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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| accounts | x/ | Noun |
| achieves | x/ | Verb |
| acquires | x/x | Verb |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| adam | /x | Name |
| adamant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| affects | x/ | Verb |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| allows | x/ | Verb |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| ankara | /xx | Name |
| approaching | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| are | / | Noun |
| arranges | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| arrives | x/ | Verb |
| articulations | x/x/x | Noun |
| ascertained | xx/ | Adjective |
| assembling | x/xx | Noun |
| assertive | x/x | Adjective |
| attains | x/ | Verb |
| attending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| attracts | x/ | Verb |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| awarded | x/x | Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| awkward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| beefy | /x | Adjective |
| been | / | Verb |
| begins | x/ | Verb |
| best | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| boarding | /x | Noun |
| borrows | /x | Verb |
| bothered | /x | Adjective |
| brave | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| breaking away | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| brings | / | Verb |
| bruiser | /x | Noun |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| bully | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bummer | /x | Noun |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| burning | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| buyer | /x | Noun |
| calling | /x | Noun |
| callous | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| captures | /x | Verb, Noun |
| cartilaginous | /xxxx | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chewing | /x | Noun |
| chrysalis | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| chunky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| church | / | Noun, Verb |
| cinema | /xx | Noun |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| collapses | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| collects | x/ | Verb |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| complex | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| conscious | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| continuing | x/xx | Noun |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cow | / | Noun, Verb |
| crazy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| crescent | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crossing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| crystalline | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| deeper | /x | Adjective |
| deleting | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| delivers | x/x | Verb |
| demanding | x/x | Adjective |
| dense | / | Adjective, Noun |
| departing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| derives | x/ | Verb |
| deserves | x/ | Verb |
| designates | /xx | Verb |
| despatch | /x | Noun, Verb |
| determined | x/x | Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| dicey | /x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| disappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| disappearing | xx/x | Noun |
| dispatch | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| does | / | Adjective |
| dogged | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| dome | / | Noun, Verb |
| dominating | /xxx | Adjective |
| dorado | x/x | Name |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| draws | / | Noun |
| drops | / | Verb, Noun |
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dur | x | Noun, Adjective |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| durable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| durum | /x | Noun |
| earns | / | Verb |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| embarkation | xx/x | Noun |
| ends | / | Noun |
| energetic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| enjoys | x/ | Verb |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| entering | /xx | Noun |
| escalates | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| exacting | x/x | Adjective |
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| expiration | xx/x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| extremist | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| falls | / | Noun |
| farewell | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fascist | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fathoms | /x | Noun |
| feeling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fermi | /x | Name |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| fetches | /x | Verb, Noun |
| fibrous | /x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| fight | / | Verb, Noun |
| filing | /x | Noun |
| filthy | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| financial | x/x | Adjective |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| flowing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| flying | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| found | / | Verb, Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| functioning | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| fundamentalist | xx/xx | Noun |
| further | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| gain | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| gathers | /x | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| gives | / | Verb |
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| going away | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| golf | / | Noun, Verb |
| gonna | /x | Verb |
| goon | / | Noun, Verb |
| gotta | /x | Verb, Noun |
| grabs | / | Verb, Noun |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| grows | / | Verb |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gutsy | // | Adjective |
| guy | / | Noun, Verb |
| happening | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hardcore | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| hardened | /x | Adjective |
| hardworking | /xx | Adjective |
| hardy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| has | / | Noun |
| hawkish | /x | Adjective |
| he | / | Noun, Adjective |
| headed | /x | Adjective |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heightened | /x | Adjective |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hits | / | Verb |
| holds | / | Verb |
| hood | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hooligan | /xx | Noun |
| horizon | x/x | Noun |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| includes | x/ | Verb |
| inelastic | xx/x | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| inherits | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| intending | x/x | Noun |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| intensified | x/xx | Adjective |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inured | x/ | Adjective |
| it | / | Noun, Adjective |
| judging | /x | Noun |
| jungle | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| keep | / | Verb, Noun |
| kills | / | Noun |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| launching | /x | Noun |
| leads | / | Verb |
| learns | / | Verb, Noun |
| leathery | /xx | Adjective |
| leave | / | Verb, Noun |
| less | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| leverages | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| looking | /x | Verb, Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| makes | / | Verb |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| married | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| matt | / | Name, Adjective |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| meat | / | Noun |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| militant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| momentous | x/x | Adjective |
| more | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| moving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| muscle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nail | / | Noun, Verb |
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| nine | / | Noun |
| obtaining | x/x | Verb |
| occurring | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| often | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| okay | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| parting | /x | Noun |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| penetrates | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| perceives | x/ | Verb |
| permission | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| picky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| place | / | Noun, Verb |
| plan | / | Noun, Verb |
| ploughing | /x | Noun |
| plowing | /x | Verb, Noun |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| powerful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| preparing | x/x | Noun |
| prison | /x | Noun, Verb |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| proceeding | x/x | Noun |
| procures | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| produces | x/x | Verb |
| progress | /x | Noun, Verb |
| provides | x/ | Verb |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| pulls | / | Verb |
| punk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| purchasers | /xx | Noun |
| puts | / | Verb |
| radical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ranging | /x | Noun |
| reaches | /x | Noun |
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| realizes | /xxx | Verb |
| reaps | / | Verb |
| receive | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| recovers | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| release | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| remaining | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| resilient | x/x | Adjective |
| resistant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| resistive | x/x | Adjective |
| resolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| resorting | x/x | Verb |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| resulting | x/x | Adjective |
| retrieves | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| returning | x/x | Noun |
| rigid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| rigour | // | Noun |
| rising | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| road | / | Noun, Adjective |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Adjective, Name |
| rough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| rowdy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rubbery | /xx | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| ruffian | x/x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| running | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| sailing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| savage | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| secures | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| seduce | x/ | Verb |
| seeming | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sees | / | Verb |
| sell | / | Verb, Noun |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shipment | /x | Noun |
| sinewy | /xx | Adjective |
| sits | / | Verb |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| skinhead | /x | Noun |
| sledding | /x | Noun |
| soars | / | Verb, Noun |
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| solid | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| sound | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| spend | / | Verb, Noun |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| starting | /x | Noun |
| staying | /x | Noun |
| steadfast | /x | Adjective |
| stern | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| straightforward | //x | Adverb, Adjective |
| street fighter | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| strict | / | Adjective |
| stringency | /xx | Noun |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| stringy | /x | Adjective |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| stumbling | /xx | Noun |
| stupid | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sturdy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| succeeds | x/ | Verb |
| sweeps | / | Noun |
| takeoff | /x | Noun |
| takes | / | Noun |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| tender | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tense | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| terrific | x/x | Adjective |
| there | / | Adverb, Noun |
| thickened | /x | Adjective |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| thorough | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| thug | / | Noun, Verb |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tightened | /x | Verb |
| touch | / | Noun, Verb |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| toughened | /x | Adjective |
| tougher | /x | Adjective |
| train | / | Noun, Verb |
| travel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| trip | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| turning | /x | Noun |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| understands | xx/ | Verb |
| unfolding | x/x | Noun |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| unsentimental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| uphill | // | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| valiant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| varieties | x/xx | Noun |
| vicious | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| visiting | /xx | Noun |
| waging | /x | Verb, Noun |
| walk | / | Verb, Noun |
| wanna | /x | Noun |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| wins | / | Adjective |
| wishes | /x | Adjective |
| withdrawal | x/x | Noun |
| yields | / | Noun, Verb |
