5 letter words starting with el

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  • ELAIN
  • ELAND
  • ELANS
  • ELATE
  • ELBOW
  • ELCHI
  • ELDER
  • ELDIN
  • ELECT
  • ELEET
  • ELEGY
  • ELEMI
  • ELFED
  • ELFIN
  • ELIAD
  • ELIDE
  • ELINT
  • ELITE
  • ELMEN
  • ELOGE
  • ELOGY
  • ELOIN
  • ELOPE
  • ELOPS
  • ELPEE
  • ELSIN
  • ELUDE
  • ELUTE
  • ELVAN
  • ELVEN
  • ELVER
  • ELVES

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Definition of elfin

elfin (noun)

  1. An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
  2. A little urchin or child.
  3. Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.

elfin (adjective)

  1. Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in its tiny size or features.



Definition of elves

elves (noun)

  1. A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
  2. 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.
  3. Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).
  4. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
  5. The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

elves (noun)

  1. An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, rapidly expanding disk-shaped regions of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occur high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity