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хиля́да
A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 103 (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.) · hilyada
хилядарка
(plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.) · hilyadarka
хилядна
One thousandth part. · hilyadna
хилядоле́тие
(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000. · hilyadoletie
хи́мен
(anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females. · himen
химера
(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon. · himera
хими́к
A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level. · himik
химика́л
(chemistry, sciences) Any specific chemical element or chemical compound or alloy. · himikal
химика́лка
A pen, similar in size and shape to a pencil, having an internal chamber filled with a viscous, quick-drying ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a metal sphere (around 0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter). · himikalka
хими́чен
Of or relating to chemistry. · himichen
хими́чески
Of or relating to chemistry. · himicheski
хими́чка
A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level. · himichka
химия
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules. · himiya
химн
A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one. · himn
хи́нди
The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries. · hindi
хинин
(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.] · hinin
хипе́рбола
(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola. · hiperbola
хипервръ́зка
(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion. · hipervrazka
хиперкапния
(medicine, pathology) The condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide in the blood. · hiperkapniya
хипи
(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc. · hipi
хипноза
A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced. · hipnoza
хипнотизирам
(transitive) To induce a state of hypnosis in. · hipnotiziram
хипнотизъм
The art of inducing hypnosis. · hipnotizam
хипнотист
A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy. · hipnotist
хипнотичен
Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism. · hipnotichen
хиподру́м
A horse racing course. · hipodrum
хипоним
(semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word. · hiponim
хипопота́м
A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae. · hipopotam
хипоталамус
(neuroanatomy) A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system. · hipotalamus
хипоте́за
(sciences) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, and/or experimentation. · hipoteza
хипотенуза
(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle. · hipotenuza
хипотермия
(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans. · hipotermiya
хипотети́чен
Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural · hipotetichen
хипофиза
(anatomy) The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk. · hipofiza
хипофизен
(anatomy) Of or relating to the pituitary gland. · hipofizen
хирагана
(uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings. · hiragana
Хироши́ма
A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan. · Hiroshima
хиру́рг
One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals. · hirurg
хирурги́чески
Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery. · hirurgicheski
хирургически конец
Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together. · hirurgicheski konets
хирургия
(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body. · hirurgiya
хиру́ржка
One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals. · hirurzhka
хисте́рика
Hysteria; a bout of hysteria. · histerika
хисте́рия
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear. · histeriya
Хи́тлер
Ellipsis of w:Adolf Hitler; Führer of the Nazi Party and chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945; particularly as the embodiment of Nazism. · Hitler
хитрец
(countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving). · hitrets
хитрина
A crafty but underhanded deception. · hitrina
хитро
With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force. · hitro
хитрост
Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century]. · hitrost
хитрувам
(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily. · hitruvam
хитруване
(countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics. · hitruvane
хитър
Quickly and critically discerning. · hitar
хихикам
To laugh quietly or inwardly. · hihikam
хихикане
A quiet laugh. · hihikane
хищен
Of, or relating to a predator. · hishten
хи́щник
A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates. · hishtnik
хищничество
(zoology) The preying of one animal on others. · hishtnichestvo
хлабав
Loose; not tight or taut. · hlabav
хлад
The sensation resulting from exposure to low temperatures. · hlad
хладен
Moderately cold or chilly. · hladen
хладилен вагон
(rail, US) a refrigerator car (type of boxcar). · hladilen vagon
хладилен контейнер
(colloquial, chiefly, _, US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container. · hladilen konteyner
хлади́лна ча́нта
An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping. · hladilna chanta
хлади́лник
An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit). · hladilnik
хладина
Moderate chilliness. · hladina
хла́дник
(process engineering) A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine. · hladnik
хладнокръвен
Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus. · hladnokraven
хладнокръвие
Calmness of mind or temperament. · hladnokravie
хла́дност
Limited enthusiasm or affection; coolness. · hladnost
хладък
(temperature) Between warm and cool. · hladak
хлапак
(informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult. · hlapak
хлапачка
(informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult. · hlapachka
хлапе
(informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult. · hlape
хлеба́р
A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items. · hlebar
хлеба́рка
A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items. · hlebarka
хлеба́рница
A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold. · hlebarnitsa
Хлеба́ров
An English surname originating as an occupation for a baker, or owner of a communal oven · Hlebarov
хленча
To cry continuously but not very loudly (said especially of young children). · hlencha
хленчене
A low intermittent sob. · hlenchene
хлипам
(intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps. · hlipam
хлипане
Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping. · hlipane
хлопвам
(ambitransitive) To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound. · hlopvam
хлопване
Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound. · hlopvane
хлор
A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17. · hlor
хлори́д
(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid. · hlorid
хлорофи́л
(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria. · hlorofil
хлороформ
(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic. · hloroform
хлъзвам се
(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface. · hlazvam se
хлъзгав
Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease. · hlazgav
хлъзгам
(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction. · hlazgam
хлъзгам се
(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface. · hlazgam se
хлъзна се
(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface. · hlazna se
хлътвам
(figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced. · hlatvam
хлътване
The state of sinking or bending; a droop. · hlatvane
хлътнал
(of eyes or cheeks) Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age. · hlatnal
хляб
(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. · hlyab
хоби
A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit. · hobi
хо́бит
A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet. [from 20th c.] · hobit
хобот
(anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. · hobot
хоботник
Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip. · hobotnik
Хо́гуортс
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. · Hoguorts
ход
A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding. · hod
ходатайствам
(intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf. · hodataystvam
ходатайство
The act of intervening or mediating between two parties. · hodataystvo
хо́дене
. · hodene
ходещ
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking. · hodesht
ходи́ло
(printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove. · hodilo
хо́дя
(intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.) · hodya
ходя важно
(colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner. · hodya vazhno
ходя на пръсти
(intransitive) To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. [from late 14th C.] · hodya na prasti
ходя наперено
To walk with a swaying motion. · hodya napereno
ходя по петите
(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way. · hodya po petite
Хока́йдо
The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo. · Hokaydo
хокам
(ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language. · hokam
хокане
(obsolete) reproach; reviling · hokane
хо̀кей
(North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks. · hokey
холандец
(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands. · holandets
Хола́ндия
A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland. · Holandiya
хола́ндски
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language. · holandski
холе́ра
(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration. · holera
холестери́н
(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease. · holesterin
холестеро́л
(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease. · holesterol
холография
(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms · holografiya
Холокост
(historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II. · Holokost
хомеопати́чен
Of or pertaining to homeopathy. · homeopatichen
хомеоста́за
(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature. · homeostaza
хомеоста́зис
(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature. · homeostazis
хомогенен
(geometry, of a space equipped with a group action) Informally: Everywhere the same, uniform, in the sense that any point can be moved to any other (via the group action) while respecting the structure of the space. Formally: Such that the group action is transitively and acts by automorphisms on the space (some authors also require that the action be faithful). · homogenen
хомозиготен
Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele · homozigoten
хомосексуа́лен
(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc. · homoseksualen
хомосексуали́ст
(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual. · homoseksualist
хомосексуа́лност
Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897] · homoseksualnost
хомот
A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal. · homot
хомофо́бия
Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971] · homofobiya
хомя́к
In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research. · homyak
Хо́нда
A Japanese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer, named after its founder, Soichiro Honda. · Honda
Хондура́с
A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa. · Honduras
хонинг машина
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores. · honing mashina
Хонолулу
A port on Oahu Island, the capital city of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America. · Honolulu
хонора́р
An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost. · honorar
хо́ра
(especially, in the plural, often, controversial) A person (see usage notes). · hora
хо́рда
(rail) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them. · horda
хоризо́нт
The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance. · horizont
хоризонта́ла
(chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). · horizontala
хоризонта́лен
Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat. · horizontalen
хорма́йстор
the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal · hormaystor
хормо́н
(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity. · hormon
хоро
(dances) A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. · horo
хороса́н
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks. · horosan
хоспис
(uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life. · hospis

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