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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Elve"

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browniesnoun	(usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
goblins	a webcomic by Ellipsis Stephens.
leprechaunsnoun	(Irish folklore) One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.
munchkins	"Munchkins" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American period spy drama television series The Americans.
bluejetnoun	Alternative spelling of blue jet. [(astronomy, meteorology) An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity.]
transient luminous eventnoun	(astronomy, meteorology, aviation) Any of a variety of upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms.
upward lightningnoun	(astronomy, meteorology) An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, in which the lightning bolt projects straight into the upper atmosphere.
ball lightningnoun	A short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms.
astronomical transientnoun	(astronomy) A localized discrete transient optical spectrum event at astronomical distances.
volcanic lightningnoun	(volcanology, meteorology) Electrical discharge that occurs during a volcanic eruption, caused by a build-up of static electricity in colliding ejecta (such as ash and debris).
heat lightningnoun	Lightning and/or thunder which the observer attributes to heat rather than a storm (e.g. because the storm/rain is too distant to be seen, or because there is no rain, as with dry lighting).
sfericnoun	A short pulse of electromagnetic radiation produced by lightning
fast blue optical transientnoun	(astronomy) a very short duration bright flash in the visible spectrum; thought to be caused by a type of supernova
scintillationnoun	A flash of light; a spark.
fast-evolving luminous transientnoun	(astronomy) A type of weak supernova whose luminous shell cools quickly and within days goes dark
solar stormnoun	(astronomy) an electromagnetic storm on the photosphere of the Sun
sphericsnoun	(mathematics) The geometry and trigonometry of the surface of a sphere.
limb brighteningnoun	(physics, astronomy) The optical effect where, when certain wavelengths (not in the spectrum of visible light) are examined, the edge of the disk of a star appears brighter than the center of the disk.
spheric	Spherical.
helium flashnoun	(astronomy) The sudden beginning of the burning of helium in the core of stars of intermediate mass or on the surface of an accreting white dwarf.