Elves

Definition: Elves

Elves

Noun

1. 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.

Date "elves" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Crosswords: Elves

English words defined with "elves": Elf child, Elflock, Elvan ♦ red sprites ♦ sprites ♦ Wayland, Wayland the Smith, Wieland. (references)

Specialty definitions using "elves": Alfheim ♦ Hill-people ♦ Orfeo and Heurodis ♦ Ryme. (references)

Elves is plural for both:

The name of a mythical creature; see Elf;
The name of an optical and electromagnetic phenomenon; see Elve.

Elves (Middle-earth)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Elves are one of the fictional races that appear in the work of J. R. R. Tolkien. Their complex history is described in full only in The Silmarillion, and it is mentioned tangentially in The Lord of the Rings. Elves were the first inhabitants of Middle-earth who were able to speak. They are sometimes called the Firstborn (as opposed to Men, the Afterborn). The Elves named themselves Quendi (the Speakers), in honor of the fact that, when they were created, they were the only living things able to speak. (This name is no accident - Tolkien was a linguist.) Oromë called them Eldar (Star People) because they were born under the stars, but the name is generally considered to exclude the Avari.

Elves are described as the fairest of all creatures in Middle-earth, lovers of art (particularly songs, which they sing in beautiful voices). Elves are also stronger than Men and have far sharper senses, enabling them to communicate and be in harmony with nature. Elves possess an affinity with nature and the earth that Men may see as "magic." Their memories and dreams are as vivid as real life.

Tolkien saw Elves as human beings prior to the original sin; while this made them perfect (it is specifically told that not a single Elf joined Morgoth or Sauron, the Enemies), it also made them less able than the mortal Men, that appeared after them. By the Third Age (the time of The Lord of the Rings), the importance of Elves in affairs of the world is diminishing, and only a few of them are left in Rivendell, Lothlórien, and the Mirkwood. Many of them can be seen walking west, towards the elf havens, to leave Middle-earth forever, and those who stay in the meanwhile know that it is their fate to "diminish and go West". None of them are to remain in Middle-earth after the end of the Fourth Age.

Some important Elves:

Ingwë
Elwë (aka Elu Thingol)
Finwë
Fëanor
Galadriel
Gil-galad
Legolas

Half-elven:

Elros
Elrond
Arwen

See also: Sundering of the Elves, Elvish language

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	An alliance once existed between elves and men. Long ago we fought and died together. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Just like elves, and gremlins, and Eskimos. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Elves with attitude. (The Santa Clause; writing credit: Leonardo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick) Now listen, you, you're an elf and elves make toys. (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; writing credit: Robert May; Romeo Muller)
Tongue Twisters	Eleven elves licked eleven little licorice lollipops. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Shoemaker and the Elves (1935) Jolly Little Elves (1934) Elves (1990)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Evermeet: Island of Elves (Forgotten Realms) (reference) Five Alien Elves (Harper Trophy) (reference) Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards (reference) The Book of Faeries: A Guide to the World of Elves, Pixies, Goblins, and Other Magic Spirits (reference) The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches (Keeper Martin's Tales Series, Book 1) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Those Who Hunt Elves - Ready, Set, Strip! (Vol. 1) (reference) Elves (reference) Enchanted Tales: Christmas Elves (reference) Timeless Tales from Hallmark: The Elves and the Shoemaker (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Ancient Forest of Elves (reference) Fairies, Elves & Angels, Vol. 1 (reference) Naked Elves in Cowboy Boots (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Elves" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Elves" is used about 387 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 (plural)	100%	387	14,277

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "elves".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Elfriede	Female	German	The strength of elves
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "elves": Fairy-elves.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "elves"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kukudhët. (various references)

Czech		skřítek (elf, gnome, Goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, imp, manikin, pixie, pixy, pygmy, sprite). (various references)

German		Elfen (fairies, sprites). (various references)

Greek		πλυθιντικό του elf. (various references)

Hungarian		törpék (little people). (various references)

Pig Latin		elvesay

Romanian		spiriduş (brownie, elf, elfin, familiar, Goblin, hobgoblin, spook, sprite). (various references)

Russian		эльфы (little people, the little people). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		patuljak (dwarf, elf, gnome, lilliputian, midget). (various references)

Thai		� ูติน้อย (รูปพหูพจน์ของ elf). (various references)

Turkish		periler (fairies, fairydom, genii, little people, the little people), cinler (genii, jinn). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "elves": bookshelves, delves, helves, mantelshelves, nonselves, ourselves, pelves, selves, shelves, theirselves, themselves, twelves, yourselves. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Elves" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alvez, ehlvest, Elaeis, eleos, eles, elesy, elev, elevee, eleves, elevy, Eleys, Elfel, elfs, elmes, elses, eluve, elv, elva, Elvas, elven, elvers, elvet, Elvey, elvi, Elvia, elvis, elviss, elwesii, erles, erves, evels, evest, leves, pelves, ulevs, Ulvaeus, ulvas. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "elves" (pronounced e"lvz)
4	e" l v z	delves, ourselves, selves, shelves, themselves, yourselves.
3	-l v z	absolves, bivalves, bookshelves, dissolves, evolves, involves, resolves, revolves, solves, valves, wolves.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-l-s-v"
	-1 letter: eels, else, eves, lees, seel, vees.
	-2 letters: eel, els, eve, lee, lev, see, sel, vee.
	-3 letters: el, es.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-l-s-v"
	+1 letter: bevels, delves, devels, elvers, helves, kevels, leaves, levees, levels, levers, levies, pelves, revels, selves, shelve, sleave, sleeve, svelte, vessel.
	+2 letters: cleaves, delvers, elevens, elevons, elusive, enslave, evilest, evolves, laveers, leavens, leavers, leviers, lievest, releves, relives, resolve, reveals, reviles, selvage, servile, several, shelved, shelver, shelves, sleaved, sleaves, sleeved, sleeves, svelter, twelves, vakeels, vealers, veilers, velites, velures, velvets, venules, vesicle, vessels, weevils.
	+3 letters: alewives, aversely, bedevils, behalves, believes, beloveds, beslaved, bevelers, cervelas, cleavers, clevises, deleaves, delivers, delusive, desilver, devalues, develops, devolves, dishevel, elatives, elevates, emulsive, enclaves, enlivens, enslaved, enslaver, enslaves, envelops, evangels, evillest, evilness, evolutes, evolvers, exclaves, foveoles, haverels, hiveless, leaviest, levelers, leverets, levities, levulose, liveners, liveness, liveries, loveless, lovelies, loveseat, lovesome, moveless, nervules, novelise, overlets, overlies, oversale, oversell, pelvises, prelives, ravelers, relieves, relievos, resilver, resolved, resolver, resolves, revalues, revelers, reversal, revilers, revolves, revulsed, salvagee, saveable, selvaged, selvages, selvedge, servable, severals, severely, shelvers, shelvier, shoveled, shoveler, silvered, silverer, silvexes, slavered, slaverer, sleeving, slivered, sliverer, sniveled, sniveler, sublevel, sveltely, sveltest, swiveled, televise, unlevels, valences, vaselike, vealiest, vehicles, veinless, veinlets, veinules, veligers, veloutes, ventless, venulose, verbiles, verbless, vermeils, versicle, vesicles, vesperal, vesseled, vestless, vestlike, viceless, viewless, vileness, viselike, voleries, voteless, waveless, wavelets.
	+4 letters: adversely, aliveness, bedrivels, believers, bevellers, cervelats, chevalets, cleavages, cleveites, cleverest, cleverish, coevolves, coverless, coverlets, crevalles, desilvers, developes, devilries, devisable, dishevels, diversely, drivelers, electives, elevateds, elevators, elevenses, elevenths, elusively, eluviates, endleaves, enslavers, envelopes, evaluates, evasively, evenfalls, eventless, eversible, evildoers, exclusive, explosive, expulsive, festively, flyleaves, foveolets, graveless, grovelers, inveigles, inversely, juveniles, kalewives, lavenders, leftovers, lenitives, levanters, levatores, levellers, levelness, leverages, levigates, levirates, levitates, levuloses, lifesaver, liveliest, loveliest, loveseats, lovevines, medievals, moveables, nerveless, nonselves, novelised, novelises, novelizes, novelties, obversely, ourselves, overflies, overlades, overleaps, overlends, overlives, overloves, overmelts, overplies, overrules, oversales, overscale, oversells, oversleep, overslept, overzeals, peevishly, pensively, prelusive, pulverise, ravellers, reclusive, relatives, relievers, replevies, replevins, repulsive, resilvers, resolvent, resolvers, restively, revealers, reveilles, revellers, revelries, reversals, reversely, reviewals, revisable, revolters, revolvers, revulsive, salvagees, seclusive, selective, selvedged, selvedges, semivowel, servilely, sevenfold, severable, severally, severalty, shelviest, shovelers, shovelled, shoveller, shriveled, silverers, slaverers, slaveries, sleepover, sleevelet, sliverers, snivelers, snivelled, sublevels, swivelled, televiews, televised, televises, travelers, trueloves, twelvemos, valencies, valerates, valueless, valveless, valvelets, veinulets, velarizes, velverets, vendables, vendibles, verbosely, verglases, vernacles, vernicles, versatile, versicles, vesiculae, vesperals, vestibule, violences, voiceless, volleyers, vowelizes, werwolves.
	+5 letters: adhesively, afterlives, alleviates, aversively, belvederes, bolshevize, cervelases, champleves, chevaliers, chevelures, cleverness, codevelops, cohesively, convalesce, conversely, covalences, covellines, covellites, crescively, daredevils, decisively, deliverers, deliveries, delusively, derisively, deservedly, desilvered, devaluates, developers, devilments, deviltries, disbelieve, disheveled, drivelines, driverless, effusively, elevations, evangelism, evangelist, everglades, evilnesses, exclusives, expletives, explosives, feverishly, intervales, inveiglers, investable, lavalieres, leavenings, lifesavers, liveliness, livenesses, longleaves, lovelessly, loveliness, meatloaves, mediaevals, misbelieve, misdevelop, motiveless, movelessly, novelettes, observable, olivenites, ovalnesses, overblouse, overcleans, overclears, overglazes, overlearns, overpedals, overpluses, oversalted, overscaled, oversimple, oversleeps, oversubtle, overvalues, overwhelms, paloverdes, perversely, preclusive, prevalents, privileges, pulverised, pulverises, pulverizes, ravelments, redelivers, redevelops, redissolve, reflexives, relevances, reprievals, reservable, reservedly, resilvered, resolvable, resolvents, retrievals, revaluates, revelators, reversible, reversibly, revitalise, semivowels, shinleaves, shovellers, shovelnose, shrivelled, silverside, silverware, silverweed, sleepovers, sleeveless, sleevelets, slovenlier, solvencies, suppletive, surveilled, svelteness, televising, television, televisual, themselves, travellers, unresolved, valentines, varletries, vegetables, velleities, velocities, velodromes, velveteens, venalities, venialness, ventilates, ventricles, verbalizes, vernalizes, vesiculate, vestibuled, vestibules, vestmental, viewlessly, vilenesses, villenages, virtueless, virulences, vitelluses, voltmeters, volumeters, volunteers, wavelessly, werewolves, wolverines, yourselves.
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