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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| burst | / | Verb, Noun |
| abound | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| glowering | /xx | Verb |
| snarling | /x | Verb |
| bristly | /x | Adjective |
| quivering | /xx | Verb |
| brimming | /x | Verb |
| spiky | /x | Adjective |
| jutting | /x | Verb |
| barbed | / | Adjective |
| gleaming | /x | Verb |
| glinting | /x | Verb |
| seething | /x | Verb |
| towering | /xx | Noun |
| luxuriant | x/xx | Adjective |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| prickling | /x | Noun |
| buttressed | /x | Verb |
| glistening | /xx | Verb |
| brandishing | /xx | Verb |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| resplendent | x/x | Adjective |
| roiling | /x | Adjective |
| glittering | /xx | Verb |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| scowling | /x | Verb |
| thrumming | /x | Noun |
| swaggering | /xx | Verb |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| skittering | /xx | Noun |
| wreathed | / | Adjective |
| coiled | / | Adjective |
| sneering | /x | Verb |
| brash | / | Noun |
| ferocity | x/xx | Noun |
| crackling | /x | Noun |
| growling | /x | Verb |
| darting | /x | Verb |
| vitriolic | xx/x | Noun |
| blazing | /x | Adjective |
| ebullient | x/x | Adjective |
| bridled | /x | Adjective |
| laced | / | Adjective |
| wiry | /x | Adjective |
| shorn | / | Noun |
| swirling | /x | Verb |
| punctuating | /xxx | Verb |
| burgeoning | /xx | Verb |
| fulsome | /x | Adjective |
| awash | x/ | Noun |
| vehement | /xx | Adjective |
| lashing | /x | Verb |
| brooding | /x | Noun |
| quavering | /xx | Adjective |
| sheathed | / | Adjective |
| sinewy | /xx | Adjective |
| jangling | /xx | Noun |
| clashing | /x | Noun |
| pulsating | /xx | Noun |
| ruffling | /xx | Verb |
| flagged | / | Adjective |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| flocked | / | Verb |
| furred | / | Adjective |
| brindle | /x | Noun |
| brushy | /x | Name |
| tufted | /x | Adjective |
| bearded | /x | Adjective |
| toothed | / | Adjective |
| hairy | /x | Adjective |
| curly | /x | Adjective |
| shaven | /x | Noun |
| haired | / | Adjective |
| bald | / | Noun |
| bushy | /x | Noun |
| horned | / | Adjective |
| ribbed | / | Adjective |
| stinging | /x | Adjective |
| combed | / | Verb |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| prickly | /x | Adjective |
| ridged | / | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| mustache | /x | Noun |
| mane | / | Noun |
| eyebrows | /x | Noun |
| brows | / | Noun |
| fortress | /x | Noun |
| weeds | / | Noun |
| crest | / | Noun |
| cut | / | Noun |
| forest | /x | Noun |
| mass | / | Noun |
| head | / | Noun |
| presence | /x | Noun |
| wall | / | Noun |
| letter | /x | Noun |
| pigtail | /x | Noun |
| rippling | /xx | Noun |
| tassels | /x | Noun |
| auburn | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bamboo | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bangs | / | Noun |
| blob | / | Noun, Verb |
| blond | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| bunches | /x | Noun |
| clipped | / | Adjective |
| cloud | / | Noun, Verb |
| dishevelled | x/x | Adjective |
| dun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| erection | x/x | Noun |
| fleece | / | Noun, Verb |
| humps | / | Noun |
| matted | /x | Adjective |
| mop | / | Noun, Verb |
| outcropping | //x | Noun |
| plait | / | Noun, Verb |
| reminiscent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rock | / | Noun, Verb |
| scraggly | /x | Adjective |
| shadow | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| shaggy | /x | Adjective |
| silky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| singed | / | Verb, Adjective |
| straggling | /xx | Noun |
| tousled | / | Adjective |
| unkempt | x/ | Adjective |
| wispy | /x | Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pigeon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sfa | x | Name |
| salad | /x | Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
