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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| adult | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| juvenile | /xx | Noun |
| adolescent | xx/x | Noun |
| youngster | /x | Noun |
| child | / | Noun |
| major | /x | Adjective |
| youth | / | Noun |
| junior | /x | Noun |
| minor | /x | Noun |
| young offender | /x/x | Name, Name |
| teen | / | Noun |
| youngest | /x | Adjective |
| baby | /x | Noun |
| youngblood | /x | Name |
| three | / | Noun |
| elder | /x | Noun |
| five | / | Noun |
| senior | /x | Name |
| fledgling | /x | Noun |
| juvenile delinquent | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| bachelor | /xx | Noun |
| colt | / | Noun |
| senior citizen | /x/xx | Name, Name |
| elderly | /xx | Adjective |
| whiz kid | // | Phrase, Noun |
| four | / | Noun |
| adoptee | x// | Noun |
| man of the world | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| original | x/xx | Adjective |
| innocent | /xx | Adjective |
| peer | / | Noun |
| infant | /x | Noun |
| persona | x/x | Noun |
| adventurer | x/xx | Noun |
| naive | x/ | Adjective |
| rookie | /x | Noun |
| parent | /x | Noun |
| novice | /x | Noun |
| freshman | /x | Noun |
| newcomer | /xx | Noun |
| protégé | / | Noun |
| guardian | /xx | Noun |
| outsider | x/x | Noun |
| pupil | /x | Noun |
| orphan | /x | Noun |
| alumnus | x/x | Noun |
| career criminal | x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| cadet | x/ | Noun |
| trainee | // | Noun |
| grand old man | /// | Name, Name |
| trendy | /x | Adjective |
| pensioner | /xx | Noun |
| old boy | // | Name, Name |
| person | /x | Noun |
| apprentice | x/x | Noun |
| scamp | / | Noun |
| stranger | /x | Noun |
| ager | /x | Noun |
| oldest | /x | Adjective |
| aspirant | /xx | Noun |
| success story | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| someone | /x | Noun |
| somewhat | // | Adverb |
| personage | /xx | Noun |
| expectant | x/x | Adjective |
| character | /xx | Noun |
| grandchild | /x | Noun |
| probationary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| businessperson | /x/x | Noun |
| free agent | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| people person | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| man in the street | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| foster child | /x/ | Name, Name |
| chaperon | /xx | Noun |
| civilian | x/x | Adjective |
| human being | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective |
| urchin | /x | Noun |
| scout | / | Noun |
| influential | xx/x | Adjective |
| celebrity | x/xx | Noun |
| entrepreneur | xxx/ | Noun |
| novitiate | x/xx | Noun |
| elite | x/ | Noun |
| eldest | /x | Noun |
| prodigy | /xx | Noun |
| voyager | /xx | Noun |
| politician | xx/x | Noun |
| gent | / | Noun |
| page | / | Noun |
| classmate | /x | Noun |
| addicted | x/x | Adjective |
| adolescence | xx/x | Noun |
| adultery | x/xx | Noun |
| applicant | /xx | Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| born | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| calves | / | Noun |
| campbell | /x | Name |
| caregiver | /xx | Noun |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| centrist | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chick | / | Noun, Verb |
| childlike | /x | Adjective |
| cole | / | Name |
| collins | /x | Name |
| conservative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| contemporaries | x/xxx | Noun |
| contestants | x/x | Noun |
| continuing | x/xx | Noun |
| cubs | / | Noun |
| damsel | /x | Noun |
| david | /x | Name |
| davis | /x | Name |
| dazzling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| deaf | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| divorced | x/ | Adjective |
| domestic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| duck | / | Noun, Verb |
| ducklings | /x | Noun |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| eccentric | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| eighteen | x/ | Noun |
| emerging | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| events | x/ | Noun |
| fasting | /x | Noun |
| fat | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| father | /x | Noun, Verb |
| female | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| formative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fresh | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| girl | / | Noun, Verb |
| girlish | /x | Adjective |
| graham | /x | Name |
| gros | / | Name |
| grown | / | Adjective |
| haired | / | Adjective |
| handicapped | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| happy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| harris | /x | Name |
| harvey | /x | Name |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heterosexuals | xxx/xx | Noun |
| host | / | Noun, Verb |
| humans | /x | Verb |
| hypothyroid | xx/x | Adjective |
| immature | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| immunized | /xx | Adjective |
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| infancy | /xx | Noun |
| infantile | /xx | Adjective |
| intimate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| jackson | /x | Name |
| jockeys | /x | Noun |
| jong | / | Name |
| jung | / | Name |
| kelly | /x | Name |
| kid | / | Noun, Verb |
| kindergarten | /xxx | Noun |
| lads | / | Noun |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| later | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| liberal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| literate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| lovable | /xx | Adjective |
| love | / | Noun, Verb |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| macho | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| majority | x/xx | Noun |
| male | / | Noun, Adjective |
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| manhood | /x | Noun |
| married | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| marshall | /x | Name |
| match | / | Noun, Verb |
| maturity | x/xx | Noun |
| micro | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| militarist | /xxx | Noun |
| moderate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| moo | / | Noun, Verb |
| moore | / | Name |
| mother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nascent | /x | Adjective |
| nestlings | /x | Noun |
| new | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| newborn | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nondiabetic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| normotensive | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| nourished | /x | Adjective |
| novel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| obese | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| offender | x/x | Noun |
| offspring | /x | Noun |
| pacifist | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| parker | /x | Name |
| patrician | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| permanent | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| petit | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| petite | x/ | Adjective, Name |
| petty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| plumage | /x | Noun |
| preadolescent | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| precocious | x/x | Adjective |
| professional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| progeny | /xx | Noun |
| progressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pup | / | Noun, Verb |
| recent | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| reformatory | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| reid | / | Name |
| responsible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| restless | /x | Adjective |
| retarded | x/x | Adjective |
| reynolds | /x | Name |
| roberts | /x | Name |
