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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| foster care | /x/  | Name, Name, Name  | 
| joint custody | //xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| acknowledgment | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| sole custody | //xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| access | /x  | Noun  | 
| paternity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| visitation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| affiliation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| family | /xx  | Noun  | 
| separation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| informed consent | x/x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| reception | x/x  | Noun  | 
| family court | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| blind trust | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| consent | x/  | Noun  | 
| legal separation | /xxx/x  | Name, Name  | 
| understanding | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| child support | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| privacy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| surrogate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| open door | /x/  | Phrase, Noun, Adjective  | 
| arrangement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| option | /x  | Noun  | 
| family law | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| behalf | x/  | Noun  | 
| guardianship | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| custody | /xx  | Noun  | 
| issue | /x  | Noun  | 
| handover | /xx  | Noun  | 
| entente cordiale | x/x/x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| bond | /  | Noun  | 
| approval | x/x  | Noun  | 
| protective order | x/x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| filiation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| secret ballot | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| birthright | /x  | Noun  | 
| recognizance | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| civil marriage | /x/x  | Name, Name  | 
| recognition | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| marital status | /xx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| admission | x/x  | Noun  | 
| conservatorship | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| alliance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| advancement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| consensus | x/x  | Noun  | 
| acceptance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| probate | /x  | Noun  | 
| marriage of convenience | /x/x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| permission | x/x  | Noun  | 
| power of attorney | /x/x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| inheritance | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| legal name | /x/  | Name, Name  | 
| avail | x/  | Noun  | 
| prenuptial agreement | x/xx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| disclosure | x/x  | Noun  | 
| family business | /xx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| abandonment | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| accession | x/x  | Noun  | 
| covenant | /xx  | Noun  | 
| agreement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| admittance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| partnership | /xx  | Noun  | 
| opinion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| comity | /xx  | Noun  | 
| letter of intent | /x/x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| courtesy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| courtesy title | /xx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| organization | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| nationality | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| clearance | /x  | Noun  | 
| offer | /x  | Noun  | 
| addition | x/x  | Noun  | 
| conciliation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| convention | x/x  | Noun  | 
| maintenance | /xx  | Noun  | 
| consultation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| legal representative | /xxx/xx  | Name, Name  | 
| probate court | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| obligation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| election | x/x  | Noun  | 
| citizen | /xx  | Noun  | 
| organ | /x  | Noun  | 
| memorandum of association | xx/x/xxx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| accordance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| cooperation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| supervision | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| letter of attorney | /x/x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| governance | /xx  | Noun  | 
| age of consent | //x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| marriage | /x  | Noun  | 
| post | /  | Noun  | 
| amnesty | /xx  | Noun  | 
| reference | /xx  | Noun  | 
| formality | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| agency | /xx  | Noun  | 
| abolition | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| abram | x/  | Name, Adjective  | 
| abrogation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| accept | x/  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| accessible | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| accreditation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| acquiescence | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| action | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| active | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| adaptation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| adaption | x/x  | Noun  | 
| address | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| adherence | x/x  | Noun  | 
| adopt | x/  | Verb  | 
| adoptee | x//  | Noun  | 
| adoptions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| adoptive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| advent | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| afford | x/  | Verb  | 
| agape | x/  | Noun, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| agreed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| air | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ajar | x/  | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| alive | x/  | Adjective  | 
| allow | x/  | Verb  | 
| amenable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| aperture | /xx  | Noun  | 
| application | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| approachable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| approbation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| appropriate | x/xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| appropriation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| approve | x/  | Verb  | 
| archival | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| arid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| artless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| assent | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| assumption | x/x  | Noun  | 
| attentive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| audience | /xx  | Noun  | 
| authorisation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| authorization | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| available | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| azo | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| backwards | /x  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| bald | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| baseline | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| began | x/  | Verb  | 
| biodiversity | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| biopsychosocial | /x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| blank | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| blanket | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| blatant | /x  | Adjective  | 
| blaze | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| blessing | /x  | Noun  | 
| blog | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bluntly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| book | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| borderless | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| borrowing | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bosom | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| breach | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| break open | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| bridged | /  | Adjective  | 
| bring | /  | Verb  | 
| broad | /  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| broaden | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| broken | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| builds | /  | Verb  | 
| burnt | /  | Adjective  | 
| bushels | /x  | Noun  | 
| called | /  | Adjective  | 
| can | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| candid | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| carriage | /x  | Noun  | 
| central | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| championship | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| changeover | /xx  | Noun  | 
| civil | /x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| clear | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun  | 
| clinical | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| close | /  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| coarse | /  | Adjective  | 
| commence | x/  | Verb  | 
| commencement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| commercialization | xxxx/x  | Noun  | 
| completion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| conclusion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| concur | x/  | Verb  | 
| concurrence | x/x  | Noun  | 
| conduct | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| confirmation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| conquest | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| conspicuous | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| constricted | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| convene | x/  | Verb  | 
| cornelius | x/x  | Name  | 
| covert | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| crack | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| create | x/  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| creation | x/x  | Noun  | 
| decision | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| declared | x/  | Adjective  | 
| dependence | x/x  | Noun  | 
| dependency | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| development | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| direct | x/  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| discharge | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| disclose | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| discovered | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| dismantling | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| display | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| disposed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| domestication | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| door | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| dozens | /x  | Noun  | 
| dry | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| dusty | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| ecological | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| elaboration | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| eligible | /xxx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| embark | x/  | Verb  | 
| embrace | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| empty | /x  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| enact | x/  | Verb  | 
| enactment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| endorse | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| endorsement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| engage | x/  | Verb  | 
| enlightened | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| enlistment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| enter | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| enunciation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| environmental | xxx/x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| espousal | x/x  | Noun  | 
| establish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| establishment | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| expand | x/  | Verb  | 
| expansive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| explicit | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| exposed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| favour | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| flagrant | /x  | Adjective  | 
| flank | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| flexible | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| floating | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| fold | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
