Or search: snake, hydroid, hydrozoan, constellation
1 Syllable: S
via
2 Syllables: SU
China, Ida, Ira, ita, Lima, Maya, mica, thia, vita, vitae
3 Syllables: USU
Elijah, Eliza, Josiah, Medina, Messiah, Nehemiah, Palmyra, pariah, saliva, vagina
4 Syllables: UUSU
Carolina, Hezekiah, Jeremiah

Found 24 words across 4 groupings.