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Under-covering

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word
  • 12.076 of his peculiar under-covering on his previous visit,

Hyphenated in OED.

“ˈunder-ˌcovering, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/211532. Accessed 21 September 2017.

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Under-Hill

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, archaic, hyphen, Middle-earth, word
  • 01.083 of Bag-End, Under-Hill, again.
  • 12.068 was to be brought back all the way to Bag-End Under-Hill.
  • 19.036 of Bag-End, Underhill, Hobbiton.

It is a word, albeit rare, in OED, meaning “small hill”.

“ˈunder-hill, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/211729. Accessed 21 September 2017.

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Undercut

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 12.090 and undercuts,
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Underparts

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 12.014 so that the hobbit could see his underparts
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Upkeep

June 25, 2015May 13, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 10.003 about the upkeep of the Forest River
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Uptake

June 25, 2015May 13, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 02.055 in the uptake,
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Valley-side

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word
  • 03.011 and there was a light on the valley-side across the water.

hyphenated in its OED sub-entry.

“valley, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/221220. Accessed 21 September 2017.

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Vampire-like

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 17.054 or fastened vampire-like on the stricken.

Not a word in OED.

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Walking-stick

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word
  • 01.070 that they had left among the walking-sticks.
  • 01.083 and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
  • 02.019 a walking-stick or any money,

Hyphenated in the examples in OED.

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Warg-skin

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 07.125 and a warg-skin was nailed to a tree just beyond.

“Warg” being a JRRT original, of course this is, too.

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