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ръководене
Skillful guidance or management. · rakovodene
ръководещ
That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide. · rakovodesht
ръководи́тел
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager. · rakovoditel
ръководи́телка
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager. · rakovoditelka
ръково́дство
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction. · rakovodstvo
ръководя
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity. · rakovodya
ръкоделие
Work done by the hands. · rakodelie
ръкойка
A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. · rakoyka
ръкомахам
(intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking. · rakomaham
ръкопашен бой
(especially, military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling. · rakopashen boy
ръкопи́с
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting. · rakopis
ръкописен
Written in the author’s own handwriting. · rakopisen
ръкопляска́м
(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands. · rakoplyaskam
ръкопля́скане
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. · rakoplyaskane
ръкополагам
(religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi. · rakopolagam
ръкости́скане
The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement. · rakostiskane
ръкохватка
A projection that one may hold onto for support, e.g. in mountain climbing. · rakohvatka
ръкувам се
(intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands. · rakuvam se
ръку́ване
The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement. · rakuvane
ръмеж
(Britain, chiefly, dialectal) Misty rain; drizzle. · ramezh
ръмене
(countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow. · ramene
ръмжа
(intransitive) To snarl or growl; to gnar. · ramzha
ръмжене
A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal. · ramzhene
ръмя
(impersonal) To rain lightly. · ramya
ръмящ
Abounding with drizzle; drizzling. · ramyasht
ръст
An increase in size, number, value, or strength. · rast
ръся
(transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it. · rasya
ръце
(transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands. · ratse
ръчен
Made by hand; manufactured manually. · rachen
ръчени́к
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath. · rachenik
ръ́чка
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button). · rachka
ръчна граната
(slang) A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.) · rachna granata
ръчна количка
(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand. · rachna kolichka
ръчна трансмисия
(metonymically) A vehicle with a manual transmission. · rachna transmisiya
ръ́чно фене́рче
(Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source. · rachno fenerche
рядка кал
Liquid mud or mire. · ryadka kal
рядко
Not frequently. · ryadko
ря́дкост
A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.] · ryadkost
рядък
Not frequent; not happening frequently. · ryadak
рязане
(card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards. · ryazane
рязка
The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision. · ryazka
рязко
In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.] · ryazko
рязко движение
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body. · ryazko dvizhenie
рязко дръпване
A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force). · ryazko drapvane
рязко изкачяане
(figurative) A quick ascent. · ryazko izkachyaane
рязко очертан
(mostly, archaic) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. · ryazko ochertan
рязко спадане
A violent or dramatic fall. · ryazko spadane
рязкост
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence. [First attested in the early 17th century.] · ryazkost
рязък
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. [First attested in the late 16th century.] · ryazak
рязък удар
A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion. · ryazak udar
ряпа
(chiefly, Scotland) The swede (rutabaga); turnip. · ryapa
с
(transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands. · s
с [[при́мес]]
Not pure · s [[primes]]
с ваше позволение
(formal) With all due respect to. · s vashe pozvolenie
с вкус на сирене
Resembling or containing cheese. · s vkus na sirene
с главата напред
Plunging downwards head foremost. · s glavata napred
с голяма точност
Extremely precise or specific, especially regarding location. · s golyama tochnost
с две лица
(of, clothing) Able to be worn inside out. · s dve litsa
с дру́ги ду́ми
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification. · s drugi dumi
с изключение на
Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of. · s izklyuchenie na
с качулка
(of clothing) Fitted with a hood. · s kachulka
с меки корици
(of a book) Having flexible binding. · s meki koritsi
с настоящото
with this; especially, with this letter or communication · s nastoyashtoto
с недостатъци
Lacking something essential; often construed with in. · s nedostatatsi
с недостаъчен персонал
In a shorthanded manner. · s nedostaachen personal
с неравномерно качество
Of inconsistent quality. · s neravnomerno kachestvo
с о́бич
(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. · s obich
с опори на различни нива
(architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane. · s opori na razlichni niva
с петна (по кожата)
having pockmarks · s petna (po kozhata)
с по-висок ранг
Higher in rank, power, or position. [first attested around 1150–1350] · s po-visok rang
с подправки
Of a food, often a liquid: containing seasonings · s podpravki
с право
In a right manner; correctly, justifiably. · s pravo
с разкрачени крака
With one’s legs on either side. · s razkracheni kraka
с телесен цвят
(of clothing, makeup, etc., comparable) Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh. · s telesen tsvyat
с това
(formal) By this means, action or process. · s tova
с трясък
Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu. · s tryasak
с тънки корици
(of a book) Having flexible binding. · s tanki koritsi
с удоволствие
With good will; in all happiness; willingly. · s udovolstvie
с усилия
In a laboured manner. · s usiliya
с цветовете на дъгата
(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic. · s tsvetovete na dagata
с чупки
Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl. · s chupki
Сааб
A Swedish aerospace and defence company, which formerly also produced automobiles. · Saab
саа́м
A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland. · saam
сабо
A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel. · sabo
сабота́ж
A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction. · sabotazh
саботирам
To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful. · sabotiram
саботьо́р
A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy. · sabotyor
саботьо́рка
A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy. · sabotyorka
Сава
A river in southern Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube at Belgrade. · Sava
саван
(often plural) A burial shroud or garment. · savan
савана
A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. · savana
са́га
An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends. · saga
Садда́м
A en given name of Arabic usage. · Saddam
Садда́м Хюсе́ин
Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi dictator (1979-2003). · Saddam Hyusein
садизъм
Achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting pain or humiliation on others, or watching pain or humiliation inflicted on others. · sadizam
садилка
A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. · sadilka
садистичен
Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others. · sadistichen
садя́
(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow. · sadya
сажди
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks. · sazhdi
Сайго́н
(historical, or, informal) The former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam; the former capital of South Vietnam. · Saygon
сайда
Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family. · sayda
са́йдер
(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice). · sayder
сака́т
(now, _, rare, dated) crippled · sakat
саке́
(alcohol) Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice. · sake
сако́
(countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. · sako
сакристия
A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy. · sakristiya
Саксо́ния
A state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands. Official name: Free State of Saxony. · Saksoniya
саксо́нски
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language. · saksonski
саксофо́н
A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards. · saksofon
сал
A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform. · sal
сала́м
A large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices. · salam
салама́ндър
A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard. · salamandar
саламу́ра
Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling. · salamura
сала́та
A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise. · salata
Сале
A coastal city near Rabat in the region of Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, Morocco. · Sale
салицилова киселина
(carboxylic acid) A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C6>H4(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals. · salitsilova kiselina
салмонела
Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and other diseases. · salmonela
са́лник
(mechanics) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, used for example around a ship’s propeller shaft or around a tap, valve or faucet. · salnik
сало
The layers of fat that support the kidneys of a pig. · salo
салон
A large room for public meetings or performances. · salon
салонен танц
A type of elegant dance. · salonen tants
салто
Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head. · salto
салфетка
(Judaism) A similar circular piece of lace worn as a head-covering by some married Jewish women. · salfetka
сам
By oneself, solitary. · sam
са́мбо
A Russian martial art and combat sport. · sambo
самец
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, shad and kangaroo. · samets
самите
(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis). · samite
самият
(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate · samiyat
са́мка
One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. · samka
само
By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo. · samo
само ако
Only if (the stipulation that follows is true). · samo ako
Самоа̀
A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa. · Samoa
самобръсна́чка
A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor. · samobrasnachka
самова́р
A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil. · samovar
самови́ла
(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism. · samovila
самовластен
Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory. [first attested in the mid 1500s] · samovlasten
самовла́стие
(uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual. · samovlastie
самодивско дърво
Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan. · samodivsko darvo
самодържа́вец
An absolute ruler with infinite power. · samodarzhavets
самодържа́вие
(uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual. · samodarzhavie
саможив
not desiring the company of others · samozhiv
самолет
A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift. · samolet
самоли́чност
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves. · samolichnost
самомнение
Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect. · samomnenie
самонаблюдение
(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states. · samonablyudenie
самонадеян
(informal) Too confident; overconfident. · samonadeyan
самонаде́яност
(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.] · samonadeyanost
самообладание
Calmness of mind or temperament. · samoobladanie
самоотве́ржен
Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish. · samootverzhen
самоотверже́ност
The quality or state of being selfless. · samootverzhenost

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