A Few Definitions+:
  • Athelas - a plant with healing properties.
  • Dúnadan - the singular form of Dúnedain, meaning Man of the West.
  • Dúnedain - a term for the Men of Númenor and (especially) their descendants.
  • Edhel - the name of the Grey-elves for their own people.
  • Elder Children of Ilúvatar - the race of Elves. Men are called the "Younger", for Ilúvatar made them all.
  • Emyn-nu-Fuin - the Elvish name for the Mountains of Mirkwood, where Thranduil and the elves of Mirkwood reside.
  • Fírimar - Mortal; a name for Men among Elves.
  • Hithaeglir - the Elvish name for the Misty Mountains.
  • Imladris - the Elvish name for Rivendell, Elrond's refuge in the glens west of the Misty Mountains.
  • Mithrandir - the name of Gandalf among the Elves.
  • Mithril - the most precious of metals.
  • Númenóreans - the Men, who dwelled in the land of Númenór west across the sea, and their descendents; Elendil and his clan fled to Middle-earth and were the only survivors after Númenór's destruction.
  • Telari - the third and greatest of the three Elf-kindreds of the Great Journey, from whom the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood are descended.
+From The Encyclopedia of Arda Close