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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| lawmaking | /xx | Noun, Noun | 
| legislating | /xxx | Noun, Noun, Verb | 
| legislative | /xxx | Noun | 
| bill | / | Noun | 
| amendment | x/x | Noun | 
| legislature | /xxx | Noun | 
| reform | x/ | Noun | 
| laws | / | Noun | 
| regulation | xx/x | Noun | 
| enactment | x/x | Noun | 
| provision | x/x | Noun | 
| policy | /xx | Noun | 
| enforcement | x/x | Noun | 
| statute | /x | Noun | 
| legislator | /xxx | Noun | 
| repeal | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| proposal | x/x | Noun | 
| initiatives | x/xx | Noun | 
| lobbying | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| codification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| enacted | x/x | Verb | 
| antidiscrimination | xxxxx/x | Noun | 
| constitution | xx/x | Noun | 
| government | /xx | Noun | 
| passage | /x | Noun | 
| protections | x/x | Noun | 
| implementation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| mandate | /x | Noun | 
| parliament | /xx | Noun | 
| taxation | x/x | Noun | 
| rulemaking | /xx | Noun | 
| congress | /x | Name | 
| ordinance | /xx | Noun | 
| promulgation | x/xx | Noun | 
| zoning | /x | Noun | 
| prescription | x/x | Noun | 
| legislative session | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| reading | /x | Noun | 
| jurisdiction | xx/x | Noun | 
| govern | /x | Verb | 
| rule | / | Noun | 
| code | / | Noun | 
| assembly | x/x | Noun | 
| commitment | x/x | Noun | 
| sitting | /x | Verb | 
| governance | /xx | Noun | 
| lawyering | /xx | Noun | 
| establishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| constitutional law | xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| legal action | /x/x | Name, Name | 
| passing | /x | Noun | 
| gazette | x/ | Name | 
| statute book | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| law of the land | //x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| law and order | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| settlement | /xx | Noun | 
| politics | /xx | Noun | 
| public policy | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| jurisprudence | xx/x | Noun | 
| criminal law | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| proposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| decision | x/x | Noun | 
| administration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| house of assembly | //x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| procedure | x/x | Noun | 
| prosecution | xx/x | Noun | 
| legation | x/x | Noun | 
| superintendence | xxx/x | Noun | 
| execution | xx/x | Noun | 
| chamber | /x | Noun | 
| constitutionalism | xx/xxxx | Noun | 
| statutes at large | /x// | Phrase, Noun | 
| reservation | xx/x | Noun | 
| recordation | /x/x | Noun | 
| action | /x | Noun | 
| purview | /x | Noun | 
| indictment | x/x | Noun | 
| motion | /x | Noun | 
| lower chamber | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| judgment | /x | Noun | 
| obligation | xx/x | Noun | 
| operation | xx/x | Noun | 
| public administration | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| administrative law | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| injunction | x/x | Noun | 
| regimen | /xx | Noun | 
| practice | /x | Noun | 
| constitutionality | xxxx/xx | Noun | 
| first reading | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| proscription | x/x | Noun | 
| sanction | /x | Noun | 
| lawfulness | /xx | Noun | 
| regime | x/ | Noun | 
| upper chamber | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| registry | /xx | Noun | 
| form | / | Noun | 
| status | /x | Noun | 
| arrangement | x/x | Noun | 
| article | /xx | Noun | 
| proceeding | x/x | Noun | 
| sumptuary | /xxx | Adjective | 
| landmark | /x | Adjective | 
| delegated | /xxx | Adjective, Verb | 
| veto | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| hayek | /x | Name | 
| enabling | x/xx | Verb | 
| drafting | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| outlawing | /xx | Verb | 
| authorizing | /xxx | Verb | 
| anticlerical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| amending | x/x | Verb | 
| stricter | /x | Adverb | 
| pending | /x | Verb | 
| retroactive | xx/x | Adjective | 
| harmonization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective | 
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective | 
| antitrust | xx/ | Adjective | 
| spate | / | Noun | 
| omnibus | /xx | Adjective | 
| morals | /x | Noun | 
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective | 
| repressive | x/x | Adjective | 
| permissive | x/x | Adjective | 
| adjudication | xxx/x | Noun | 
| protectionist | x/xx | Adjective | 
| deuteronomic | x/x/x | Adjective | 
| unconstitutional | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| banning | /x | Verb | 
| prohibiting | x/xx | Verb | 
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun | 
| approvals | x/x | Noun | 
| arizona | xx/x | Name | 
| campaigns | x/ | Noun | 
| charters | /x | Noun | 
| commissions | x/x | Noun | 
| confirmation | xx/x | Noun | 
| corporation | xx/x | Noun | 
| decree | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| diploma | x/x | Noun | 
| directive | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| droit | / | Noun | 
| entitled | x/x | Adjective | 
| entitlement | x/xx | Noun | 
| example | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| foyer | /x | Noun | 
| furniture | /xx | Noun | 
| instance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| instrument | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| juridical | /xxx | Adjective | 
| legal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| leis | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ley | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| marriage | /x | Noun | 
| norm | / | Noun, Verb | 
| normative | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| occupational safety and health act | xx/xxxxxxx | Name, Noun | 
| osha | /x | Name | 
| parliamentary | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| patents | /x | Noun | 
| piece | / | Noun, Verb | 
| polices | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| poo | / | Noun, Verb | 
| regulating | /xxx | Noun | 
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| statutory | /xxx | Adjective | 
| sunshine | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| text | / | Noun, Verb | 
| treaties | /x | Noun | 
| washington | /xx | Name | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| cloth | / | Noun | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| oh | / | Noun, Verb | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
