Appendix:J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a British philologist and fantasy writer. His fictional universe spans many books, such as: The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings.

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lembas^{[talk][citations]}: (noun) An elven waybread with magical powers of satiation.

Middle-earth^{[entry][talk][citations]}: (proper noun) The name of a continent in Arda.

mûmak^{[talk][citations]} (plural mûmakil)

(noun) An oliphaunt.

1954: "To his astonishment and terror, and lasting delight, Sam saw a vast shape crash out of the trees and come careering down the slope. Big as a house, much bigger than a house, it looked to him, a grey-clad moving hill. Fear and wonder, maybe, enlarged him in the hobbit's eyes, but the Mûmak of Harad was indeed a beast of vast bulk, and the like of him does not walk now in Middle-earth; his kin that live still in latter days are but memories of his girth and majesty." —J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit"
1999: "The beast stood revealed, vast as thunderclouds, towering over my footsoldiers who stumbled and staggered from its path, their spears and bows forgotten, their legs weak with fear. Mumak! Its tusks shone like lightning, its tread shook the ground." —28 February 1999
2004: "A mumak is just a giant hamburger if you got a wand of death." —rec.games.roguelike.nethack, 9 July 2004

oliphaunt^{[entry][talk][citations]}: (noun) An elephant-like animal.

Sting^{[talk][citations]}

(noun) A weapon with a magical ability to detect orcs.

2012 October 8, The Colbert Report‎^[1], Stephen Colbert (actor):
Now look, I don't see race. Not even online. People tell me Colleen Lachowicz is an orc and I believe them, because [raises glowing sword from behind desk] Sting is glowing.

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