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10K

Eddy

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 09.059 the eddying current carried several barrels
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Eave

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 07.134 By the afternoon they had reached the eaves of Mirkwood,
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Easy-tempered

June 26, 2015September 26, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, word

Attested on OED.  Also, please note, OED is now offering MLA 8 citations.

  • 07.019 Couldn’t you find someone more easy-tempered?

“easy, adj., adv., and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/59126. Accessed 13 September 2017.

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Earthquake

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 10.003 and there had been an earthquake or two
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Eagle-lord

June 26, 2015September 13, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word

This word does not appear in OED, so it’s a Tolkien original – or used by only a few including him.

  • 06.094 and the eagle-lord appeared to know one another slightly,
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Dwarf-ridden

June 26, 2015September 7, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word

This compound word is not found in OED.

  • 12.062 that I can eat a dwarf-ridden pony
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Dwarf-messenger

June 26, 2015September 7, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word

This compound word is not found in OED.

  • 17.035 so after angry words the dwarf-messengers retired
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Dwarf-mail

June 26, 2015September 7, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word

This compound word is not found in OED.

  • 17.036 Dwarf-mail may be good,
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Dwarf-lord

June 26, 2015September 7, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word

This compound word is not found in OED.

  • 17.045 for the dwarf-lord now joined them:
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Dwarf-linked

June 26, 2015September 7, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word

This compound word is not found in OED.

  • 12.096 of dwarf-linked rings
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