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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| central nervous system | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| brain | / | Noun |
| brain stem | // | Phrase, Noun |
| meninges | xxx | Noun |
| neuroanatomy | /xx/xx | Noun |
| cerebrospinal fluid | /x//x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| compartment | x/x | Noun |
| peripheral nervous system | x/xx/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| ventral nerve cord | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| autonomic nervous system | xx/x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| spinal cord | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| medulla oblongata | x/xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| internal carotid artery | x/xx/x/xx | Name, Name |
| medulla | x/x | Noun |
| ventricle | x/x | Noun |
| hypothalamus | xxx/x | Noun |
| cerebrum | x/x | Noun |
| endothelium | xx/xx | Noun |
| media | /xx | Noun |
| neural network | /x/x | Name, Name |
| mantle | /x | Noun |
| cerebral cortex | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| bone marrow | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| oblongata | /x/x | Noun |
| forebrain | /x | Noun |
| bulb | / | Noun |
| basal | /x | Noun |
| subdural hematoma | x/x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| nephron | /x | Noun |
| umbilical cord | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| glomerulus | /xxx | Noun |
| hindbrain | /x | Noun |
| diencephalon | x/xx | Noun |
| parasympathetic nervous system | xxxx/x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| central retinal artery | /x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| midbrain | /x | Noun |
| pituitary | x/xxx | Noun |
| vegetative nervous system | xx/x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| posterior communicating artery | x/xxx/xxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| glia | xx | Noun |
| anterior communicating artery | x/xxx/xxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| lung | / | Noun |
| choroid | /x | Noun |
| respiratory system | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| collateral | x/xx | Noun |
| nerve | / | Noun |
| mater | /x | Noun |
| barrel | /x | Noun |
| sinusoid | /xx | Noun |
| artery | /xx | Noun |
| chemoreceptor trigger zone | /x/x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| chorion | /xx | Noun |
| commissure | x/x | Noun |
| body fluid | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| insula | /xx | Noun |
| limbic system | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| jugular vein | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| iter | xx | Noun |
| hepatic portal vein | x/x/x/ | Name, Name |
| neocortex | xx/x | Noun |
| plexus | /x | Noun |
| brown adipose tissue | //xx/x | Name, Name |
| pineal gland | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| external carotid artery | x/xx/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| rete | x | Noun |
| hemisphere | /xx | Noun |
| advantage | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| anti | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| apartheid | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| backstop | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrera | x/x | Name |
| barricade | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| barriers | /xx | Noun |
| biomimetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| blockade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| blockage | /x | Noun |
| boom | / | Noun, Verb |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bottleneck | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| boundary | /xx | Noun |
| brake | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakwater | /xx | Noun |
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb |
| buffer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulkhead | /x | Noun |
| bulwark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burden | /x | Noun, Verb |
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| checkpoint | /x | Noun, Verb |
| combinational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| containment | x/x | Noun |
| cord | / | Noun, Verb |
| cordon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| curtain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dam | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| demarcation | xx/x | Noun |
| deterrent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| dielectric | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| dike | / | Noun, Verb |
| disability | xx/xx | Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| discriminate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| disincentive | xx/x | Noun |
| dispersive | x/x | Adjective |
| dissipative | /xxx | Adjective |
| divide | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| doped | / | Adjective |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| electrode | x/x | Noun |
| epitaxial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| estrangement | x/x | Noun |
| fence | / | Noun, Verb |
| fender | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ferroelectric | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| frontier | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| gate | / | Noun, Verb |
| grate | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| groin | / | Noun, Verb |
| handicap | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hedge | / | Noun, Verb |
| hindered | /x | Verb |
| hindrance | /x | Noun |
| hitch | / | Noun, Verb |
| hurdle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| impairment | x/x | Noun |
| impedance | x/x | Noun |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| impeding | x/x | Adjective |
| inducement | x/x | Noun |
| interference | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| jetty | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| language barrier | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| lanyard | /x | Noun |
| layer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| leap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| levee | /x | Noun, Verb |
| limit | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| limitation | xx/x | Noun |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lossy | /x | Adjective |
| mark | / | Noun, Verb |
| membrane | /x | Noun |
| mole | / | Noun, Verb |
| mur | x | Verb |
| night | / | Noun, Verb |
| nonlinear | x/xx | Adjective |
| nuisance | /x | Noun |
| obstacle | /xx | Noun |
| obstruction | x/x | Noun |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| overlay | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| panel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| parapet | /xx | Noun |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| prejudice | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| prevented | x/x | Verb |
| prey | / | Noun, Verb |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| rail | / | Noun, Verb |
| rampart | /x | Noun, Verb |
| reef | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| restriction | x/x | Noun |
| road | / | Noun, Adjective |
| roadblock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| safeguard | /x | Verb, Noun |
| scattering | /xx | Noun |
| screen | / | Noun, Verb |
| seawall | /x | Noun |
| secession | x/x | Noun |
| semipermeable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| separating | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| separation | xx/x | Noun |
| setback | /x | Noun |
| shelf | / | Noun, Verb |
| shield | / | Noun, Verb |
| silicon | /xx | Noun |
| sound | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| starting gate | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| surveyed | x/ | Verb |
| threshold | /x | Noun |
| viscoelastic | x/x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| visor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| wail | / | Noun, Verb |
| wall | / | Noun, Verb |
| watertight | /xx | Adjective |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| weir | / | Noun |
| wing | / | Noun, Verb |
