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Reckless ingenuity.

Beards.

Reckless determination.

Reckless stupidity.

The ability to end all life, accidentally.

The ability to end all life purposely.

Wanton slaughter.

Alcohol dependencies.

Being short/Small stature. (I'm looking at you DZA)

Doing the most inefficient thing possible in the most inefficient way possible to achieve an unknown goal usually not even known by the dwarf performing such a task until the task is complete... And such the goal turns out to be useless, dangerous or both

The ability to admire doors.

The ability to tantrum.

The ability to make sense of the illogical and physics defying.

The ability to make problems out of the simplest of tasks...

The ability to make demons out of the most mundane of animals.

Soap making.

Magma.

Machines and contraptions... Pretty much anything involving mechanisms.

The ability to protect one's sanity with fine roasts and lovely halls filled with golden statues of roaches

Immense hatred of everything that moves. (Includes inanimate objects)... Wait...

Living underground

[Loud Whispers]

EPIC !!PHILOSOPHY!! TIME!


Post suggestions for the poll (unless they're REALLY Dorfy), and it would help if you also vote/+give the reason why you think what you voted for makes a dwarf... a Dwarf.

i.e. Alcohol dependencies make dwarves Dwarfs, because without such booze, there would be no tamper tantrum rage, no drunken catsplosions, "accidental" fun e.t.c...
Have !FUN!

Spoiler: *Edit, first poll winners, however this may be slightly inaccurate as there were some late entries :/ (click to show/hide)

Doing the most inefficient thing possible in the most inefficient way possible to achieve an unknown goal usually not even known by the dwarf performing such a task until the task is complete... And such the goal turns out to be useless, dangerous or both. ~ This won first place with 16 votes out of 70, 22.9% of all votes, with the most common reasoning for this being the most commonly cited term of a Dwarf.
Inefficiency and Illogical rationality.

Beards ~ Won 2nd place with 14 votes, 20% of all votes.
Yup. Beards.

Reckless ingenuity ~ Won 3rd place with 9 votes, 12.9% of all votes, ingenuity just isn't that Dwarfy until it becomes dangerous and excessive. Or is it the other way around?

The ability to admire doors ~ 4th place with 7 votes, 10% of all votes. If you are surprised, don't be. I mean, if you just saw everyone you know gobbled up by some forgotten monstrosity, would you be able to happily walk away because you admired the crap out of a door?

The last significant few all tied with 4 votes each, Reckless determination, Magma and anything to do with mechanisms.
Self explanatory.

Spoiler: Poll redone, with all entries added. (click to show/hide)

~Still going on~
~Or Loud Whispers has spontaneously combusted~

[King DZA]

Philosophy, you say? HELL YEAH!*throws hand up into the air, awaits high-five*

Anyway, you seem to have left out one of the single most important features of being a dwarf. Their small stature. That, mixed with the reckless ingenuity, and  think we have identified two of the main distinguishing traits of a dwarf.

[Loud Whispers]

Doesn't that go under being short?

[WolfeyS]

Best poll ever.  EVER.

[Shinotsa]

I went for reckless ingenuity because it fits the best with being fond of industry. Plus, I always took that whole "fond of industry" thing to be more of a euphemism for the reckless ambition we all seem to call "being dorfy".

[Loud Whispers]

Best poll ever.  EVER.

It was inspired by moustaches.

I went for reckless ingenuity because it fits the best with being fond of industry. Plus, I always took that whole "fond of industry" thing to be more of a euphemism for the reckless ambition we all seem to call "being dorfy".

Yeah, if DF humans are prone to great ambition, then dwarves...

[Oliolli]

It's a shame one can only choose one.

I chose beards. The dwarf is actually just a host for the beard, which does what little thinking goes on, and commands the dwarf to do everything.

[King DZA]

Doesn't that go under being short?

You mean that thing I totally didn't notice? Yeah, I suppose it does.

[Loud Whispers]

I deliberately kept it at one so people would think A LOT about the Dorfiest characteristic of dwarves, instead of just going with the largest Dorf meme currently circulating.

Speaking of memes...

[Frying Doby]

Killed his kids, killed his wife, killed his friends, killed his cat and destroyed his masterpieces but he admired a fine door recently. Urist is pretty happy.
Obvious choice.

[Spinning Welshman]

The essence of being a dwarf is being inefficient... with unerring efficiency 

therefore I chose inefficiency.

[Loud Whispers]

Killed his kids, killed his wife, killed his friends, killed his cat and destroyed his masterpieces but he admired a fine door recently. Urist is pretty happy.
Obvious choice.

My Dwarves all seem to appreciate doors the most too, odd huh?
Perhaps they see doors as another obstacle to admire, weaponize and smash? XP

The essence of being a dwarf is being inefficient... with unerring efficiency 

therefore I chose inefficiency.

But... But why? D:

[WolfeyS]

We need another button to tick.

The ability to forget even the most tragic events by eating a nice roast in an amazing dining hall.

[Mitchewawa]

What about a debilitating fear/immense hatred of everything that moves?

[acetech09]

No 'all of the above'?

But, if toady one day had some weird accident and had to make dwarf fortress into elf fortress, and there was only one thing I'd  be able to preserve from the former creatures, it'd be machines & components.