| SPONDEE | Foot of two long syllables |
| ANAPEST | A foot of two short syllables followed by a long syllable (US sp) (7) |
| TROCHEE | A foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short (7) |
| DESPONDENT | Two long syllables, one short, in depression depressed (10) |
| SPONDEES | Poetic feet with two long syllables |
| PYRRHIC | In prosody, a metrical foot of two short or unstressed syllables (7) |
| SYSTOLE | Shortening of a long syllable (7) |
| LOBSTER | Large shellfish with eight legs and two long claws (7) |
| RUSHMAT | It gets under the feet of two mums, trapped by routine (4,3) |
| CORGI | Either of two long-bodied, short-legged breeds of dog, the Cardigan and the Pembroke (5) |
| STILT | One of two long poles for walking on (5) |
| DALEY | Surname of two long-serving Chicago mayors |
| IAMBIC | Of a metrical foot of two syllables, one short and one long (6) |
| ANAPAEST | In prosody, a metrical foot of two short syllables followed by a long one; the reverse of a dactyl (8) |
| IAMB | Metrical foot of one short, one long syllables |
| DACTYL | Metrical foot of one long syllable then two short |
| CHOLIAMB | Metrical foot consisting of two short syllables between two long ones, chiefly used in classical verse (8) |
| IAMBUSES | Feet of two syllables, a short followed by a long (8) |
| IAMBUS | Metric foot of one short followed by one long syllable (6) |
| PAEON | A metrical foot of one long syllable and three short ones (5) |
