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2 syllable words

diction

fiction

friction

emption

gumption

christian

experts

flexion

misprint

section

suction

children

fission

freshen

despairs

hessian

sexton

session

mission

exports

misprints

citron

ibsen

dispair

piston

spearman

stepson

whitson

disperse

shipman

despair

function

expired

junction

torsion

traction

glisten

gentian

wiccan

pension

sicken

martian

portion

mention

listen

option

question

lesson

quicken

lessen

tension

stricken

thicken

freshman

chicken

christen

caption

auction

bisson

action

faction

fraction

dispersed

expert

ashen

disprove

russian

caxton

expire

homespun

spokesman

ration

station

nation

vision

aspirin

desperate

dustman

lampron

pigeon

grecian

doctrine

cushion

fashion

haitian

kitchen

passion

prussian

tungsten

airman

apron

arson

aspen

billion

billman

bookman

claxon

clinton

jetson

oxen

trillion

keelson

kelson

minion

nekton

parson

pitman

stillion

million

crimson

pillion

chairman

linden

lynden

mignon

pectin

chessman

lisbon

milken

pinion

sequin

pressman

saxon

shearman

sylvan

teston

tillman

silken

whispers

gilden

tuscan

ensign

export

huntsman

marksman

sanction

lakefront

bastion

mansion

brethren

dungeon

luncheon

dutchman

flashgun

belgian

bushman

faustian

fortune

georgian

engine

margin

rincon

beacon

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

breton

briton

charon

cheapen

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

devon

driven

felon

gibbon

given

glidden

griffon

marron

mitten

prison

heaven

leaden

leaven

ledden

ninon

heron

hidden

jetton

kitten

lemon

linen

reckon

redden

melon

perron

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

seven

smitten

striven

stiffen

threaten

vegan

villain

weaken

weapon

whisper

women

written

postman

strengthen

portman

cauldron

horseman

lengthen

yachtsman

scotsman

bordman

capstan

oarsman

statesman

seedsman

henchman

lesion

ocean

urchin

bludgeon

burgeon

caution

heathen

legion

region

gudgeon

dudgeon

earthen

persian

potion

sturgeon

motion

lotion

notion

version

surgeon

acton

austin

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

boston

brakeman

bullion

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

chevron

chieftain

classman

copeman

corban

cordon

dampen

damson

darken

desman

dobson

draftsman

esprit

craftsman

fibrin

fielden

fireman

footman

foreman

freedman

garden

gascon

goodman

gorgon

guardsman

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

jackman

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

landsman

lockman

london

lopeman

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

morgan

mormon

muslin

newsprint

norman

onion

organ

orphan

outrun

oxfords

packman

pardon

passman

passports

patron

penman

runnion

saffron

sagebrush

samson

scullion

selden

sharpen

shorten

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sportsman

squadron

sultan

stockman

tarpon

tartan

tendon

undone

vulcan

warden

workman

tubman

woodman

woolman

drunken

sunken

shrunken

baldwin

marchman

landman

markman

townsman

delphian

grandson

headsman

klansman

oxford

salesman

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

beaten

bison

blacken

bourbon

bracken

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

caisson

certain

chasten

cousin

cretin

curtain

demon

dozen

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

fasten

firman

floren

foreign

freeman

garron

german

happen

hasten

hesper

hyson

jason

leman

leven

lichen

liken

locken

loosen

loren

mason

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

open

oven

person

pullen

reason

ripen

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

shaken

siren

slacken

spoken

steven

token

toughen

treason

vesper

waken

warren

wheaten

woman

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

taken

tappen

turban

urson

urban

wooden

woolen

worsen

yaupon

zircon

asian

cajun

fusion

mahone

pathan

suasion

trojan

penguin

plankton

backboards

dalton

disbar

lightman

faulcon

dolman

falcon

kansan

alban

alman

dolphin

jasmine

jaspers

aspire

lineman

mountain

minden

molten

newsman

shotgun

linemen

olden

panton

union

outdone

stallion

stallman

soldan

wanton

bagman

calvin

canyon

atman

banyan

boatman

bolden

canton

fountain

golden

plantain

ponton

santon

scallion

hangman

othman

rayon

mangan

longan

paean

peon

churchman

coachman

watchman

urine

backboard

chessboard

icebergs

passport

alan

amman

asper

auden

baton

batten

batton

bayman

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

chosen

colon

common

cotton

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

dashboard

dragon

dromon

fallen

famine

fatten

flatten

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

gladden

gluten

gotten

graven

hausen

haven

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

jasper

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

lighten

liman

liven

logan

lumen

lyden

madden

maiden

odin

often

omen

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

raven

riden

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

shaman

shogun

showman

siphon

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

stolen

straighten

swollen

syphon

talon

thousand

tighten

titan

toman

triton

trodden

wagon

whiten

widen

woven

wizen

yeoman

zaman

baseboards

chessboards

iceberg

dashboards

phosphors

cowan

dian

baseboard

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

scion

zion

washboard

highbrow

disburse

highbrows

phosphor

neighbors

neighbor

3 syllable words

aggression

cistercian

concession

dispersion

dissension

erection

deception

dictation

excision

progression

reception

impassion

insertion

obsession

regression

expressly

suspicion

precession

procession

adsorption

imprison

exclusion

extortion

infarction

transgression

inflection

infraction

castration

deflection

extinction

conception

contrition

declension

in-person

diffraction

distortion

dispersal

infection

prostration

inflation

invention

reflection

gestation

ingestion

detection

detention

dimension

election

digression

ignition

injection

discussion

exertion

crustacean

defection

deflation

incision

compassion

confession

depletion

equation

despairing

patrician

secretion

accretion

ascension

aspersion

attrition

sensation

taxation

technician

assertion

decision

desertion

cessation

cetacean

duration

rescission

emission

profession

possession

abstraction

elation

sedition

recision

narration

rejection

intestine

subtraction

contraption

ejection

egyptian

contraction

exemption

absorption

abstention

contention

resumption

aspersions

completion

compulsion

conflation

retraction

intention

mexican

mistaken

attraction

convention

intrusion

misfortune

contortion

expiring

implosion

presumption

redemption

transmission

chairperson

distinction

englishman

cyprian

ablation

eleven

abortion

abrasion

apportion

disparage

vibration

temptation

adoption

dentition

hydration

revulsion

assassin

migration

submission

attention

eruption

lactation

incursion

alsatian

asuncion

emulsion

invasion

libration

seclusion

inversion

laurentian

tactician

retention

congestion

concussion

condition

preclusion

propulsion

rendition

proportion

perception

optation

pretension

nutrition

prevention

oxygen

optician

addition

commission

consumption

correction

cremation

deletion

devotion

direction

disunion

division

edition

emotion

erosion

evasion

gyration

immersion

location

misfortunes

muskmelon

negation

oration

percussion

petition

physician

position

precaution

predation

relation

religion

remission

reversion

sedation

suggestion

summation

tradition

truncation

vacation

vocation

whispering

infusion

confucian

convulsion

midshipman

assumption

concoction

inclusion

compunction

translation

timberman

horatian

rebellion

capsaicin

predestine

uncertain

creation

discipline

magician

diffusion

seduction

preemption

prediction

occlusion

australian

inaction

resection

disbarment

addiction

carnation

deduction

irishman

eviction

depiction

nitrogen

partition

mispronounce

exporters

reexports

ablution

contagion

subversion

conversion

formation

foundation

hydrogen

submersion

dalmatian

damnation

misshapen

persuasion

plantation

salvation

stagnation

starvation

puritan

keratin

silicon

thespian

cinnamon

citizen

disparate

aversion

citation

corruption

flotation

gradation

illusion

imagine

malaysian

origin

donation

flirtation

ovation

countryman

permission

phoenician

outspoken

rotation

housebroken

pollution

aleutian

dilation

ligation

notation

occasion

digestion

probation

solution

privation

expertly

promotion

causation

commotion

quotation

companion

delusion

transfusion

mutation

exporter

unbroken

reaction

venetian

snapdragon

induction

syrian

singleton

conviction

conclusion

affliction

confusion

exaction

exhaustion

chairwoman

logician

lumberman

porcelain

acumen

everyone

aspirant

expires

austrian

italian

rhodopsin

unburden

dispersive

unbutton

whisperers

coercion

tuition

stygian

scythian

fruition

aegean

croatian

phrygian

bedizen

bitumen

affection

connection

connexion

contusion

dissection

awaken

determine

perfection

production

protection

profusion

encryption

aspiring

selection

fustian

indian

ferryman

infliction

collection

reduction

macabre

jamaican

peterman

jacobin

prescription

proscription

restriction

specimen

suburban

superman

unison

whisperer

ambrosian

communion

aspirants

downtrodden

etruscan

masculine

reexport

projection

councilman

collusion

omission

allusion

collegian

abduction

lecithin

parthian

musician

conduction

margarine

caucasian

fisherman

munition

combustion

confection

inhuman

audition

perversion

diversion

dilution

volition

convection

clarion

injunction

abandon

charlatan

foramen

malayan

expiry

niacin

backgammon

battalion

cambrian

charwoman

chamberlain

disapprove

guncotton

carrion

chilean

conscription

constriction

gillian

heroin

heroine

talisman

libyan

medallion

uncommon

marian

policeman

sumatran

myosin

alderman

partisan

alaskan

aspirates

artisan

reopen

saccharin

subscription

transcription

simian

objection

backwoodsman

disbursement

complexion

laotian

parisian

admission

ambition

anchorman

cartesian

beholden

cognition

corrosion

derision

norwegian

artesian

transition

disbursements

denizen

freemason

skeleton

franciscan

medicine

bandwagon

guardian

albumin

overrun

aspirate

toboggan

adrian

gordian

overdone

overman

discover

campion

elison

garrison

halcyon

champion

gravamen

hammerman

jettison

nevadan

vatican

nebraskan

mandarin

scorpion

uneven

venison

waterman

arkansan

handwoven

recovery

reunion

taxpayer

nonunion

icebreakers

collision

conjunction

construction

obstruction

precision

provision

regimen

revision

transaction

appian

arian

dorian

bedouin

icebreaker

aryan

decipher

fenian

gaussian

hawaiian

horizon

irian

korean

ghanaian

median

orion

nemean

permian

plebeian

recover

samoan

tamarin

uterine

veteran

bookkeepers

brazilian

civilian

discovers

forewoman

gooseberries

pavilion

taxpayers

aspartame

vermilion

cohesion

dominion

abdomen

genuine

opinion

benjamin

lutheran

menhaden

fijian

adhesion

badminton

crestfallen

gentleman

harlequin

octillion

reptilian

nonhuman

pentathlon

anyone

aspires

bouillon

beethoven

bishoprics

bulletin

bookkeeper

disappear

feminine

forgotten

gooseberry

hackberry

lesbian

melanin

pelican

recovers

wesleyan

clergyman

halogen

cheeseburgers

bedridden

clarendon

phosphorites

forbidden

enliven

cardigan

african

corsican

disappears

heartbroken

enlighten

nobleman

perfusion

raspberries

rifleman

unwritten

cation

congressman

moroccan

receiver

biotin

emblazon

embolden

anglican

aquifer

catalan

cheeseburger

collagen

dogberry

javelin

lanolin

ottoman

phosphorite

ramadan

raspberry

receivers

solomon

takeovers

vitamin

aquifers

magdalen

alien

avian

fabian

freudian

galleon

gossiper

grobian

jovian

julian

lucifer

nubian

odeon

passover

protean

takeover

saleswoman

albion

andean

bosnian

gossipers

kantian

zambian

keynesian

neighborly

high-powered

neighbourly

neighborhoods

neighboring

neighborhood

phosphoric

achiever

achievers

4 syllable words

disaffection

disposition

excitation

exhibition

immigration

insulation

liquidation

perspiration

restoration

declaration

dissertation

dissipation

aspiration

figuration

experiment

ulceration

syncopation

expectation

liberation

miseration

reparation

sequestration

iteration

decoration

explication

preparation

explanation

separation

exploitation

extrication

extradition

impregnation

importation

menstruation

intervention

liquefaction

inquisition

disinfection

dispensation

incantation

installation

instigation

experiments

incarnation

disputation

disconnection

electrician

excavation

inclination

integration

transportation

aspirations

celebration

distillation

emigration

equitation

imposition

information

interaction

intercession

intermission

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

lilliputian

oxidation

penetration

precondition

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

requisition

simulation

speculation

stimulation

tribulation

vaccination

intuition

limitation

incubation

immolation

dilatation

imitation

recitation

recreation

introspection

exhalation

inhalation

indigestion

innovation

interjection

corp.

corporation

decimation

divination

dissolution

mitigation

desolation

litigation

registration

resurrection

titillation

visitation

repossession

experience

demonstration

inhibition

exclamation

orchestration

incrustation

circumspection

distribution

infiltration

dehydration

misconception

coloration

federation

laceration

operation

reassertion

fluctuation

disinflation

indexation

infestation

interception

inflammation

phosphorescence

indignation

generation

institution

apparition

pigmentation

preconception

rhetorician

consternation

execution

exhortation

imputation

intersection

transformation

veneration

reciprocal

interurban

disparity

situation

exhumation

victorian

acquisition

deprivation

desecration

activation

cancellation

deportation

depravation

depredation

accusation

acclamation

acclimation

annexation

experienced

backwardation

circulation

conservation

consolation

culmination

deformation

consummation

designation

emulation

dispiriting

fibrillation

hypertension

masturbation

proclamation

resignation

stipulation

refutation

regulation

relaxation

ventilation

retrocession

devastation

destination

estimation

inattention

occupation

presentation

retardation

implantation

legislation

elongation

alteration

equestrian

admiration

introduction

disparaging

bifurcation

defamation

definition

delegation

demolition

deposition

detonation

diminution

emanation

fascination

hesitation

elevation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

machination

meditation

oscillation

preelection

procreation

readmission

receivership

preignition

premonition

preservation

reelection

revelation

repetition

reposition

reservation

obstetrician

renovation

reformation

supposition

usurpation

concentration

vacillation

aberration

adoration

adrenaline

arbitration

calculation

circumvention

comparison

comprehension

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

deviation

disappearance

disapproval

disparities

gastrulation

indentation

malformation

malnutrition

mediation

moderation

perforation

punctuation

reproduction

segmentation

shakespearean

subluxation

toleration

variation

vegetation

apprehension

alternation

interruption

statistician

approbation

disapproving

dislocation

disparages

indecision

indication

indonesian

superstition

syndication

accordion

recuperates

abdication

saturation

sectarian

absolution

maturation

fabrication

lubrication

protestation

observation

publication

greco-roman

adaptation

receiverships

vindication

historian

reputation

composition

palpitation

destitution

competition

compilation

confirmation

invocation

agrarian

nicaraguan

calibration

affectation

degradation

molestation

segregation

avocation

allocation

businesswoman

dedication

devolution

affirmation

appellation

collocation

derivation

desiccation

diocesan

disillusion

evocation

provocation

fumigation

evolution

self-deception

opposition

gravitation

medication

fluoridation

locomotion

erudition

hibernation

propagation

sicilian

levitation

proposition

realization

resolution

revolution

rumination

relocation

suffocation

contemplation

himalayan

revocation

recuperate

repercussion

valuation

smithsonian

trepidation

retribution

computation

condensation

condescension

constitution

implication

satisfaction

englishwoman

amputation

compensation

ostentation

dispirited

exuberant

pagination

violation

education

exuberance

cogitation

pelagian

contrarian

surrogation

coalition

misbegotten

transplantation

leviathan

adulation

agitation

interwoven

dietitian

modulation

prohibition

persecution

misgovernment

minnesotan

graduation

glaciation

pagurian

population

librarian

replication

samaritan

respirators

watermelon

prosecution

prostitution

elocution

asperity

centurion

abrogation

demarcation

fermentation

american

duplication

abnegation

cultivation

custodian

advocation

aggravation

application

congregation

aggregation

commendation

conversation

exportable

convocation

ibuprofen

conjugation

nonpartisan

conflagration

contraception

californian

confrontation

kindergarten

contribution

abolition

animation

annotation

coronation

correlation

appalachian

nonprescription

allegation

connotation

domination

germination

hungarian

navigation

nomination

politician

validation

termination

sanitation

habitation

motivation

profanation

jubilation

mutilation

bavarian

fallopian

iranian

european

missourian

embarkation

lancastrian

tetrahedron

fragmentation

reawaken

attribution

simonian

gregorian

praetorian

augmentation

confiscation

planarian

condemnation

mortification

napoleon

devonian

complication

arabian

respirator

pedestrian

reciprocate

tamoxifen

obfuscation

aviation

mispronounces

corinthian

foliation

ideation

radiation

admonition

altercation

restitution

diaspora

carcinogen

ovulation

ordination

aldebaran

combination

barbarian

ammunition

commutation

crucifixion

subdivision

tabulation

superhuman

obligation

overburden

benediction

cyclopean

olympian

wagnerian

dereliction

desperadoes

desperately

dominican

predetermine

granulation

eritrean

esperanto

herculean

paraguayan

assemblyman

reciprocates

polynesian

formulation

interdiction

jurisdiction

arthurian

perturbation

substitution

strangulation

discoverers

armageddon

hemoglobin

low-spirited

noblewoman

arizonan

comedian

mammalian

canadian

collodion

criterion

liberian

maccabean

siberian

coloradan

desperado

iberian

assyrian

draconian

hyperion

jacobean

chameleon

utopian

valerian

expropriate

gargantuan

hegelian

convolution

permutation

contradiction

contravention

polyhedron

nigerian

predilection

albanian

aspirated

committeeman

hydrocarbon

jordanian

meridian

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reexamine

rhododendron

tasmanian

manumission

deconstruction

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octahedron

algerian

discoverer

discovery

floridian

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athenian

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cotyledon

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vociferates

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discoveries

alabaman

estonian

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supervision

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disappearing

ohioan

protozoan

vociferate

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crocodilian

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circumcision

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dandelion

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penicillin

gentlewoman

algonquian

occupier

occupiers

pacifier

copenhagen

pacifiers

newtonian

plutonian

pavlovian

mongolian

5 syllable words

exasperation

incorporation

decapitation

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incineration

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expressionistic

deliberation

elaboration

enumeration

expatriation

experiential

extermination

degeneration

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exoneration

acceleration

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resuscitation

exaggeration

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emancipation

equivocation

evacuation

exfoliation

insinuation

expropriations

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interrogation

experimental

misinformation

reintegration

exoskeleton

administration

accommodation

adulteration

agglomeration

mechanization

amelioration

hallucination

confederation

denomination

denunciation

illumination

renunciation

solicitation

preoccupation

evaluation

civilization

elimination

ejaculation

disproportionate

presupposition

articulation

improvisation

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imagination

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disinclination

annihilation

infatuation

discrimination

alleviation

approximation

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interconnection

investigation

alliteration

association

reaffirmation

rejuvenation

nonintervention

procrastination

retaliation

proliferation

accreditation

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examination

immunization

intimidation

invalidation

maximization

origination

participation

predestination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

abomination

christianization

electrocution

academician

inhabitation

assassination

indoctrination

assimilation

experiences

legalization

facilitation

localization

repatriation

libertarian

dissemination

consideration

miscalculation

experimenter

determination

obliteration

repudiation

pronunciation

revaluation

dissatisfaction

incrimination

accumulation

representation

overproduction

irradiation

vaporization

capitulation

ionization

affiliation

deification

humiliation

cohabitation

mathematician

appreciation

pasteurization

refrigeration

appropriation

contamination

amalgamation

congratulation

experimenters

substantiation

continuation

hyperinflation

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manipulation

reforestation

sedimentation

synchronization

philadelphian

subordination

disparagingly

mississippian

neapolitan

peloponnesian

utilization

glorification

vilification

specification

mummification

stratification

mobilization

abbreviation

canonization

confabulation

eradication

dramatization

conciliation

brutalization

disappearances

alienation

metropolitan

expiratory

cauterization

sophistication

quantification

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misapplication

epicurean

maximilian

authorization

ethiopian

theologian

triangulation

certification

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ramification

russification

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modification

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pacification

unification

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edification

fertilization

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nickelodeon

nonsectarian

recoverable

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jeffersonian

neutralization

magnification

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fortification

domestication

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justification

recombination

communication

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authentication

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hydrogenation

assemblywoman

yugoslavian

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elizabethan

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pennsylvanian

hyperborean

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respiratory

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organization

expropriated

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scandinavian

amazonian

babylonian

oregonian

panamanian

misappropriate

nitroglycerine

hanoverian

patagonian

presbyterian

reciprocity

specialization

carolinian

augustinian

discoverable

lithuanian

pythagorean

vegetarian

carthaginian

beethovenian

argentinian

veterinarian

centenarian

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word expression

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

Rhyming Dictionary


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