elves
n · noun
Form of elf , plural of elf.
Simple meaning
The comic book series Elfquest, created by Wendy and Richard Pini, features a race of elves on the World of Two Moons.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
ehlvzIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɛlvz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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n
The comic book series Elfquest, created by Wendy and Richard Pini, features a race of elves on the World of Two Moons, searching for their origins and place in the world.
There are many fictional Elves appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Danish: Nisser
A Danish horror-fantasy-drama streaming television series created by Stefan Jaworski.
A 1989 American horror film directed by Jeffrey Mandel and starring Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, and Ken Carpenter.
A supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Mayfair Games in 1983.
noun
An acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
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This meaning: The comic book series Elfquest, created by Wendy and Richard Pini, features a race of elves on the World of Two Moons, searching for their origins and place in the world.
Used this way, elves is a specialist word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
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