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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| speaking | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| speech | / | Noun | 
| lecturing | /xx | Noun | 
| oratory | /xxx | Noun | 
| elocution | xx/x | Noun | 
| wording | /x | Noun | 
| utterance | /xx | Noun | 
| vocalization | /xx/x | Noun | 
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun | 
| addressing | x/x | Verb | 
| speaker | /x | Noun | 
| talking | /x | Verb | 
| conversation | xx/x | Noun | 
| voice | / | Noun | 
| delivery | x/xx | Noun | 
| verbatim | x/x | Adjective | 
| diction | /x | Noun | 
| pronouncing | x/x | Verb | 
| grammar | /x | Noun | 
| uttering | /xx | Verb | 
| specifying | /xxx | Verb | 
| declamation | xx/x | Noun | 
| stating | /x | Verb | 
| telling | /x | Verb | 
| verbalization | /xx/x | Noun | 
| enunciation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| language | /x | Noun | 
| phrasing | /x | Noun | 
| verbiage | /xx | Noun | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| usage | /x | Noun | 
| oral | /x | Adjective | 
| dictation | x/x | Noun | 
| transcript | /x | Noun | 
| dialog | /xx | Noun | 
| dialogue | /xx | Noun | 
| monologue | /xx | Noun | 
| pronouncement | x/x | Noun | 
| articulation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| taxis | /x | Noun | 
| communication | xxx/x | Noun | 
| narration | x/x | Noun | 
| tongue | / | Noun | 
| sound system | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun | 
| colloquy | /xx | Noun | 
| baby talk | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| pronunciation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| parlance | /x | Noun | 
| form | / | Noun | 
| exposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| asserting | x/x | Verb | 
| definition | xx/x | Noun | 
| word of mouth | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| performative | x/xx | Adjective | 
| message | /x | Noun | 
| force | / | Noun | 
| deliberative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| accommodation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| listening | /xx | Verb | 
| eulogy | /xx | Noun | 
| greeting | /x | Noun | 
| signing | /x | Noun | 
| locution | x/x | Noun | 
| mouthing | /x | Noun | 
| performance | x/x | Noun | 
| writing | /x | Noun | 
| pattern | /x | Noun | 
| idiom | /xx | Noun | 
| description | x/x | Noun | 
| coherence | x/x | Noun | 
| persuasion | x/x | Noun | 
| declaration | xx/x | Noun | 
| formulation | xx/x | Noun | 
| prescription | x/x | Noun | 
| propriety | x/xx | Noun | 
| eloquence | /xx | Noun | 
| production | x/x | Noun | 
| punctuation | xx/x | Noun | 
| speaking terms | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| parol | xx | Noun | 
| sound | / | Noun | 
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| acadian | x/xx | Name, Adjective | 
| access | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| acting | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| administration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| advantaged | x/x | Adjective | 
| advertising | /xxx | Noun | 
| affluent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| agency | /xx | Noun | 
| amerindian | xx/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| anglophone | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| audience | /xx | Noun | 
| authentic | x/x | Adjective | 
| available | x/xx | Adjective | 
| awareness | x/x | Noun | 
| bankers | /x | Noun | 
| bathroom | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| budgetary | /xxx | Adjective | 
| burger | /x | Noun | 
| calling | /x | Noun | 
| canada | /xx | Name | 
| canadians | x/xx | Name | 
| capitalists | /xxx | Noun | 
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| choosing | /x | Noun | 
| cinemas | /xx | Noun | 
| citizen | /xx | Noun | 
| citizenry | /xxx | Noun | 
| citizenship | /xxx | Noun | 
| civic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| clientele | xx/ | Noun | 
| clint | / | Name | 
| cognate | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| collective | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| commenting | /xx | Noun | 
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| communal | x/x | Adjective | 
| community | x/xx | Noun | 
| company | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| concerned | x/ | Adjective | 
| consultation | xx/x | Noun | 
| consumer | x/x | Noun | 
| contacting | /xx | Verb | 
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| corporation | xx/x | Noun | 
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| court | / | Noun, Verb | 
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| crowd | / | Noun, Verb | 
| crown | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| dailies | /x | Noun | 
| dealing | /x | Noun | 
| debating | x/x | Noun | 
| delivering | x/xx | Noun | 
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective | 
| disclosure | x/x | Noun | 
| discussing | x/x | Verb | 
| discussion | x/x | Noun | 
| display | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| disputation | x//x | Noun | 
| dissemination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| domain | x/ | Noun | 
| electorate | x/xx | Noun | 
| enemy | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| exercising | /xxx | Noun | 
| expressing | x/x | Adjective | 
| eye | / | Noun, Verb | 
| federal | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| felling | /x | Noun | 
| financed | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| fiscal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| floor | / | Noun, Verb | 
| formal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| generalised | /xx | Adjective | 
| generic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| gong | / | Noun, Verb | 
| government | /xx | Noun | 
| hall | / | Noun | 
| health | / | Noun | 
| himself | x/ | Noun | 
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective | 
| in the public eye | xx/x/ | Phrase | 
| information | xx/x | Noun | 
| intellectuals | xx/xx | Noun | 
| interest | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| interpretation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| intervener | xx/x | Noun | 
| intervening | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| intervenor | xx/x | Noun | 
| joint | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| knowing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| kung | / | Name | 
| law | / | Noun, Verb | 
| library | /xx | Noun | 
| libyan | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| literate | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| logging | /x | Noun | 
| looking | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| mainstream | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| mass | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| mentioning | /xx | Verb, Noun | 
| mercantile | /xx | Adjective | 
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| mouthpiece | /x | Noun | 
| mullah | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| mumbling | /xx | Noun | 
| municipal | x/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| muttering | /xx | Noun | 
| names | / | Noun | 
| national | /xx | Name, Adjective | 
| needy | /x | Adjective | 
| newspapers | /xx | Noun | 
| nonfederal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| nonmilitary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| nonpublic | x/x | Adjective | 
| nonwhite | // | Adjective, Noun | 
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| notice | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| nuisance | /x | Noun | 
| occurring | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| officer | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| official | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| opinion | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective | 
| orators | /xx | Noun | 
| original | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| outreach | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| overall | /xx | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| overt | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| park | / | Noun, Verb | 
| people | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| perspective | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| place | / | Noun, Verb | 
| player | /x | Noun | 
| plenary | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| policy | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| politic | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| political | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| poorest | /x | Adjective | 
| pop | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| populace | /xx | Noun | 
| popular | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| population | xx/x | Noun | 
| praying | /x | Noun | 
| preaching | /x | Noun | 
| presentation | xx/x | Noun | 
| presenter | /xx | Noun | 
| press | / | Noun, Verb | 
| principality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| private | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| procurement | x/x | Noun | 
| prosecutor | /xxx | Noun | 
| pubic | /x | Adjective | 
| publication | xx/x | Noun | 
| publicity | x/xx | Noun | 
