| decasyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables | - |
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| disyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables | - |
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| monosyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable | - |
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| nonsyllabic | (adjective) not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong) | Synonyms: unsyllabic |
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| (adjective) (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable | - |
| octosyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables | - |
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| pentasyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables | - |
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| polysyllabic | (adjective) (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables | Synonyms: sesquipedalian |
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| (adjective) having or characterized by words of more than three syllables | - |
| syllabic | (adjective) consisting of a syllable or syllables | - |
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| (adjective) (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities | - |
| (adjective) (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable | - |
| (adjective) consisting of or using a syllabary | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to syllables | - |
| unsyllabic | (adjective) not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong) | Synonyms: nonsyllabic |
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