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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| microbe | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| seed | / | Noun, Noun | 
| bug | / | Noun, Noun | 
| source | / | Noun, Noun | 
| bacteria | x/xx | Noun | 
| pathogens | /xx | Noun | 
| viruses | /xx | Noun | 
| microorganisms | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| staphylococcus | xxx/x | Name | 
| toxins | /x | Noun | 
| allergens | /xx | Noun | 
| staph | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| spores | / | Noun | 
| contagious disease | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| disinfectants | xx/x | Noun | 
| colds | / | Noun | 
| infection | x/x | Noun | 
| disinfecting | xx/x | Noun | 
| contaminants | x/xx | Noun | 
| lice | / | Noun | 
| mites | / | Noun | 
| infectious disease | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| fleas | / | Noun | 
| bacilli | x/x | Noun | 
| organisms | /xxx | Noun | 
| fungus | /x | Noun | 
| mosquitoes | x/x | Noun | 
| aureus | /xx | Noun | 
| biofilm | xx/ | Noun | 
| handwashing | /xx | Noun | 
| prions | /x | Noun | 
| parasites | /xx | Noun | 
| pseudomonas | xx/x | Name | 
| mildew | /x | Noun | 
| secretions | x/x | Noun | 
| norovirus | /x/x | Noun | 
| rocky mountain spotted fever | /x/x/x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| sneezing | /x | Noun | 
| smallpox | /x | Noun | 
| insects | /x | Noun | 
| pests | / | Noun | 
| mucus | /x | Noun | 
| poison ivy | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| ebola virus | x/x/x | Name, Name | 
| salmonella | xx/x | Noun | 
| endotoxins | xx/x | Noun | 
| coli | /x | Noun | 
| diseases | x/x | Noun | 
| strep | / | Noun | 
| infectivity | x//xx | Noun | 
| shigella | x/x | Name | 
| sanitizing | /xxx | Noun | 
| tuberculosis | xxx/x | Noun | 
| typhoid fever | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| ebola | x/x | Name | 
| reinfection | xx/x | Noun | 
| deet | / | Name | 
| influenza | xx/x | Noun | 
| methicillin | /x/x | Noun | 
| droplets | /x | Noun | 
| anopheles | x/xx | Name | 
| allergies | /xx | Noun | 
| cockroaches | /xx | Noun | 
| hygiene | /x | Noun | 
| feather | /x | Adjective | 
| blighted | /x | Adjective | 
| typhoid | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| tubercular | xxxx | Adjective | 
| pathogenic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| diamond | /x | Noun | 
| invading | x/x | Adjective, Verb | 
| harbour | /x | Verb | 
| dirt | / | Noun | 
| poisons | /x | Noun | 
| virulent | /xx | Adjective | 
| harmful | /x | Adjective | 
| kills | / | Verb | 
| lurking | /x | Adjective | 
| patton | /x | Name | 
| anthrax | /x | Noun | 
| deadly | /x | Adjective | 
| contagious | x/x | Adjective | 
| mappings | /x | Noun | 
| malarial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| airborne | /x | Adjective | 
| phobia | /xx | Noun | 
| filth | / | Noun | 
| infect | x/ | Verb | 
| harbors | /x | Verb | 
| molars | xx | Noun | 
| deciduous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective | 
| typhus | /x | Noun | 
| cholera | /xx | Noun | 
| malady | /xx | Noun | 
| preformed | x/ | Adjective | 
| premolars | x/x | Noun | 
| fights | / | Verb | 
| undeveloped | xx/x | Adjective | 
| contaminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| follicular | /xxx | Adjective | 
| odors | /x | Noun | 
| inoculate | x/xx | Verb | 
| transplanted | x/x | Adjective | 
| guns | / | Noun | 
| worms | / | Noun | 
| engulf | x/ | Verb | 
| plague | / | Noun | 
| loveliness | /xx | Noun | 
| dysentery | /xxx | Noun | 
| primal | /x | Adjective | 
| virulence | /xx | Noun | 
| myriads | /xx | Noun | 
| spreading | /x | Verb | 
| swarming | /x | Verb | 
| destroys | x/ | Verb | 
| multiply | /xx | Adverb | 
| weakened | /x | Adjective | 
| infectious | x/x | Adjective | 
| discord | /x | Noun | 
| diphtheria | x/xx | Noun | 
| embryonic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| noxious | /x | Adjective | 
| invisible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| infested | x/x | Verb | 
| teeming | /x | Verb | 
| nasty | /x | Adjective | 
| lethal | /x | Adjective | 
| carriers | /xx | Noun | 
| resistant | x/x | Adjective | 
| hate | / | Noun | 
| incisors | x/x | Noun | 
| thrive | / | Verb | 
| gonorrhea | xx/x | Noun | 
| sprouts | / | Noun | 
| billions | /x | Noun | 
| ward | / | Verb | 
| tetanus | /xx | Noun | 
| agents | /x | Noun | 
| bees | / | Noun | 
| beginnings | x/x | Noun | 
| cocci | /x | Noun | 
| demons | /x | Noun | 
| embryos | /xx | Noun | 
| leeches | /x | Noun | 
| origins | /xx | Noun | 
| vectors | /x | Noun | 
