low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
<noun.plant>

Pinus mugo

Swiss mountain pine

dwarf mountain pine

mountain pine

mugho pine

mugo pine

creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
<noun.plant>

Rubus chamaemorus

bakeapple

baked-apple berry

cloudberry

dwarf mulberry

salmonberry

small European herb with small yellow flowers
<noun.plant>

Arnoseris minima

dwarf nipplewort

lamb succory

deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets
<noun.plant>

Quercus prinoides

dwarf chinkapin oak

dwarf chinquapin oak

dwarf oak

low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
<noun.plant>

Phlox subulata

dwarf phlox

moss phlox

moss pink

mountain phlox

small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast
<noun.animal>

Syngnathus hildebrandi

dwarf pipefish

small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
<noun.animal>

dwarf pocket rat

kangaroo mouse

very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific
<noun.animal>

Kogia simus

dwarf sperm whale

European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States
<noun.plant>

Euphorbia exigua

dwarf spurge

common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
<noun.plant>

Rhus copallina

black sumac

dwarf sumac

mountain sumac

shining sumac

small early blooming tulip
<noun.plant>

Tulipa armena

Tulipa suaveolens

dwarf tulip

widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves
<noun.plant>

Salix herbacea

dwarf willow

a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
<noun.plant>

dwarf-white trillium

early wake-robin

snow trillium

atypically small
<adj.all>

dwarfish

sample sentences

"dwarf tree"
"dwarf star"

smallness of stature
<noun.attribute>

dwarfishness

a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature
<noun.state>

dwarfism

nanism

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
<noun.person>

dweeb

grind

nerd

swot

wonk

think moodily or anxiously about something
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4

brood

dwell

be an inhabitant of or reside in
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 142 freq. cnt.: 129 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

dwell

inhabit

live

populate

sample sentences

"People lived in Africa millions of years ago"
"The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"
"this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"
"deer are populating the woods"

originate (in)
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 44 freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

consist

dwell

lie

lie in

sample sentences

"The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

come back to
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dwell

harp

sample sentences

"Don't dwell on the past"
"She is always harping on the same old things"

exist or be situated within
<verb.stative>

dwell

inhabit

sample sentences

"Strange notions inhabited her mind"

delay
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dwell on

linger over

a person who inhabits a particular place
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

denizen

dweller

habitant

indweller

inhabitant

housing that someone is living in
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 61 freq. cnt.: 48 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

abode

domicile

dwelling

dwelling house

habitation

home

sample sentences

"he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
"they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

housing that someone is living in
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 61 freq. cnt.: 48 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

abode

domicile

dwelling

dwelling house

habitation

home

sample sentences

"he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
"they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

become smaller or lose substance
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

dwindle

dwindle away

dwindle down

sample sentences

"Her savings dwindled down"

become smaller or lose substance
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

dwindle

dwindle away

dwindle down

sample sentences

"Her savings dwindled down"

become smaller or lose substance
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

dwindle

dwindle away

dwindle down

sample sentences

"Her savings dwindled down"

gradually decreasing until little remains
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

dwindling

tapering

tapering off

a becoming gradually less
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dwindling

dwindling away

sample sentences

"there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"

a becoming gradually less
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dwindling

dwindling away

sample sentences

"there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"

two items of the same kind
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 2

brace

couple

couplet

distich

duad

duet

duo

dyad

pair

span

twain

twosome

yoke

of or relating to a dyad or based on two
<adj.pert>

dyadic