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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| lingo | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| jargon | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| slang | / | Noun, Noun | 
| common | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| informal | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| vulgar | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adjective | 
| cant | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| argot | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| patois | x/ | Noun, Noun | 
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| lexicon | /xx | Noun | 
| idiom | /xx | Noun | 
| language | /x | Noun | 
| parlance | /x | Noun | 
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun | 
| vulgate | /x | Name | 
| vocabulary | x/xxx | Noun | 
| terminology | xx/xx | Noun | 
| style | / | Noun | 
| contemporary | x/xxx | Noun | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| urban | /x | Name | 
| poetics | x/x | Noun | 
| discourse | /x | Noun | 
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| architectural | xx/xx | Noun | 
| literary | /xxx | Noun | 
| archaic | x/x | Name | 
| modern | /x | Noun | 
| traditional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| architecture | /xxx | Noun, Verb | 
| liturgical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| lexicography | xx/xx | Noun | 
| postmodern | x/x | Noun | 
| orthography | x/xx | Noun | 
| culture | /x | Noun | 
| demotic | x/x | Name | 
| folk | / | Noun | 
| nomenclature | /xxx | Noun | 
| stylistics | x/x | Noun | 
| conversational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| mainstream | /x | Noun | 
| literature | /xxx | Noun | 
| prose | / | Noun | 
| diction | /x | Noun | 
| sensibility | xx/xx | Noun | 
| pejorative | x/xx | Adjective | 
| locution | x/x | Noun | 
| poetry | /xx | Noun | 
| iconography | xx/xx | Noun | 
| ecclesiastical | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| idiosyncrasy | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| phrase | / | Noun | 
| usages | /xx | Noun | 
| inflections | x/x | Noun | 
| lingua franca | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| mother tongue | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| native | /x | Noun | 
| leed | / | Name | 
| tongue | / | Noun | 
| denizen | /xx | Noun | 
| racy | /x | Adjective | 
| slavonic | x/x | Name, Adjective | 
| spoken | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| lapsing | /x | Verb | 
| tuscan | /x | Adjective | 
| latin | /x | Name | 
| taming | /x | Verb | 
| aramaic | /x/x | Adjective | 
| illustrious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| nonstandard | x/x | Adjective | 
| liturgy | /xx | Noun | 
| scots | / | Adjective | 
| translating | x/x | Verb | 
| yiddish | /x | Adjective | 
| castilian | x/x | Adjective | 
| translations | x/x | Noun | 
| florentine | /xx | Adjective | 
| relapsing | x/x | Verb | 
| sanskrit | /x | Name | 
| preaching | /x | Verb | 
| scriptures | /x | Noun | 
| sermons | /x | Noun | 
| couched | / | Verb | 
| written | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| jamaican | x/x | Adjective | 
| hymns | / | Noun | 
| speakers | /x | Noun | 
| converse | /x | Verb | 
| homely | /x | Adjective | 
| english | /x | Name | 
| literacy | /xxx | Noun | 
| earthy | /x | Adjective | 
| whisky | /x | Noun | 
| creole | /x | Adjective | 
| names | / | Verb | 
| hebrew | /x | Name | 
| ukrainian | x/xx | Adjective | 
| recited | x/x | Verb | 
| slavic | /x | Adjective | 
| scottish | /x | Adjective | 
| mastery | /xx | Noun | 
| prayers | / | Noun | 
| hindi | /x | Adjective | 
| versed | / | Verb | 
| sung | / | Verb | 
| composing | x/x | Verb | 
| rustic | /x | Adjective | 
| use | / | Noun | 
| slipping | /x | Verb | 
| ear | / | Noun | 
| texts | / | Noun | 
| italian | x/x | Adjective | 
| quaint | / | Adjective | 
| enrich | x/ | Verb | 
| arabic | /xx | Adjective | 
| medium | /xx | Noun | 
| rhythms | /x | Noun | 
| australian | x/x | Adjective | 
| colorful | /xx | Adjective | 
| amharic | //x | Name | 
| art | / | Noun | 
| artists | /x | Noun | 
| currently | /xx | Adverb | 
| folklore | /x | Noun | 
| folktale | /x | Noun | 
| folkways | /x | Noun | 
| gaelic | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| hellenic | x/x | Name, Adjective | 
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| legend | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| local | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| marathi | x/x | Name, Adjective | 
| mixing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| mores | /x | Noun | 
| nahuatl | /xx | Name | 
| pali | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| pronunciation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| proverb | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| syriac | /xx | Name, Adjective | 
| telugu | /xx | Name | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cloth | / | Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
