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Definition: Dwarf |
DwarfAdjective1. Atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star". Noun1. A person who is abnormally small. 2. A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure. Verb1. Cast a shadow. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dwarf" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Bible | Dwarf a lean or emaciated person (Lev. 21:20). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | This is a very favorable dream. If the dwarf is well formed and pleasing in appearance, it omens you will never be dwarfed in mind or stature. Health and good constitution will admit of your engaging in many profitable pursuits both of mind and body. To see your friends dwarfed, denotes their health, and you will have many pleasures through them. Ugly and hideous dwarfs, always forebodes distressing states. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Dwarf (The). Richard Gibson, painter (1615-1690), a page of the backstairs in the court of Charles I. He married Anne Shepherd, a dwarf also, and the King honoured the wedding with his presence. Each measured three feet ten inches. "Design or chance makes others wive, But Nature did this match contrive." Waller. The Black Dwarf. A fairy of the most malignant character; a genuine northern Duergar, and once held by the dalesmen of the border as the author of all the mischief that befell their flocks and herds. Sir Walter Scott has a novel so called, in which the "black dwarf" is introduced under the aliases of Sir Edward Mauley; Elshander, the recluse; Cannie Elshie; and the Wise Wight of Mucklestane Moor. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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In Norse mythology, fairy tales, and sword and sorcery fiction and role-playing games, dwarfs or dwarves are a humanoid race, much like humans, but generally living underground or in mountainous areas. They are famed miners and smiths, though, like humans, specialize in any number of trades. Generally shorter than humans, they are on average stockier and hairier, usually sporting a full beard.
Dwarves are long lived, living at least four times the age of man, but are not prolific breeders having children rarely and spaced far apart. Dwarvish children are cherished by their parents, and are defended at all costs from their traditional enemies, such as giantss, goblins and orcs. A longstanding enmity between dwarves and elves is also a staple of the racial conception.
Dwarves are famed smiths, creating some of the greatest and most powerful items of power in the distant past, such as in Norse mythology the chain which bound the Fenris wolf. In some stories the dwarves were cursed as a result of these works, and they now have few or no mages within their ranks. Dwarves are implacable foes, with terrific endurance, strength and determination. They tend to use heavy armour, large axes, and rarely give up. In some tales, for example those of J. R. R. Tolkien, dwarves are also especially resistant to fire. See also: Dwarves (Middle-earth)
A dwarf is an abnormally small human being. See dwarfism. There are also dwarf plants. Dwarfing is considered a desirable characteristic in modern orchards, where genetic dwarfs may be selected and propagated, or more often, scions are grafted on to dwarfing rootstocks. Almost all modern apples in commercial use are propagated as dwarf or semidwarf trees for ease of picking and spraying, and higher productivity per unit of land. There are also stars classed as dwarfs: see black dwarf, brown dwarf, red dwarf, white dwarf.
In the field of computers, DWARF stands for Debug With Arbitrary Record Format.
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Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilersThe Dwarves of the fictional Middle-earth universe are beings of short stature, often friendly with Hobbits although long suspicious of Elves. They are typically smiths and stoneworkers by profession, unrivaled in some of their arts even by the Elves.
Unlike Elves and Men, the Dwarves are not Children of Ilúvatar. They were created by Aulë the Smith. They were kept asleep until the creation of the Elves. Aulë created the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves, from whom all other Dwarves are descended. Most Dwarves mentioned in Tolkien's works are of the clan founded by Durin, called the Longbeards. (A notable exception is the inhabitants of the dwarf-cities of Nogrod and Belegost in the Blue Mountains, spoken of in The Silmarillion).
They mined and worked metals throughout the mountains of Middle-earth. In many ways, they were in between the Elves and Men. They were not immortal, but lived to two hundred and fifty years or more. They were generally less corruptible than Men, but committed their share of rash and greedy acts. (Among these are the slaying of Thingol and the dispute over the Arkenstone.) The Dwarvish language, called Khuzdûl and created by Aulë, sounds much like Hebrew, and one may draw the similarities between the Dwarves and the Jews even farther.
Thorin brings 12 Dwarves to Bag End to recruit Bilbo for their treasure hunt in The Hobbit.
Gimli joins the Fellowship of the Ring and befriends Legolas in The Lord of the Rings.
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Minke Whale Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Mysticeti Family: Balaenoptiidae Genus: Balaenoptera Species: acutorostrata Binomial name Balaenoptera acutorostrata The Minke Whale or Lesser Rorqual is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. The Minke Whale was first identified by Lacepede in 1804. Some modern classifications split the Minke Whale into two species; the Common or Northern Minke Whale and the Antarctic or Southern Minke Whale. Taxonomists further categorize the Common Minke Whale into two or three sub-species; the North Atlantic Minke Whale, the North Pacific Minke Whale and Dwarf Minke Whale. All Minke Whales are rorquals.
Physical characteristics
The Minke Whale is the second smallest of the baleen whales - only the Pygmy Right Whale is smaller. Male and female Minke Whales measure an average of 6.9 and 7.4 metres in length, respectively, at sexual maturity (6-8 years of age). Estimates of maximum length vary from 9.1m to 10.7m for females and 8.8m to 9.8m for males. Both sexes typically weigh 4-5 tonnes at maturity, and the maximum weight may be as much as 14 tonnes. The gestation period for Minke Whales is 10 months and babies measure 2.4-2.8 metres at birth. The newborns nurse for five months.
Minke Whales are distinguished from other whales by a white band on each flipper. The body is usually black or dark-grey above and white underneath. Most of the length of the back, including dorsal fin and blowholes, appears at once when the whale surfaces to breathe. The whale then breathes 3-5 times at short intervals before 'deep-diving' for 2-20 minutes. Deep dives are preceded by a pronounced arching of the back. The maximum swimming speed of minkes has been estimated at 20-30km/h. Minke Whales have between 240 and 360 baleen plates on each side of their mouths. Minkes typically live for 30-50 years and some sources estimate a maximum longevity of 60 years in exceptional cases.
Population and distribution
The total population of Minke Whales is not known but is believed to be in the order of 150,000 in the North Atlantic, 25,000 in the North Pacific, and 750,000 in the Southern Ocean. Minke Whales are widely distrubed throughout the world, commonly found from the poles to the tropics but prefer the open sea.
Whaling
Minke Whales first attracted the attention of whalers in Iceland in 1914. By the end of the 1930s they were the target of coastal whaling from countries including Brazil, Canada, China Greenland, Japan Korea, Norway and South Africa. Minke Whales were not then regularly hunted by the large-scale whaling operations in the Southern Ocean on account of their relatively small size. However, by the early 1970s, following the over-hunting of larger whales such as the Sei, Fin, and Blue Whales, Minkes attracted the attention of these whalers too. By 1979 the Minke was the only whale caught by Southern Ocean fleets. Hunting continued apace until the general moratorium on whaling was introduced in 1986. According to a study by the International Whaling Commission, 116,568 Minke Whales were caught by whalers between 1904 and 2000. Around 100,000 of these were killed in the Southern Ocean.Following the moratorium, most hunting of Minke Whales ceased. Norway, Japan and more recently Iceland (in August 2003) have continued hunting for minkes on "scientific" grounds. In the 1995-1996 season around 800 Minke Whales were caught.
Minke Whale-watching
On account of their relative abundance Minke Whales are often the focus of whale-watching cruises setting sail from, for instance, the Isle of Mull in Scotland and Husavik in Iceland. Minke Whales are frequently inquisitive and will indulge in 'human-watching'. In constrast to the spectacularly acrobatic Humpback Whale, minkes do not raise their fluke out of the water when diving and are less likely to breach (jump clear of the sea surface). This, combined with the fact that minkes can dive under water for as long as twenty minutes, has led some whale-watching enthusiasts to label them 'stinky minkes'. The name may also be applied because it is frequently possible to smell the breath of a Minke Whale whilst observing it from a boat.
Minke Whale surfacing, Skjalfandi, Iceland
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References
- Minke Whales, Rus Hoelzel and Jonathon Stern, ISBN 1900455757
- National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World, Reeves, Stewart, Clapham and Powell, ISBN 0375411410
- Whale Watching in Iceland, Asbjorn Bjorgvinsson and Helmut Lugmayr, ISBN 9979761555
- Whales & Dolphins Guide to the Biology and Behaviour of Cetaceans, Maurizio Wurtz and Nadia Repetto. ISBN 1840370432
- Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, editors Perrin, Wursig and Thewissen, ISBN 0125513402
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Synonyms: DwarfSynonyms: dwarfish (adj), gnome (n), midget (n), nanus (n), overshadow (v), shadow (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contraction | Render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate; boil down; constrict, constringe; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf; shorten; circumscribe; restrain. |
Demon | Vampire, ghoul; afreet, barghest, Loki; ogre, ogress; gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia; bogie, bogeyman, bogle; nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin; Puck, Robin Goodfellow; leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp. |
Density | Superdense matter, condensed states of matter; dwarf star, neutron star. |
Littleness | Dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling,dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow. |
Adjective: little; small; minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable; (unimportant); exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin; undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted, limited; cramp, cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative, portable; duodecimo; dumpy, squat; short. | |
Nonincrease, Decrease | Bate, abate, discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate; (moderate); dwarf, throw into the shade; reduce; shorten; subtract. Adjective: unincreased; (see increase;); decreased; Verb: decreasing; Verb: on the wane; n. |
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Screenplays | He was then joined by a dwarf dressed as a nun. (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) What business have an elf, man, and a dwarf in the Ridder-Mark (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) That psychotic black dwarf with an Afro (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Well, if it isn't the 8th dwarf, Easy (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) I used to be a highly respected watcher, and now I'm a wounded dwarf with the mystical strength of a doily (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Anal Dwarf (1971) Exit of Rip and the Dwarf (1896) Rip Meeting the Dwarf (1896) One Angry Dwarf (2001) Red Dwarf 8: Byte 3 (1998) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Ichthyosis, Erythroderma (congenital) Achondroplastic dwarf (head, shoulders, and chest of infant). Credit: CDC. |  | This artist's illustration shows three steps in the merger of a pair white dwarf stars. The ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Astronomers have ruled out the possibility that red dwarf stars constitute the invisible ... Credit: NASA. |  | H. Arnold Karo Director of Coast and Geodetic Survey 1955-1965 Deputy Administrator of ESSA with rank of Vice-Admiral 1965-1966 With Moro Dwarf Dicky Dicky who was local judge Dicky Dicky was 47 and later found to have leprosy. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Scientists at the ARS/University of California Plant Gene Expression Center are the first in the world to report success in genetically engineering barley. Some of the bioengineered barley carries a gene that may help the plants resist attack by barley yellow dwarf virus. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |  | Dazzling dwarf ornamental pepper plant. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by John Stommel.. |
 | A Manila dwarf coconut palm on the grounds of the Tropical Agriculture Research Station in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Dwarf Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum Capitatum) found in the Juniper/Pine zone near Burns, Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
 | Dwarf Blue Arctic WillowBrush. Credit: Roger Rosentreter. |  | Marsh and dwarf forest south of Arkhangel'sk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. |
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| "Miff the Rabbit in the sun" by Tyniuz C. Commentary: "Miff the White Dwarf rabbit enjoying the sunshine before the cat decides to have a go at a potential dinner. I like this picture for some reason, would be nice if i get some feedback on this photo." |
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| Author | Quotation |
George Herbert | A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two. |
Plutarch | A dwarf is small, even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well. |
Robert Burton | I say with Didacus Stella, a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Then a noise like dwarf artillery broke the movement |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The dwarf at my entreaty had no other punishment than a sound whipping |
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| "Dwarf" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.11% of the time. "Dwarf" is used about 450 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.11% | 374 | 14,574 |
| Noun (proper) | 8% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.44% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.44% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 450 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dwarf": american dwarf birch ♦ chlorotic dwarf ♦ dwarf astilbe ♦ dwarf banana ♦ dwarf bilberry ♦ dwarf blueberry ♦ dwarf buckeye ♦ dwarf buffalo ♦ dwarf cape gooseberry ♦ dwarf chestnut ♦ dwarf chinkapin oak ♦ dwarf chinquapin oak ♦ dwarf cornel ♦ dwarf daisy ♦ dwarf dandelion ♦ Dwarf elder ♦ dwarf elm ♦ dwarf flowering almond ♦ dwarf genseng ♦ dwarf ginseng ♦ dwarf golden chinkapin ♦ dwarf gray willow ♦ Dwarf hemlock ♦ dwarf hulsea ♦ dwarf iris ♦ dwarf juniper ♦ dwarf lycopod ♦ dwarf maple ♦ dwarf mountain pine ♦ dwarf mulberry ♦ dwarf nipplewort ♦ dwarf oak ♦ dwarf phlox ♦ dwarf pine ♦ dwarf pipefish ♦ dwarf plant ♦ dwarf pocket rat ♦ dwarf Russian almond ♦ dwarf salmon ♦ dwarf shrub ♦ dwarf sperm whale ♦ dwarf spurge ♦ dwarf star ♦ dwarf Storage Unit ♦ dwarf sumac ♦ dwarf tree ♦ dwarf tulip ♦ Dwarf wall ♦ dwarf willow ♦ hypoplastic dwarf ♦ lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe ♦ Newfoundland dwarf birch ♦ normal dwarf ♦ onion yellow dwarf ♦ ponderosa pine dwarf mistletoe ♦ potato yellow dwarf ♦ primordial dwarf ♦ red dwarf ♦ red dwarf star ♦ Tasman dwarf pine ♦ true dwarf ♦ western dwarf mistletoe ♦ white dwarf ♦ white dwarf star ♦ yellow dwarf ♦ yellow dwarf of potato. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dwarf": dwarf-bean, dwarf-forged, dwarf-growing, dwarf-held, dwarf-hewn, dwarf-life, dwarf-like, dwarf-lily, dwarf-star, dwarf-white trillium. | |
Ending with "dwarf": Albert-the-dwarf, giant-dwarf, semi-dwarf, tree-dwarf, white-dwarf. | |
Containing "dwarf": onion yellow-dwarf virus, potato yellow-dwarf virus. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dwarf | 934 | dwarf tossing | 57 |
dwarf hamster | 501 | dwarf fruit tree | 55 |
red dwarf | 391 | russian dwarf hamster | 54 |
snow white and the seven dwarf | 354 | dwarf picture | 53 |
seven dwarf | 351 | snow white 7 dwarf | 53 |
dwarf rabbit | 290 | dwarf porn | 52 |
african dwarf frog | 228 | dwarf burning bush | 50 |
dwarf sex | 122 | dwarf frog | 49 |
netherland dwarf rabbit | 109 | dwarf korean lilac | 48 |
car dwarf | 105 | 2 brave dwarf | 46 |
white dwarf | 95 | dwarf picture seven | 43 |
7 dwarf | 93 | dwarf japanese maple | 41 |
netherland dwarf | 92 | dwarf lilac | 39 |
alberta dwarf spruce | 90 | dwarf jolly | 35 |
name the seven dwarf | 79 | 7 dwarf name | 34 |
nigerian dwarf goat | 79 | dwarf gourami | 33 |
dwarf bunny | 76 | dwarf midget | 32 |
dwarf tree | 73 | siberian dwarf hamster | 30 |
brave dwarf | 64 | red dwarf movie | 30 |
snow white and the seven dwarf picture | 60 | dwarf shrub | 30 |
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| Language | Translations for "dwarf"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | dwerg (midget, pigmy). (various references) | |
Albanian | zhuzhak (cockchafer), xhuxh (gnome, lilliputian, manikin, midget, pigmy, pygmy, shorty), shkurtabiq (shorty), s'e lë të rritet, rrëgjoj, e bën të duket i vogël. (various references) | |
Arabic | قزمي (pygmean), قزم (bantam, elf, gnome, homunculus, lilliputian, manikin, midget, pigmy, pygmy, runt), حيوان صغير, عاق النمو العقلي, صغر (belittle, hoot, lessen, shrink, smallness), جعله يبدو أصغر, الشيء الصغير (little). (various references) | |
Basque | nano. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спирам развитието на (nip, stump, throw back), недоразвит (aborted, abortive, embryonic, immature, inchoate, rudimental, rudimentary, underdeveloped, undersized, unformed), малко растение, малко животно, правя да изглежда малък, дребен (dinky, finical, finicking, finicky, insignificant, little, minor, niggling, paltry, peddling, petty, picayune, piddling, pimping, pokey, poky, poor, potty, puerile, puny, pygmy, rabbity, sawed-off, shabby, short, small, small time, small-scale, trifling, trivial, undersized, unimportant, venial), джудже (elf, gnome, manikin, midget, pygmy). (various references) | |
Chinese | 矮星 , 矮子 (a short person), 侏儒 (Dwarfs, midget, Pygmies, Pygmy), 侏 , 倭 (Japanese). (various references) | |
Czech | trpaslík (gnome, midget, pigmy, pygmy), skrèek (scrag, shrimp), pidimužík (midget). (various references) | |
Danish | dvaergagtig, dvaerg-, dvaerg, dværg (midget, pigmy), nanus. (various references) | |
Dutch | minuscuul (midget, slight, tiny), dwergachtig (midget). (various references) | |
Esperanto | nano (midget), nana (midget). (various references) | |
Faeroese | dvørgvaksin (midget), dvørgkendur (midget). (various references) | |
Farsi | کوتوله شدن , کوتوله (Gnome, Grub, Runt, Stub), کوتاه جلوه دادن , قدکوتاه (Little, Puny, Pygmy). (various references) | |
Finnish | kääpiö (pygmy). (various references) | |
French | nain. (various references) | |
Frisian | dwerch (midget, pigmy). (various references) | |
German | zwerg (gnome, midget, pigmy, runt, squirt). (various references) | |
Greek | σμικρύνω (belittle, razee, scrimp), νάνοσ (elf, gnome, lilliputian, manikin, midget, minim, pigmy, pygmy, runt, troll), νάνος (midget), νανοποιώ, επισκιάζω (eclipse, outshine, overshadow, put something in the shade, shade, shadow). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לגמד (stunt), גמדי (dwarfish, lilliputian), גמד (manikin, midget, pigmy), גוץ (pudgy, short, shorty, stocky, thickset, undersized), ננסי (dwarfish, nanoid), ננס (mannikin, midget, pygmy, runt). (various references) | |
Hungarian | törpe (dwarfish, elf, elfin, gnome, lilliput, lilliputian, manikin, midget, modicum, pigmy, pint-sized, pygmean, pygmy, scrogged, shorty, urchin). (various references) | |
Indonesian | cebol (cretin, midget). (various references) | |
Italian | nano (manikin, midget, runt). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 萎縮 (atrophy, contraction, withering), 矮人 , チップ抵抗 (runt, SMT resistor, typhus), ドレス店 (a patient's call button in a hospital, Don, Don Juan, donkey, don't mind, don't-know group, draw, draw ball, drawer, drawing, drawn game, drawnwork, dress store, dresser, dressing, dressing paper, dressing room, dressmaker, dressy, drone, drop, drop goal, drop handle, drop-kick, dropout, dungarees, game under lights, knife, knife ridge, knight, naive, nervous, Niagara, nice, nice guy, nice middle, nice shot, Nigeria, night, night cream, night game, night hospital, night latch, night show, night spot, night table, nightcap, nightclub, nightdress, nightgown, nightingale, nightmare, nightwear, Nike Hercules, Nile, Nile green, nurse, nurse bank, nurse call, nurse station, nursery, nursery tale, nylon latch, sunday, the firing of guns), 朱儒 , 侏儒 , 小人 (small person), 小人 (child, mean person, narrow-minded person, small person), 委縮 (atrophy, contraction, withering), 一寸法師 (midget). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | チビ (runt), ドワーフ , しゅじゅ (variety), いしゅく (atrophy, contraction, cower, recoil, wince, withering), いっすんぼうし (midget), こびと (child, small person), わいじん. (various references) | |
Korean | 난쟁이 (Dwarfs). (various references) | |
Manx | trollag (elf, gnome, pixie, puck, sprite, troll), dooinneen (pigmy, very small man), cur cummey feer veg er, cur ass aase, crivassan (elf), beg (few, model, narrow, poky, quiet, short, slight, small). (various references) | |
Norwegian | dverg (gnome). (various references) | |
Occitan | nan. (various references) | |
Papiamen | enano (midget). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arfdway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | anão (elf, elfin, manikin, midge, midget, shrimp, undersized). (various references) | |
Romanian | prichindel (a bit of a boy, dandiprat, hop-o'-my-thumb, midget, shrimp, whipster), plantã pipernicitã, pitic (dwarfish, gnome, hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, midget, minikin, peewee, shrimp), omuşor (uvula), micşora (abate, abridge, attenuate, Bate, belittle, contract, cut, deaden, decrease, detract, dilute, dock, drop, ease, knock down, lessen, lighten, lower, mellow, mitigate, narrow, palliate, pare, pare down, put down, rebate, reduce, remit, restrain, retrench, shorten, stop, subdue, subjugate, weaken, whittle away), chirciturã (stunted person), animal pipernicit (runt). (various references) | |
Russian | карлик (dwarves, elf, hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, midget, pigmi, pygmy). (various references) | |
Scottish | troman, troich (a dwarf), sìochair (a dwarf, fairy), acharradh. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sprečiti rast, patuljast (dwarfish, lilliputian, midget), patuljak (elf, elves, gnome, lilliputian, midget), kepec (manikin, midget, pigmy, troll). (various references) | |
Shona | hovo (dwarf mongoose). (various references) | |
Spanish | enano (dwarfish, manikin, midget, pigmy, pygmy, runt, stunted). (various references) | |
Swedish | dvärg (gnome, manikin, midget, pigmy, pygmy). (various references) | |
Thai | ทำให้แคระเกร็น, ซึ่งเตี้ยแคระ (dwarfish). (various references) | |
Turkish | gölgede bırakmak (cut out, eclipse, Excel, outshine, overshade, overshadow, put into the shades, supplant, trump, upstage), cüceleştirmek, cüce (elf, gnome, ground-, homunculus, hop-o'-my-thumb, lilliputian, manikin, midget, nano-, pigmy, pygmean, pygmy, runt, scrub, scrubby, shrimp, tom thumb), bodur kalmak, bodur şey, bodur (brief, dumpy, low, podgy, pudgy, punch, scrub, scrubby, short, shortie, shorty, shrimp, squabby, squat, stocky, stumpy, stunted), büyümesini önlemek, bücür (brief, runt, short, shorty, squat, squirt). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | карликова тварина, карлик (elf, midget, pygmy, shrimp), гном (gnome, leprechaun, pygmy), зупинятися у рості, припиняти розвиток. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người lùn (shrimp), lùn tịt; nhỏ xíu; còi cọc (dwarfish), lùn (cobby, dwarfish), con vật lùn. (various references) | |
Welsh | pegor (dummy, imp, manikin), corrach (pygmy), coraches (pygmy), cor (spider). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | nanos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | naneae. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 21, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H kurtoV h efhloV h ptiloV touV ofqalmouV h anqrwpoV w an h en autw ywra agria h lichn h monorciV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If crokid rigge, or bleer eyed; if whijt perle hauynge in the eye; if contynuel scab; if a drye scab in the body; or brosten. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Or croke backed, or perleyed, or gogeleyed, or maunge or skaulde or hath his stones broken. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his peculiar members broken: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Leviticus Chapter 21, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Kun buktot, kun enano, kun adunay biti sa mata, kun tawo nga nukaon, kun may bon-i, kun tawo nga gituntonan; |
| Chinese | 駝 背 的 、 矮 矬 的 、 眼 睛 有 毛 病 的 、 長 癬 的 、 長 疥 的 、 或 是 損 壞 腎 子 的 、 都 不 可 近 前 來 。 |
| Croatian | ni poguren, ni kržljav, ni bolesnih oèiju, ni lišajav, ni krastav, niti uškopljenik. |
| Danish | eller en pukkelrygget eller en med Tæring eller en, der har Pletter i Øjnene eller lider af Skab eller Ringorm eller har svulne Testikler. |
| Dutch | Of die bultachtig, of dwergachtig zal zijn, of een vel op zijn oog zal hebben, of droge schurftheid, of etterige schurftheid, of die gebroken zal zijn aan zijn gemacht. |
| Finnish | kyttyräselkäinen tai surkastunut, silmävikainen tai ihotautinen tai rupinen tai kuohittu. |
| French | un homme bossu ou grêle, ayant une tache à l`oeil, la gale, une dartre, ou les testicules écrasés. |
| German | oder höckerig ist oder ein Fell auf dem Auge hat oder schielt oder den Grind oder Flechten hat oder der gebrochen ist. |
| Haitian Creole | kit li gen boul nan do, kit li rachitik, kit li malad nan je, kit li gen maladi po, kit grenn li kraze. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | yang bongkok atau cebol, yang berpenyakit mata atau berpenyakit kulit dan yang dikebiri. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | atau orang yang bungkuk, atau yang keretut, atau yang berbelalak matanya, atau yang berkurap atau berpuru atau berburut. |
| Italian | né un gobbo, né un nano, né chi abbia una macchia nell'occhio o la scabbia o piaghe purulente o sia eunuco. |
| Maori | Te tuara piko ranei, te mea i puwhenua te tupu, ki te papahewa ranei tona kanohi, ki te mea ranei he papaka, he hakihaki ranei tona, ki te mea ranei kua komurumurua ona mea; |
| Norwegian | eller som er pukkelrygget eller dverg eller har en hvit flekk på øiet eller har skabb eller noget annet utslett, eller hvis stener er knust. |
| Portuguese | ou for corcunda, ou anão, ou que tiver belida, ou sarna, ou impigens, ou que tiver testículo lesado; |
| Rumanian | nici un om ghebos sau pipernicit, cu albeayq kn ochi, care are rkie, pecingine sau bowit. |
| Russian | ОЙ ЗПТВБФЩК, ОЙ У УХИЙН ЮМЕОПН, ОЙ У ВЕМШНПН ОБ ЗМБЪХ, ОЙ ЛПТПУФПЧЩК, ОЙ РБТЫЙЧЩК, ОЙ У РПЧТЕЦДЕООЩНЙ СФТБНЙ; |
| Spanish | jorobado, enano, quien tenga nube en el ojo, quien tenga sarna o tiña, o tenga testículo dañado. |
| Swedish | ingen som är puckelryggig eller förkrympt, eller som har fel på ögat, eller som har skabb eller annat utslag, eller som är snöpt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dwarf": dwarfed, dwarfer, dwarfest, dwarfing, dwarfish, dwarfishly, dwarfishness, dwarfishnesses, dwarfism, dwarfisms, dwarflike, dwarfness, dwarfnesses, dwarfs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dwarf": bedwarf, semidwarf. (additional references) | |
Words containing "dwarf": bedwarfed, bedwarfing, bedwarfs, semidwarfs. (additional references) | |
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"Dwarf" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: D'afra, Darf, dwaft, dwar, dwarft, dwarm, dwarv, dwarve, Dwejra, dwire, dwor, dwraf, dwur, Hdsware, Odawara, warf. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dwarf" (pronounced dwô"rf) |
| 4 | -w ô" r f | wharf. |
| 3 | -ô" r f | morph. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-r-w" | |
-1 letter: draw, fard, ward. | |
-2 letters: arf, daw, fad, far, rad, raw, wad, war. | |
-3 letters: ad, ar, aw, fa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-f-r-w" | |
+1 letter: dwarfs. | |
+2 letters: bedwarf, dwarfed, dwarfer, forward, froward, wafered, wharfed. | |
+3 letters: aardwolf, bedwarfs, dwarfest, dwarfing, dwarfish, dwarfism, farrowed, forwards, leftward, selfward. | |
+4 letters: afterward, afterword, bedwarfed, dayflower, delftware, downdraft, drawerful, drawknife, dwarfisms, dwarflike, dwarfness, forwarded, forwarder, forwardly, frontward, frowardly, leftwards, semidwarf, woodcraft. | |
+5 letters: afterwards, afterwords, afterworld, bedwarfing, crawfished, dayflowers, delftwares, downdrafts, drawerfuls, dwarfishly, farewelled, firewalled, floodwater, foreshadow, forewarned, forwarders, forwardest, forwarding, freedwoman, frontwards, semidwarfs, waterflood, woodcrafts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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