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Talon

June 23, 2015August 10, 2019 lfsaldenbirch 10K, uncommon, word

I have recently learned that talons are the backward-facing raptor claws – the forward-facing ones which grip in toward the talons are the “pounces”.

  • 06.081 in his talons,
  • 06.082 their talons tore at goblin faces.
  • 06.093 in his talons by the back of his coat,
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Tangle

June 23, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 04.017 and tangled
  • 08.002 in the tangled boughs
  • 08.003 or tangled
  • 08.041 He pushed his way through the tangled twigs
  • 08.081 and tangled with another.
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Tarnish

June 23, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 10.010 with its tarnished silver tassel.
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Tarry

June 23, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 17.037 Long will I tarry,
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Tassel

June 23, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 01.050 and also a sky-blue one with a long silver tassel.
  • 07.101 The grasses hissed, their tassels bent,
  • 10.010 with its tarnished silver tassel.
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Tatter

June 23, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 10.010 and tattered sky-blue hood
  • 13.042 and their bright helms with their tattered hoods,
  • 14.025 in tattered shreds over the marshes before Mirkwood.
  • 16.003 of tattered oddments
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Taut

June 23, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 08.021 The rope went taut,
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Tease

June 23, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 03.018 For some elves tease them
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Telescope

June 23, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 05.013 with his pale eyes like telescopes.
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Tenfold

June 23, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 12.072 My armour is like tenfold shields,
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