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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| accentuation | x/x/x | Noun, Noun | 
| punctuate | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| emphasize | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| emphasis | /xx | Verb, Noun | 
| idiom | /xx | Noun, Noun | 
| stress | / | Noun, Noun | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun, Noun | 
| bring out | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| set off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| brogue | / | Noun | 
| drawl | / | Noun | 
| inflections | x/x | Noun | 
| pronunciation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| twang | / | Noun | 
| lilt | / | Noun | 
| flair | / | Noun | 
| diction | /x | Noun | 
| cockney | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| enunciation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| voice | / | Noun | 
| affectation | xx/x | Noun | 
| style | / | Noun | 
| tone | / | Noun | 
| monotone | /xx | Noun | 
| language | /x | Noun | 
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun | 
| decor | x/ | Noun | 
| elocution | xx/x | Noun | 
| slur | / | Noun | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun | 
| character | /xx | Noun | 
| syllable | /xx | Noun | 
| patois | x/ | Noun | 
| fluency | /xx | Noun | 
| decorative | /xx | Adjective | 
| color | /x | Noun | 
| hick | / | Noun | 
| slang | / | Noun | 
| patter | /x | Noun | 
| ambiance | /xx | Noun | 
| distinctive | x/x | Adjective | 
| vowels | /x | Noun | 
| mannerisms | /xxx | Noun | 
| background | /x | Noun | 
| flavor | /x | Noun | 
| phrasing | /x | Noun | 
| personality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| charm | / | Noun | 
| texture | /x | Noun | 
| embellishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| singsong | /x | Noun | 
| phonetics | x/x | Noun | 
| tongue | / | Noun | 
| narration | x/x | Noun | 
| nuance | /x | Noun | 
| appearance | x/x | Noun | 
| ambience | /xx | Noun | 
| undertone | /xx | Noun | 
| zing | / | Noun | 
| ornamentation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| border | /x | Noun | 
| acute | x/ | Adjective | 
| articulation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| raising | /x | Noun | 
| vocalization | /xx/x | Noun | 
| signifier | /xxx | Noun | 
| lingual | /x | Noun | 
| sound | / | Noun | 
| intensifier | x/xxx | Noun | 
| contour | /x | Noun | 
| abbreviation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| lect | / | Noun | 
| consonant | /xx | Noun | 
| expletive | /xx | Noun | 
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| vocal | /x | Adjective | 
| height | / | Noun | 
| speech | / | Noun | 
| segment | /x | Noun | 
| point | / | Noun | 
| syllabic | x/x | Adjective | 
| phone | / | Noun | 
| intensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| attestation | x//x | Noun | 
| lateral | /xx | Noun | 
| liaison | x/x | Noun | 
| clipped | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| midlands | /x | Adjective | 
| aussie | /x | Adjective | 
| speaks | / | Noun | 
| trace | / | Noun | 
| midi | /x | Name | 
| ague | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ancestry | /xx | Noun | 
| attention | x/x | Noun | 
| bear down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| chromatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| cohort | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| concentration | xx/x | Noun | 
| contingent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| conventional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| diachronic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| discernible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| distinguishable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| emergent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| finisher | /xx | Noun | 
| foci | /x | Noun | 
| foreground | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| garnish | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| hear | / | Verb | 
| highlight | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| importance | x/x | Noun | 
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| mandarin | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| morphological | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| nationality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| nativity | x/xx | Noun | 
| onus | /x | Noun | 
| phonemic | x/x | Adjective | 
| phonological | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| pick up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| play down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| play up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| point up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| prefix | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| premium | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| priority | x/xx | Noun | 
| professor | x/x | Noun | 
| prominence | /xx | Noun | 
| proverb | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| regiments | /xx | Noun | 
| siege | / | Noun, Verb | 
| spotlight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| thrust | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tonal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| touch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| trim | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| underline | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| underscore | xx/ | Verb, Noun | 
| universities | xx/xx | Noun | 
| whirring | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
