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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| abate | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| abatement | x/x | Noun | 
| abbreviate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| abolished | x/x | Verb | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| abridge | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| acceptable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| acetabular | /x/xx | Adjective | 
| acrylic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| adjourned | x/ | Adjective | 
| adjournment | x/x | Noun | 
| alienated | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| alleviate | x/xx | Verb | 
| amputated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| apple | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| aquiline | xx/ | Adjective | 
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| arrest | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| articular | x/xx | Adjective | 
| articulates | x/xx | Verb | 
| astragalus | /xxx | Noun | 
| austerity | x/xx | Noun | 
| axe | / | Noun, Verb | 
| backbone | /x | Noun | 
| band | / | Noun, Verb | 
| beaker | /x | Noun | 
| beheaded | x/x | Adjective | 
| ben | / | Name, Adverb, Adjective | 
| bend | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bevel | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bill | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bitten | /x | Verb | 
| blackout | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bleed | / | Verb, Noun | 
| blended | /x | Adjective | 
| blocked | / | Adjective | 
| blocky | /x | Adjective | 
| blood | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bob | / | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| body | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bona | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| bone marrow | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| boned | / | Adjective | 
| boney | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| bonn | / | Name | 
| bony | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| bore | / | Verb, Noun | 
| bot | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bouquet | x/ | Noun | 
| bowl | / | Noun, Verb | 
| break off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| breastbone | /x | Noun | 
| bring down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| brisket | /x | Noun | 
| broke | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| bud | / | Noun, Verb | 
| calcaneal | xx/x | Adjective | 
| calcaneus | xxxx | Noun | 
| cancellous | /xx | Adjective | 
| carpal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cartilage | /xx | Noun | 
| carve | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| castrated | /xx | Adjective | 
| centrum | /x | Noun | 
| chamfer | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| chase | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chatter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| checkerboard | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| cheekbone | /x | Noun | 
| chicken | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| china | /x | Name | 
| chine | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chip | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chop up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| clavicle | /xx | Noun | 
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| cleavage | /x | Noun | 
| cleaved | / | Adjective | 
| clip | / | Noun, Verb | 
| coccyx | /x | Noun | 
| cold shoulder | //x | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| collarbone | /xx | Noun | 
| compress | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| compression | x/x | Noun | 
| concentrate | /xx | Verb, Noun | 
| condense | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| condyle | xx | Noun | 
| conjunctiva | xx/x | Noun | 
| contract | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| contraction | x/x | Noun | 
| cord | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cornea | /xx | Noun | 
| corte | / | Name | 
| costa | /x | Name | 
| coupe | / | Noun | 
| court | / | Noun, Verb | 
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| cradle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cram | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cranium | /xx | Noun | 
| crop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| crosscut | / | Noun, Verb | 
| crosses | /x | Verb | 
| crossover | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| cube | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cup | / | Noun, Verb | 
| curb | / | Noun, Verb | 
| curtail | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| curtailment | x/x | Noun | 
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cut across | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| cut back | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| cut down | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| cut off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| cut out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| cut short | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| cut up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| cutback | /x | Noun | 
| cutoff | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| cutout | /x | Noun | 
| cuts | / | Noun | 
| cutter | /x | Noun | 
| cutting off | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| danced | / | Noun | 
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| debited | /xx | Verb | 
| decide | x/ | Verb | 
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| defensible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| deflate | x/ | Verb | 
| delete | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| deletion | x/x | Noun | 
| denomination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| dentin | /x | Noun | 
| dentine | /x | Noun | 
| deny | x/ | Verb | 
| depreciating | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| deprive | x/ | Verb | 
| detach | x/ | Verb | 
| detract | x/ | Verb | 
| dice | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dilute | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| diminish | x/x | Verb | 
| diminution | xx/x | Noun | 
| disconnect | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| disconnection | xx/x | Noun | 
| discontinue | xx/x | Verb | 
| discount | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| disengaged | xx/ | Adjective | 
| disposed | x/ | Adjective | 
| disregard | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| disrupt | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| dissect | x/ | Verb | 
| dissection | x/x | Noun | 
| divide | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| dock | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| downgraded | //x | Adjective | 
| downsize | /x | Verb | 
| downturn | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| drags | / | Verb | 
| drape | / | Noun, Verb | 
| draw | / | Verb, Noun | 
| drawdown | /x | Noun | 
| dried | / | Adjective | 
| drill | / | Noun, Verb | 
| driveway | /x | Noun | 
| drop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| drum | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ease | / | Noun, Verb | 
| edit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| edit out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| elbow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| emasculated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| epiphysis | x//x | Noun | 
| excavated | /xxx | Verb | 
| excavation | xx/x | Noun | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| fascicles | /xx | Noun | 
| felled | / | Verb | 
| femur | /x | Noun | 
| fig | / | Name, Verb | 
| finger | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fired | /x | Adjective | 
| fitted | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fixture | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| flaw | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fracture | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| frame | / | Noun, Verb | 
| furrow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| gash | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| generalizable | /xx/xx | Adjective | 
| get up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| glass | / | Noun, Verb | 
| goblet | /x | Noun | 
| gore | / | Noun, Verb | 
| grandeur | x/ | Noun | 
| greatness | /x | Noun | 
| grind | / | Verb, Noun | 
| grind away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| hack | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hair | / | Noun, Verb | 
| haircut | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| hairdo | /x | Noun | 
| hairline | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| hairstyle | /x | Noun | 
| half | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| hall | / | Noun | 
| halt | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| halving | /x | Noun | 
| hand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| harvest | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| hew | / | Name, Verb | 
| hob | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hone | / | Verb, Noun | 
| horse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| hyoid | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| hyoid bone | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| ignore | x/ | Verb | 
| ilium | xxx | Noun | 
| impassable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| incision | x/x | Noun | 
| indent | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| inflate | x/ | Verb | 
| injured | /x | Adjective | 
| injury | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| insect | /x | Noun | 
| instalment | x/x | Noun | 
| interrupt | xx/ | Verb, Noun | 
| intersect | xx/ | Verb | 
| intruded | x/x | Adjective | 
| iron | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| isolated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| ivory | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| jacket | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| jag | / | Noun, Verb | 
| jammed | / | Adjective | 
| jawbone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| jerky | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| joint | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| jowl | / | Noun, Verb | 
| kill | / | Verb, Noun | 
| kiss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| knife | / | Noun, Verb | 
| knob | / | Noun, Verb | 
| knock | / | Verb, Noun | 
| knock off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| laced | / | Adjective | 
| lamella | x/x | Noun | 
| lateral | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| leaf | / | Noun, Verb | 
| leg | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| less | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| lessen | /x | Verb | 
| lighten | /x | Verb | 
| limb | / | Noun, Verb | 
| limit | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| line | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lobe | / | Noun | 
| logged | / | Verb | 
| loin | / | Noun | 
| looped | / | Adjective | 
| lop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lower | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| lower jaw | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| make out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| mala | /x | Noun | 
| mandible | /xx | Noun | 
| manhattan | x/x | Name | 
| manicure | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| maroon | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| marrow | /x | Noun | 
| matrix | /x | Noun | 
| maxilla | x/x | Noun | 
| meat | / | Noun | 
| metacarpal | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| metatarsal | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| milled | / | Adjective | 
| minimise | /xx | Verb | 
| minimize | /xx | Verb | 
| mitigate | /xx | Verb | 
| montage | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| mortise | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| mow | / | Verb, Noun | 
| mullet | /x | Noun | 
| muscle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| mutilation | xx/x | Noun | 
| narrow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| nasal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| neat | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| neck | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nick | / | Name, Verb | 
| nip | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| nip off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| notch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| occiput | x/x | Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| orthopaedic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| os | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| osteoporosis | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| ouch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| outage | /x | Noun | 
| outer | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| outgrowth | /x | Noun | 
| pain | / | Noun, Verb | 
| palatine | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| paper | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| pare | / | Verb | 
| part | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| pearl | / | Noun, Verb | 
| peel | / | Noun, Verb | 
| peel off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| phalanx | /x | Noun | 
| piece | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pierced | / | Adjective | 
| pierre | x/ | Name | 
| pink | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| pit | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pith | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| plane | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| point | / | Noun, Verb | 
| poverty | /xx | Noun | 
| primal | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| prominent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| prune | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pubic bone | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| pubis | /x | Noun | 
| puff | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pull | / | Verb, Noun | 
| punctured | /x | Adjective | 
| quit | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| rack | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rationalize | /xxx | Verb | 
| rebate | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| reduce | x/ | Verb | 
| reduction | x/x | Noun | 
| relieve | x/ | Verb | 
| remove | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| resign | x/ | Verb | 
| restrict | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| restriction | x/x | Noun | 
| retina | /xx | Noun | 
| retired | x/ | Adjective | 
| retouched | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| retracted | x/x | Adjective | 
| retrenchment | x/x | Noun | 
| rez | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rib | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rip | / | Verb, Name | 
| roadster | /x | Noun | 
| roast | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| roll | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| rounded | /x | Adjective | 
| rupture | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| saber | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sabre | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sacrum | /x | Noun | 
| saddle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| saw | / | Verb, Noun | 
| scalp | / | Noun, Verb | 
| scapula | /xx | Noun | 
| scapular | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| schism | /x | Noun | 
| scission | /x | Noun | 
| scissor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| scrape | / | Verb, Noun | 
| scrapped | / | Verb | 
| scratch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| seam | / | Noun, Verb | 
| section | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| separated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| set | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| sever | /x | Verb | 
| severance | /xx | Noun | 
| shank | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| shaped | / | Adjective | 
| share | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sharps | / | Noun | 
| shave | / | Verb, Noun | 
| shear | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| sheer | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| shells | / | Noun | 
| shin | / | Noun, Verb | 
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| shorten | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| shoulder blade | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| shoulder bone | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| shredded | /x | Adjective | 
| shrink | / | Verb, Noun | 
| shut | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| side | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| sieve | / | Noun, Verb | 
| silica | /xx | Noun | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| simplistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| sirloin | // | Noun | 
| size | / | Noun, Verb | 
| skeletal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| skeleton | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| skin | / | Noun, Verb | 
| skip | / | Verb, Noun | 
| skull | / | Noun, Verb | 
| skullcap | /x | Noun | 
| sky | / | Noun, Verb | 
| slab | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| slant | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| slash | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| slaughter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| slew | / | Noun, Verb | 
| slice | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| slit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| snip | / | Noun, Verb | 
| snub | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| socket | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| spare | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| spinal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| spinous | /x | Adjective | 
| split | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| steak | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sternum | /x | Noun | 
| stinger | /x | Noun | 
| stop | / | Verb, Noun | 
| straightforward | //x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| streamline | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| strike | / | Noun, Verb | 
| style | / | Noun, Verb | 
| suppressed | x/ | Adjective | 
| suspend | x/ | Verb | 
| suspension | x/x | Noun | 
| swerve | / | Verb, Noun | 
| swing | / | Noun, Verb | 
| switch off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| switch on | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| switching | /x | Noun | 
| swot | / | Name, Verb | 
| tail | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| tailor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| take | / | Verb, Noun | 
| talus | /x | Noun | 
| tap | / | Verb, Noun | 
| tarsal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| tear | / | Verb, Noun | 
| tenderloin | /xx | Noun | 
| terminated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| terrific | x/x | Adjective | 
| thin | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| thrall | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| threshold | /x | Noun | 
| throat | / | Noun, Verb | 
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| thumb | / | Noun, Verb | 
| timber | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| tissue | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| tomahawk | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| tooth | / | Noun, Verb | 
| trabecular | x/xx | Adjective | 
| tranche | / | Noun, Verb | 
| transected | /xx | Verb | 
| trench | / | Noun, Verb | 
| trend | / | Noun, Verb | 
| trim | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| trophy | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| tuber | /x | Noun | 
| tugged | / | Verb | 
| turbinate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| turn | / | Verb, Noun | 
| turn off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| turn on | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| turn out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| unambiguous | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unclear | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| uncontroversial | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| uncut | x/ | Adjective | 
| undercut | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| undo | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| unequivocal | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| upper jaw | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| veer | / | Verb, Noun | 
| vertebra | /xx | Noun | 
| vertebral | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| vivo | /x | Noun | 
| warp | / | Noun, Verb | 
| water down | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| wavy | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| weakened | /x | Adjective | 
| weld | / | Noun, Verb | 
| whiff | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| white | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| whittle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| withdraw | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| withdrawal | x/x | Noun | 
| wood | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| wound | / | Noun, Verb | 
| write out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| yaw | / | Noun, Verb | 
