Appendix:Kangaroo words
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This appendix contains kangaroo words in English. The full words are listed below. The 'joey words' are in bold italics or (in the case of a second joey for twin kangaroo words) green text. This appendix also includes non-trivial anti-kangaroo words. Trivial examples such as "appropriate" and "inappropriate", or "like" and "dislike", are not included.
a[edit]
- aberrant
- abnormality
- abide
- accustomed
- acrid
- action
- admonish
- adroitness
- affect
- aggravated
- allocate
- alone
- amicable
- amicability
- applauded
- apposite
- appropriate
- arch
- arena
- arouse
- artifice
- artistry
- asseverate
- astound
b[edit]
- balderdash
- balsam
- banish
- barren
- barricade; barricaded
- barrier
- barristers
- because
- befall
- befuddled
- before
- belated
- blatherskite
- blossom
- blotch
- bombard
- brackets
- breathe
- burst
c[edit]
- calumnies
- canister
- capable
- capsule
- cartoon
- casket
- catacomb
- cavern
- charge
- charisma
- chicken
- chocolate
- cleanse
- cleanser
- cloistered
- closemouthed
- clue
- clump
- community (county, city)
- concatenate
- concede
- concession
- confederated
- consummated
- container (can, tin)
- contaminate
- contradictory
- cooled
- cozen
- curtail
d[edit]
- damsel
- daub
- dazzle
- debar
- deceased
- deception
- decoration
- deliberated
- demeaning
- departed
- department
- depository
- desiderate
- despiteful
- destruction
- deteriorate (rot, die)
- devilish
- dice
- dillydally
- diminutive (minute, mini)
- disappointed
- disseminated
- dissever
- drunkard
e[edit]
- effeminate
- egotist
- electrical
- encourage
- enjoyment
- entwined
- equilateral
- equitable
- evacuate
- exhausted
- exists
- exposition
- expurgate
- extraneous
f[edit]
- fabrication
- facade
- factual
- falsified
- falsities
- feast
- feasted
- felicitous
- fraction
- frangible (grand kangaroo word) -> frangible, fragile, frail
g[edit]
- grandiose
- granulated
- gigantic
h[edit]
- history
- honorable
- hostelry
- hurries
i[edit]
- illuminated
- imaginary
- impair
- impassive
- impertinent
- incapability
- incriminate
- indolent
- inflammable
- infuriated
- inhabitable
- inheritable
- inheritor
- insignia
- investigate
- instructor
- interfuse
- intoxicate
- invaluable
- irateness
- irradiate
- irregardless
- iritated
- islet
- isolated
j[edit]
- joined
- jollity
- joviality
l[edit]
- latest
- lighted
m[edit]
- market
- masculine
- matches
- midsection
- misinterpreted
- moisture
- municipality
- myself
n[edit]
- neurotic
- nourished
o[edit]
- obligated
- obnoxious
- observe
- omnibus
- ornamented
- outspokenly
p[edit]
- pantaloons
- perambulate (ramble, amble)
- perimeter
- plagiarist
- platter
- playfellow
- pinioned
- postured
- practicable
- practioner
- prattle
- precipitation
- prematurely
- proffer
- promenade
- proportionate
- prosecute
q[edit]
- quiescent
- quintuplet
r[edit]
- rambunctious
- rampage
- ransack
- rapscallion
- ravaging
- recline
- reoccurrence
- regulated
- remorsefulness
- respite
- reticule
- retrogress
- revolution
- rotund
- routine, routine
s[edit]
- salvage
- satiate
- satisfied
- scion
- scoundrel
- scrub
- sculpt
- separate
- sextuplet
- shadowy
- signal
- slithered
- smidgen
- splinter
- splotch
- squash
- stealthy
- stocking
- strives
- stumble
- substandard
- supervisor
- supremacist
- surfeited
t[edit]
- tracked
- transgression
- truthfully
- trustworthy
u[edit]
- umpteenth
- unanimity
- unsightly
v[edit]
- variegated
- veracity
w[edit]
- weakening
- wealth
y[edit]
- yearning
anti-kangaroo words[edit]
- animosity
- bearded
- communicative
- courteous
- covert
- effective
- exacerbate
- fabrication
- feasted
- female
- friend
- negligently
- pest
- prudent
- prurient
- resigned
- revolution
- she
- there
- thoroughly
- unruffianly
- wonderful
- wreckless
