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кла́ница
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.] · klanitsa
клапа
(music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch · klapa
кла́пан
Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit. · klapan
кларинет
(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high). · klarinet
кларнет
(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high). · klarnet
клас
(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class. · klas
класация
A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music. · klasatsiya
класен
Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable. · klasen
кла́сика
An artistic work of lasting worth, such as a film or song; a work of enduring excellence. · klasika
класирам се
(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)). · klasiram se
класи́ране
A position on a scale. · klasirane
класифика́ция
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes. · klasifikatsiya
класифицирам
(transitive) To assign to a class; to classify. · klasifitsiram
кла́сна ста́я
A room, often in a school, where classes take place. · klasna staya
клатене
(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft. · klatene
клатушкам се
To make such a sudden, unsteady movement. · klatushkam se
клатушкане
A sudden or unsteady movement. · klatushkane
клатя
(transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently. · klatya
клатя се
(intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium. · klatya se
клатя се като патица
(intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. · klatya se kato patitsa
клауза
(legal) A distinct part of a contract, a will or another legal document. · klauza
клафтер
(chiefly, nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage. · klafter
клевета́
(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another. · kleveta
клеветни́чески
Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue. · klevetnicheski
клеветя
To falsely or maliciously charge someone. · klevetya
клей
(botany, biochemistry, mostly, uncountable) A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate. · kley
клеймо́
A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask. · kleymo
клек
(weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat). · klek
клекнал
Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching. · kleknal
клен
A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe. · klen
Клеопа́тра
A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line. · Kleopatra
клепа́ч
(rare) The eyelid. · klepach
клепка
A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye. · klepka
клептокра́ция
A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed. · kleptokratsiya
клет
That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful. · klet
кле́тва
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone. · kletva
клетвен
Relating to or comprising an oath. · kletven
кле́тка
An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals. · kletka
клетник
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person. · kletnik
Клетъс
(mainly, US) A en given name. · Kletas
кле́тъчен
Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells. · kletachen
клеча
To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation. · klecha
кле́чка
A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth. · klechka
клещи
A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · kleshti
кливер
(nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast. · kliver
клие́нт
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. · klient
клиенте́ла
The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits. · klientela
клиентелизъм
(politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support. · klientelizam
клие́нтка
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. · klientka
кли́зма
To administer an enema. · klizma
кли́ка
A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal. · klika
кликам
(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back. · klikam
кликвам
(computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse). · klikvam
кликване
(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software. · klikvane
климакс
(ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment. · klimaks
климам
(intransitive) To gradually fall asleep. · klimam
климати́чен
Of, relating to, or influenced by climate. · klimatichen
клин
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling. · klin
клингонски
An artificial language created by Marc Okrand for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. · klingonski
клинец
A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin. · klinets
кли́ника
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. · klinika
клинч
(wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling. · klinch
клинча
(transitive, or, reflexive) To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means. · klincha
Клио
(Greek god) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. · Klio
клип
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: · klip
клипер
(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem. · kliper
клипшпрингер
A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus). · klipshpringer
клир
Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service. · klir
клиринг
(banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house. · kliring
клисав
Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as · klisav
клиса́р
A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer. · klisar
клисура
A valley, often wooded and often with no river · klisura
кли́тор
(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.] · klitor
клише
(printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface. · klishe
клоа́ка
(anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum. · kloaka
Клод
(countable) A en given name. · Klod
клозе́т
(UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.] · klozet
клокоча
(intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling). · klokocha
клон
A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk. · klon
клонирам
(transitive) To create a clone of. · kloniram
кло́нка
A small thin branch of a tree or bush. · klonka
кло́нче
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. · klonche
клоня
(mostly, intransitive, mostly, in the passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc. · klonya
клоня към
(ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal. · klonya kam
клоня към нула
(mathematics) To become equal to zero. · klonya kam nula
клонящ към нула
(mathematics, not comparable) Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number. · klonyasht kam nula
клопка
A snare or trap for game. · klopka
кло́ун
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig. · kloun
клоунада
(uncountable, comedy) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations. · klounada
клоша́р
A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time. · kloshar
клуб
(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. · klub
клу́бен
A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot. · kluben
клуп
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. · klup
кльощав
(figurative, of a person or animal) Small and weak. · klyoshtav
клю́ка
(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present. · klyuka
клюка́р
(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business. · klyukar
клюка́рка
(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business. · klyukarka
клюка́рствам
(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information. · klyukarstvam
клюки
(uncountable) Idle talk; gossip; (countable) an instance of such talk or gossip. · klyuki
клюмвам
(intransitive) To hang downward; to sag. · klyumvam
клюмнал
Sad because of a disappointment. · klyumnal
клюн
A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. · klyun
ключ
(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · klyuch
ключалка
Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond. · klyuchalka
ключа́р
One who practices locksmithing. · klyuchar
ключица
(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone. · klyuchitsa
клю́чова ду́ма
(cryptography) Any word#Noun used as the key to a code. · klyuchova duma
ключодържа́тел
An ornamental piece holding such a chain or ring. · klyuchodarzhatel
клякам
To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation. · klyakam
клякане
A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet. · klyakane
кмет
(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council. · kmet
кмети́ца
(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council. · kmetitsa
кне́дла
(chiefly, US) Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling. · knedla
кнехт
A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes. · kneht
кни́га
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. · kniga
Книга на Съдиите
(book of the bible) The seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh. · Kniga na Sadiite
книга с приказки
A book containing stories, especially children's stories. · kniga s prikazki
книжа́рница
A shop that sells books. · knizharnitsa
книжен
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books. · knizhen
кни́жен паке́т
A paper packet containing a quantity of items. · knizhen paket
кни́жка
A small or thin book. · knizhka
кни́жни пари́
(uncountable, slang) Money. · knizhni pari
кни́жник
(archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people. · knizhnik
кни́жнина
The body of all written works. · knizhnina
книжовен
Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result. · knizhoven
княги́ня
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.] · knyaginya
княжески
Relating to a prince. · knyazheski
кня́жество
A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess. · knyazhestvo
княз
The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.] · knyaz
коагулирам
(intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass. · koaguliram
коаксиален кабел
Clipping of coaxial. · koaksialen kabel
коа́ла
A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia. · koala
коали́ция
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage. · koalitsiya
коафьо́р
A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession. · koafyor
коафьо́рка
A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession. · koafyorka
коба́лт
A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal. · kobalt
коби́ла
An adult female horse. · kobila
ко́бра
Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Naja. · kobra
кобур
A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly. · kobur
кова
(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering. · kova
кован
Having been hit with a hammer or hammer-like object. · kovan
коване
The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud. · kovane
кова́рен
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour. · kovaren
коварно
In a sly, sneaky or secret manner. · kovarno
коварство
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful. · kovarstvo
кова́ч
A person who forges iron. · kovach
ковачка
A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith. · kovachka
кова́чница
A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them. · kovachnitsa
ковкост
The quality or state of being malleable. · kovkost
ковче́г
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge. · kovcheg

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