Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elves

1 sense of elves

Sense 1
elves -- (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)
       => atmospheric electricity -- (electrical discharges in the atmosphere)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elf

2 senses of elf

Sense 1
elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp -- ((folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous)
       => fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite -- (a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers)

Sense 2
extremely low frequency, ELF -- (below 3 kilohertz)
       => radio frequency -- (an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared)