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A mythical creature in human form but usually smaller, often considered mischievous.

(Offensive) An extremely small person who is otherwise normally proportioned.

A lively, mischievous child.

A small or miniature version of something.

A usually sprightly or mischievous or sometimes spiteful person.

A class of small objects, as a class of very small sailboats or racing cars.

(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.

Miniature; diminutive.

Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.

Belonging to a type or class much smaller than what is considered standard

(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).

(originally) A little sandfly.

A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

(loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge.

(South Africa) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

A normally-proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10".

To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.

Any short person.

An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

(attributively) A small version of something; miniature.

A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

A minute bloodsucking fly.

To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.

A very diminutive person having normal proportions of the body parts; compare dwarf.

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

A person who is abnormally small

Below 3 kilohertz

Very small;