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Noun: sylph  silf
  1. A slender graceful young woman
     
  2. An elemental being believed to inhabit the air

Derived forms: sylphs

Type of: adult female, imaginary being, imaginary creature, woman

Encyclopedia: Sylph

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syllabus
syllepsis
syllogise
syllogiser
syllogism
syllogist
syllogistic
syllogistically
syllogize
syllogizer
sylph
sylphic
sylphlike
sylva
sylvan
sylvanite
Sylvanus
Sylvester II
Sylvia communis
Sylvia curruca
Sylvia Plath