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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| alliteration | x/xxx | Noun, Noun | 
| rhyme scheme | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| rhyming | /x | Noun | 
| rhyming slang | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| initialize | x/xx | Noun | 
| pronunciation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| pronounce | x/ | Verb | 
| syllable | /xx | Noun | 
| nursery rhyme | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| lyricism | /xxx | Noun | 
| alliterative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| spelling | /x | Noun | 
| phonetically | x/xx | Adverb | 
| the word | x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| initiatory | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| phonological | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective | 
| poetry | /xx | Noun | 
| wordplay | /x | Noun | 
| preliminary | x/xxx | Noun | 
| prose poem | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| consonantal | xx/x | Adjective | 
| spell out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| syllabic | x/x | Adjective | 
| referential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| english | /x | Name | 
| abbreviated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| reference | /xx | Noun | 
| lyricist | /xx | Noun | 
| consonant | /xx | Noun | 
| grammatical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| originated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| poetical | x/xx | Name | 
| poetic | x/x | Adjective | 
| originally | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| syntactical | //xx | Adjective | 
| repetition | xx/x | Noun | 
| reciting | x/x | Verb | 
| abbreviation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| ballad | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| behavior | x/x | Noun | 
| benchmark | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bin | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bouncy | /x | Adjective | 
| bracket | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| calculated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| caption | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| card | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cartouche | x/ | Noun | 
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| children | /x | Adjective | 
| clash | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clinical | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| consonance | /xx | Noun | 
| couplet | /x | Noun | 
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| demotic | x/x | Adjective, Name | 
| departure | x/x | Noun | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective | 
| elemental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| elementary | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| embryonic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| entry | /x | Noun | 
| equilibrium | xx/xx | Noun | 
| exploratory | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| familiarization | x/xx/x | Noun | 
| final | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| firstly | /x | Adverb | 
| fold | / | Noun, Verb | 
| foreplay | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| former | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| founding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| heading | /x | Noun | 
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| hymn | / | Noun, Verb | 
| iambic | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| inaugural | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| inception | x/x | Noun | 
| incipient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| indicative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| induction | x/x | Noun | 
| infancy | /xx | Noun | 
| initiating | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective | 
| initiation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| intake | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| interim | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| introductory | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| jingle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| keynote | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| leading | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| letter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| limerick | /xx | Name | 
| lyric | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| machine | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| maiden | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| metre | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| metrical | /xx | Adjective | 
| middle | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| minimal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| monogram | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| mused | / | Verb | 
| music | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| muzzle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| name | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nascent | /x | Adjective | 
| newfound | // | Adjective | 
| nil | / | Noun | 
| numeral | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| nursery | /xx | Noun | 
| ola | /x | Name | 
| ole | / | Adjective, Name | 
| one | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| opening | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| opera | /x | Noun | 
| optimal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| origin | /xx | Noun | 
| original | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| overall | /xx | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| pace | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| parent | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| pedestal | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| periodic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| phasic | /x | Adjective | 
| phrase | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pitch | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| play | / | Verb, Noun | 
| poem | /x | Noun | 
| poet | /x | Noun | 
| point | / | Noun, Verb | 
| premier | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| premiere | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| premium | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| première | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| preparatory | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| preschool | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| previous | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| prim | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| prima | /x | Adjective | 
| primary | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| prime | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| primeval | x/x | Adjective | 
| primitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| principle | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| principled | /xx | Adjective | 
| prior | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| project | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| provisional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| punctuation | xx/x | Noun | 
| quatrain | xx | Noun | 
| rap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| reason | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| refrain | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| rhythm | /x | Noun | 
| rhythmical | /xx | Adjective | 
| riddle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| rim | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rime | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ring | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rite | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| ritual | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| scheme | / | Noun, Verb | 
| seed | / | Noun, Verb | 
| severance | /xx | Noun | 
| sign | / | Noun, Verb | 
| signature | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| simile | /xx | Noun | 
| song | / | Noun | 
| splash | / | Noun, Verb | 
| stanza | /x | Noun | 
| start | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| starter | /x | Noun | 
| startup | /x | Noun | 
