noun, Verb | 
| consequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| constabulary | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| constitution | xx/x | Noun | 
| convolutions | /xxx | Noun | 
| cops | / | Noun | 
| copyright | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| counsel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| court | / | Noun, Verb | 
| covenant | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| crafted | /x | Adjective | 
| crime | / | Noun, Verb | 
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| curriculum | x/xx | Noun | 
| decree | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| depart | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| derecho | x/x | Noun | 
| derive | x/ | Verb | 
| detecting | x/x | Noun | 
| detection | x/x | Noun | 
| dietary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| droit | / | Noun | 
| duty | /x | Noun | 
| eligibility | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| enactment | x/x | Noun | 
| enforceable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| entitled | x/x | Adjective | 
| entitlement | x/xx | Noun | 
| established | x/x | Adjective | 
| eta | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| extant | /x | Adjective | 
| faa | / | Name | 
| fair | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| fca | x | Name | 
| federal | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| fee | / | Noun, Verb | 
| force | / | Noun, Verb | 
| france | / | Name | 
| freedom | /x | Noun | 
| french | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| gaelic | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| gendarmerie | /xxx | Noun | 
| grant | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hermetic | x/x | Adjective | 
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| illicit | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| implied | x/ | Adjective | 
| instruments | /xx | Adjective | 
| interest | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| jail | / | Noun, Verb | 
| jog | / | Noun, Verb | 
| judge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| judicature | x/xx | Noun | 
| judicial | x/x | Adjective, Name | 
| judiciary | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| jure | / | Noun | 
| juridical | /xxx | Adjective | 
| jurisdiction | xx/x | Noun | 
| jurisprudence | xx/x | Noun | 
| jurists | /x | Noun | 
| justice | /x | Noun | 
| justicia | /x/x | Noun | 
| lag | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| lav | x | Noun | 
| law of averages | ///xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of constant proportion | ///xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of definite proportions | ///xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of diminishing returns | //x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of effect | //x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of gravitation | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of large numbers | ////x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of mass action | ////x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of motion | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of multiple proportions | ///xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of nations | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of nature | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of partial pressures | ///x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of the land | //x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| lawfully | /xx | Adverb | 
| lawlessness | /xx | Noun | 
| lawmaking | /xx | Noun | 
| lawyer | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| legal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| legality | x/xx | Noun | 
| legislated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| legislation | xx/x | Noun | 
| legislative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| legislator | /xxx | Noun | 
| legislature | /xxx | Noun | 
| legitimacy | x/xxx | Noun | 
| lei | / | Noun | 
| lex | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ley | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| luo | / | Name | 
| magisterial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| maintaining | x/x | Noun | 
| maintenance | /xx | Noun | 
| maritime law | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| martial law | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| medical | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| member | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| method | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| military | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| mosaic law | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| nondiscrimination | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| norm | / | Noun, Verb | 
| normative | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| nulla | /x | Noun | 
| offence | x/ | Noun | 
| ola | /x | Name | 
| oral | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| order | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| ordinance | /xx | Noun | 
| outdated | /xx | Adjective | 
| outmoded | x/x | Adjective | 
| pauli exclusion principle | /xx/x/xx | Name, Name | 
