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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| leap year | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| intercalation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| just a second | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| second | /x  | Noun  | 
| second hand | /x/  | Phrase, Noun, Adjective  | 
| calendar year | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| every second | /xx/x  | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| standard time | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| minute | /x  | Noun  | 
| meanwhile | /x  | Adverb  | 
| hour | /x  | Noun  | 
| clock | /  | Noun  | 
| minute hand | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| moment | /x  | Noun  | 
| interval | /xx  | Noun  | 
| timekeeping | /xx  | Noun  | 
| epoch | /x  | Noun  | 
| year | /  | Noun  | 
| time | /  | Noun  | 
| period | /xx  | Noun  | 
| time of year | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| anniversary | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| time lag | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| time zone | /x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| local time | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| time of day | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| lapse | /  | Noun  | 
| timer | /x  | Noun  | 
| time warp | //  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| just a minute | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| calendar | /xx  | Noun  | 
| meantime | /x  | Noun  | 
| frame | /  | Noun  | 
| rate | /  | Noun  | 
| month | /  | Noun  | 
| borrowed time | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| biennium | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| point | /  | Noun  | 
| cycle | /x  | Noun  | 
| millennium | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| mean time | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| short time | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| new year | //  | Name, Name  | 
| overtime | /xx  | Noun  | 
| term | /  | Noun  | 
| date | /  | Noun  | 
| countdown | /x  | Noun  | 
| subjective time | x/x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| tempo | /x  | Noun  | 
| season | /x  | Noun  | 
| distance | /x  | Noun  | 
| long weekend | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| biennial | x/xx  | Name  | 
| space | /  | Noun  | 
| timescale | /x  | Noun  | 
| tide | /  | Noun  | 
| count | /  | Noun  | 
| gap year | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| time clock | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| calendar month | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| decade | x/  | Noun  | 
| complication | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| triennial | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| duration | //x  | Noun  | 
| snooze button | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| rotation | x/x  | Noun  | 
| week | /  | Noun  | 
| creep | /  | Noun  | 
| phase | /  | Noun  | 
| semester | x/x  | Noun  | 
| pause | /  | Noun  | 
| time limit | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| instant | /x  | Noun  | 
| time frame | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| climacteric | x//x  | Noun  | 
| interim | /xx  | Noun  | 
| today | x/  | Noun  | 
| spare time | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| chronological age | xx/xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| quarter | /x  | Noun  | 
| speed | /  | Noun  | 
| occasion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| fiscal year | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| motion | /x  | Noun  | 
| abet | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| accordance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| act | /  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| additional | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| advance | x/  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| afterwards | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| again | x/  | Adverb  | 
| ago | x/  | Adverb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| aide | /  | Noun  | 
| also | /x  | Adverb  | 
| alternate | /xx  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| alternative | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| andre | /x  | Name  | 
| another | x/x  | Name  | 
| approximate | x/xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| back | /  | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| barrier | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| besides | x/  | Adverb  | 
| best | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| bit | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| blade | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| blow | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| bond | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| boom | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| boost | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| bounce | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| bound | /  | Verb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| break | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| breakthrough | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| bump | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| burst | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| caper | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cataclysmic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| climax | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| climb | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| commercial | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| compartment | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| con | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| constructed | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| crash | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| cross | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| culmination | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| dash | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| depression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| deuce | /  | Noun  | 
| different | /xx  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| dive | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| double | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| drop | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| drought | /  | Noun  | 
| dual | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| earthquake | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| easter | /x  | Name, Verb, Adjective  | 
| eighth | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| eleventh | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| else | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| endorse | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| endorsement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| epochal | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| eventful | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| ex | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| exec | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| extra | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| eye | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fall | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| famine | /x  | Noun  | 
| fifteen | x/  | Noun  | 
| fifth | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| fiftieth | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| first | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| flash | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| flicker | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| followed | /x  | Verb  | 
| forward | /x  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| fourteen | //  | Noun  | 
| fourth | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| frog | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| furlough | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| further | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| furthermore | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| giant | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| graduate | /xx  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| hand | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| happier | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| heartbeat | /x  | Noun  | 
| high | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| hop | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| hurdle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| increase | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| intermediate | xx/xx  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| irregular | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| jiffy | /x  | Noun  | 
| jolt | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| jumped | /  | Verb  | 
| junior | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| last | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun  | 
| later | /x  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| latter | /x  | Adjective  | 
| leaped | /  | Verb  | 
| leapfrog | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| little | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| long | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| lunge | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mate | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mentioned | /x  | Verb  | 
| middle | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| millisecond | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| moreover | x/x  | Adverb  | 
| move | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| mutation | x/x  | Noun  | 
| new | /  | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb  | 
| new york minute | ///x  | Name, Name  | 
| next | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| nitrogen | /xx  | Noun  | 
| none | /  | Noun, Adverb  | 
| not | /  | Adverb, Noun  | 
| note | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| one | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| ordinal | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| other | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| over | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| pale | /  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| passage | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| per | /  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| pinpoint | /x  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| placed | /  | Adjective  | 
| plunge | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| postwar | //  | Adjective  | 
| pounce | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| progress | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| psychological moment | xx/xx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| push | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| qualitative | /xxx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| reagan | /x  | Name  | 
| rebound | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| recoil | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ricochet | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| rise | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| rush | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| salt | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| sec | /  | Noun  | 
| second base | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| secondarily | xx/xx  | Adverb  | 
| secondment | /xx  | Noun  | 
| secondo | /xx  | Noun  | 
| serving | /x  | Noun  | 
| seventh | /x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| shift | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sixth | /  | Adjective, Name, Verb  | 
| ski jump | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| skip | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| soars | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| soli | /x  | Noun  | 
| sophomore | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
