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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| government | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| city council | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| school board | // | Phrase, Noun |
| board of supervisors | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| council | /x | Noun |
| legislature | /xxx | Noun |
| legislative | /xxx | Noun |
| administration | xxx/x | Noun |
| federation | xx/x | Noun |
| polity | /xx | Noun |
| public administration | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| congress | /x | Name |
| political party | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| executive | x/xx | Noun |
| authority | x/xx | Noun |
| local government | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| executive branch | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| democracy | x/xx | Noun |
| legislative branch | /xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| statewide | /x | Adjective |
| ministry | /xx | Noun |
| politburo | /xxx | Name |
| legislation | xx/x | Noun |
| feds | / | Noun |
| city manager | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| agency | /xx | Noun |
| directorate | x/xx | Noun |
| embassy | /xx | Noun |
| trusteeship | x/x | Noun |
| bureaucracy | x/xx | Noun |
| presidium | x/xx | Noun |
| joint committee | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| administrative law | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| electoral college | x/xx/x | Name, Name |
| town manager | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| general assembly | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| subnational | //xx | Adjective |
| trade union | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| abdomen | x/x | Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| addressing | x/x | Noun |
| adiabatic | /xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| administer | x/xx | Verb |
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| administrator | x/xxx | Noun |
| affecting | x/x | Adjective |
| affiliated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| african | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| agent | /x | Noun |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| anatomy | x/xx | Noun |
| anglophone | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| apparatus | xx/x | Noun |
| applicable | /xxx | Adjective |
| apply | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| architecture | /xxx | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| arranges | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| arse | / | Noun, Verb |
| arsenal | /xx | Noun |
| assembly | x/x | Noun |
| association | xxx/x | Noun |
| astronaut | /xx | Noun |
| atom | /x | Noun |
| autopsy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| basin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beam | / | Noun, Verb |
| beater | /x | Noun |
| beautiful | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| belly | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bending | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| beneficiary | xx/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| bloc | / | Noun |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| bod | / | Noun |
| bodied | /x | Adjective |
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| bodyguard | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| bodywork | /xx | Noun |
| bole | / | Noun |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| brass | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| broadcaster | /xx | Noun |
| buff | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| build | / | Verb, Noun |
| builder | /x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| buns | / | Noun, Adjective |
| bureau | /x | Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| buttock | /x | Noun |
| cadaver | x/x | Noun |
| cadre | /x | Noun |
| calorimeter | /x/xx | Noun |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| car | / | Noun |
| carcase | /x | Noun |
| carcass | /x | Noun |
| carrion | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cashier | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cavity | /xx | Noun |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cervix | /x | Noun |
| chairing | /x | Verb |
| chamber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| charity | /xx | Noun |
| chassis | /x | Noun |
| checkout | /x | Noun |
| cheek | / | Noun, Verb |
| chest | / | Noun, Verb |
| chief | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| christendom | /xx | Name |
| christianity | xx/xx | Name |
| chromosome | /xx | Noun |
| circulatory system | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| clay | / | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| collective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| college | /x | Noun |
| colony | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| commission | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| committal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| committee | x/x | Noun |
| communicating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| companies | /xx | Noun |
| component | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| con | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| concerning | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| conference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| consistency | x/xx | Noun |
| constituency | x/xxx | Noun |
| constituent | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| constituting | /xxx | Verb |
| constitutive | /xxx | Adjective |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| coordinating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| corpora | /xx | Noun |
| corporal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| corporate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| corporation | xx/x | Noun |
| corps | / | Noun |
| corpse | / | Noun, Verb |
| court | / | Noun, Verb |
| covering | /xx | Noun |
| crate | / | Noun, Verb |
| creation | x/x | Noun |
| crotch | / | Noun, Verb |
| currency | /xx | Noun |
| cybernetic | /x/x | Adjective |
| cyborg | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| dealing | /x | Noun |
| deliberative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| delivery | x/xx | Noun |
| department | x/x | Noun |
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| determining | x/xx | Adjective |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| diaphragm | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| digestive system | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| dipole | /x | Noun |
| directing | x/x | Adjective |
| direction | x/x | Noun |
| directive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| director | x/x | Noun |
| disciplinary | /xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| dispensation | xx/x | Noun |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dorsum | /x | Noun |
| dosing | /x | Noun |
| driving | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| droplet | /x | Noun |
| enforceable | x/xx | Adjective |
| ensemble | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| entire | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| entity | /xx | Noun |
| especially | x/x | Adverb |
| establishment | x/xx | Noun |
| estate | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| exercise | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| fabric | /x | Noun, Verb |
| faculty | /xx | Noun |
| fat | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| federated | /xxx | Adjective |
| fermi | /x | Name |
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fitness | /x | Noun |
| flesh | / | Noun, Verb |
| floater | /x | Noun |
| flock | / | Noun, Verb |
| flung | / | Verb, Adjective |
| for | / | Noun |
| force | / | Noun, Verb |
| fork | / | Noun, Verb |
