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Whack

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 02.070 while Tom whacked at them both
  • 08.093 whack,
  • 08.118 and the whacking of sticks
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Whiff

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 12.044 with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam,
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Whirl

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 05.119 in a whirl
  • 12.027 or fly whirling round
  • 13.049 A whirl of bats frightened from slumber
  • 14.024 a gushing whirl,
  • 17.040 another blackness could be seen whirling forward;
  • 17.046 and whirled above them shutting out the light
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Wield

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 17.031 in battle they wielded heavy two-handed mattocks;
  • 17.051 wielding their mattocks,
  • 17.056 Thorin wielded his axe with mighty strokes,
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Willow

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 02.030 and willows along its banks bent
  • 19.013 Lullaby! Lullaby! Alder and Willow!
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Wily

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 12.041 and their wily ways,
  • 12.067 and a wily heart,
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Wink

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 05.047 or can guess it as easy as winking,
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Wisp

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 12.011 Wisps of vapour floated up
  • 12.013 and wisps of smoke,
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Wither

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 01.103 and the Withered Heath where the great dragons bred.’
  • 07.098 The wind was on the withered heath,
  • 12.091 The dragon has withered all the pleasant green,
  • 14.017 and wither every field
  • 17.015 May his beard wither!
  • 19.002 The dragon is withered,
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Withhold

June 22, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 16.002 and withholds it.’
  • 17.025 and withhold the share of the reward.
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