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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| how so | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| specifically | x/xx | Adverb |
| medically | /xx | Adverb |
| how come | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| specially | /xx | Adverb |
| how far | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| because | x/ | Adverb |
| first | / | Adjective |
| for love or money | ////x | Phrase, Adverb |
| where | / | Adverb, Noun |
| wherein | x/ | Adverb |
| whereby | x/ | Adverb |
| therefor | /x | Adverb |
| whatever | x/x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| what | / | Adverb, Noun |
| in order | x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| apropos | xx/ | Noun |
| by design | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| long | / | Adjective |
| for nothing | //x | Phrase, Adverb |
| purposefully | /xxx | Adverb |
| wherefore | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| ahead | x/ | Adverb |
| forth | / | Adverb |
| purposely | /xx | Adverb |
| awhile | x/ | Adverb |
| onward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| for a start | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| eternally | x/xx | Adverb |
| therefore | /x | Adverb |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| thereof | x/ | Adverb |
| up front | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| for dear life | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| whither | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| wherewith | // | Adverb, Noun |
| forward | /x | Adverb |
| thereon | x/ | Noun |
| briefly | /x | Adverb |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| forlornly | x/x | Adverb |
| each | / | Adverb, Noun |
| therewith | // | Adverb |
| for the moment | /x/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| publicly | /xx | Adverb |
| professionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| insofar | /xx | Adverb |
| for the long haul | /x// | Phrase, Adverb |
| insomuch | x// | Adverb |
| formally | /xx | Adverb |
| straightway | /x | Adverb |
| hereunder | x/x | Noun |
| questioningly | /xxx | Adverb |
| functionally | /xxx | Adverb |
| so much as | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| intentionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| mainly | /x | Adverb |
| surely | /x | Adverb |
| before | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| largely | /x | Adverb |
| effectively | x/xx | Adverb |
| wherewithal | /xx | Adjective |
| by and by | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Noun |
| cheap | / | Adjective |
| heavily | /xx | Adverb |
| howsoever | /x/x | Adverb |
| temporarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| thereto | x/x | Adverb |
| direct | x/ | Adjective |
| forsooth | xx | Adverb |
| ever | /x | Adverb |
| anyway | /xx | Adverb |
| initially | x/xx | Adverb |
| permanently | /xxx | Adverb |
| inquiringly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| personally | /xxx | Adverb |
| hereafter | x/x | Adverb |
| perfectly | /xx | Adverb |
| in effect | xx/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| foremost | /x | Adjective |
| orally | /xx | Adverb |
| for instance | //x | Phrase, Adverb, Noun |
| so to speak | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| wantonly | /xx | Adverb |
| homeward | /x | Noun |
| thereupon | xx/ | Adverb |
| every time | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| hereof | x/ | Adverb |
| inexplicably | xx/xx | Adverb |
| finitely | xxx | Adverb |
| thereat | x/ | Adverb |
| just | / | Adverb |
| whenever | x/x | Adverb |
| afield | x/ | Adverb |
| certainly | /xx | Adverb |
| actual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| became | x/ | Verb |
| certain | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| constitutes | /xx | Verb |
| content | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| determine | x/x | Verb |
| does | / | Verb |
| enable | x/x | Verb |
| ent | / | Noun, Verb |
| everything | /xx | Verb |
| expected | x/x | Adjective |
| guess | / | Verb, Noun |
| happened | /x | Verb |
| having | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hey | / | Name, Verb |
| how | / | Adverb, Noun |
| huh | / | Noun |
| is | / | Verb, Noun |
| it | / | Noun, Adjective |
| location | x/x | Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| most | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| muscovite | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nil | / | Noun |
| normal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| only | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ordinary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| other | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| question | /x | Noun, Verb |
| quod | / | Noun, Verb |
| really | /x | Adverb, Verb |
| reason | /x | Noun, Verb |
| repeat | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| say | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| something | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| such | / | Noun |
| suggest | x/ | Verb |
| than | / | Adverb, Noun |
| the | x | Adverb |
| there | / | Adverb, Noun |
| thing | / | Noun, Verb |
| ugh | / | |
| unmotivated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unspecified | x/xx | Adjective |
| usual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| vi | / | Noun |
| wait | / | Verb, Noun |
| wha | x | Noun |
| when | / | Adverb, Noun |
| whereof | x/ | Adverb |
| whichever | x/x | |
| who | / | Noun |
| whoever | x/x | |
| whom | / | Noun |
| whose | / | |
| why | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| yeah | / | Noun |
