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корабе́л
A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats. · korabel
корабе́льный
(nautical) Of or relating to ships in general. · korabelnyy
кораблекруше́ние
(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. · korablekrusheniye
кораблестрои́тель
A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats. · korablestroitel
кора́блик
A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus. · korablik
кора́бль
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances. · korabl
кора́бль сопровождения
A ship accompanying another. · korabl soprovozhdeniya
кора́лловый
Made of coral. · korallovyy
корд
A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs. · kord
кордеро́й
A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs. · korderoy
ко́рдиал
(UK, AU, NZ) A concentrated non-carbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking. · kordial
кордо́н
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. · kordon
Корё
(historical) a Korean dynasty, a kingdom, which gave rise to the modern exonym for Korea. · Koryo
коре́ец
(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent. · koreyets
корёжить
(transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform. · koryozhit
коре́йский
Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea. · koreyskiy
корейский язык
(uncountable) Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere. · koreyskiy yazyk
корена́стый
Relatively short or low, and thick or broad. · korenastyy
коренна́я жи́тельница
A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place. · korennaya zhitelnitsa
коренна́я подстила́ющая поро́да
(countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface. · korennaya podstilayushchaya poroda
коренна́я поро́да
(countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface. · korennaya poroda
коренно́й
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] · korennoy
коренно́й жи́тель
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.] · korennoy zhitel
коренно́й зуб
A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food. · korennoy zub
коренны́м о́бразом
To a drastic degree. · korennym obrazom
ко́рень
(arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity). · koren
коре́нья
The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. · korenya
ко́реш
(informal, originally, Cambridge University) A close friend. · koresh
корешо́к
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub · koreshok
Коре́я
A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country. · Koreya
корея́нка
(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent. · koreyanka
корзи́на
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. · korzina
корзи́нка
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. · korzinka
кориа́ндр
(UK, Irish) The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines. · koriandr
коридо́р
A corridor; a hallway. · koridor
коридо́рный
A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands. · koridornyy
кори́нка
A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4 mm in diameter when dried. · korinka
Коринф
A port city in Greece. · Korinf
кори́ть
(transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely. · korit
корица
Of a yellowish-brown color. · koritsa
кори́чнево-жёлтый
The traditional colour of chamois leather. · korichnevo-zhyoltyy
кори́чневый
Having a brown colour. · korichnevyy
кори́чник
(mostly, uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above. · korichnik
кори́чное де́рево
Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia). · korichnoye derevo
кори́чный
Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste. · korichnyy
ко́рка
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary. · korka
корковый
(anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. · korkovyy
корм
A meal given to an animal. · korm
корма́
(nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel. · korma
кормёжка
(countable) An instance or session of giving food. · kormyozhka
корми́лец
The primary income-earner in a household. · kormilets
корми́лица
The primary income-earner in a household. · kormilitsa
корми́ло
(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel. · kormilo
корми́ть
(transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat. · kormit
кормить грудью
(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse. · kormit grudyu
корми́ть свои́м молоко́м
(transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle. · kormit svoim molokom
кормле́ние
(countable) An instance or session of giving food. · kormleniye
кормле́ние гру́дью
The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding. · kormleniye grudyu
корму́шка
A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from. · kormushka
ко́рмчая
(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman. · kormchaya
ко́рмчий
(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman. · kormchiy
Корнéй
A en given name.
Корнéлий
A en given name.
Корнелия
A en given name in quiet use since the 18th century. · Korneliya
корнеобразова́ние
The process of forming roots or taking roots. · korneobrazovaniye
корне́т
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat. · kornet
корне́т-а-писто́н
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat. · kornet-a-piston
ко́рни
The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. · korni
корнишо́н
A small cucumber, often pickled whole. · kornishon
корнский
The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton. · kornskiy
корнуэ́льский
The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton. · kornuelskiy
ко̀рнфле́кс
A breakfast cereal made from toasted flakes of maize. · kornfleks
коробе́йник
Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae, which make a drumming sound. · korobeynik
коро́бить
To cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted. · korobit
коро́бка
A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid. · korobka
коро́бка для за́втраков
A container for transporting meals, especially lunch. · korobka dlya zavtrakov
коро́бка переда́ч
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected. · korobka peredach
коро́бка переключе́ния переда́ч
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected. · korobka pereklyucheniya peredach
коро́бка скоросте́й
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected. · korobka skorostey
коро́бочка
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. · korobochka
коро́ва
(pejorative, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny. · korova
коро́вий
(not comparable) Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle. · koroviy
коро́вник
(chiefly, British) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in. · korovnik
коро́вья антило́па
A type of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa. · korovya antilopa
корое́д-типо́граф
A kind of bark beetle, Ips typographus. · koroyed-tipograf
королева
A female monarch. · koroleva
короле́вич
A person designated and raised to become the next king. · korolevich
короле́вна
The heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. · korolevna
короле́вский
Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence. · korolevskiy
короле́вство
A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign. · korolevstvo
король
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation. · korol
коромы́сло
(mechanical) The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. · koromyslo
коро́на
(botany) A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium or paracorolla. · korona
корона́ция
(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty. · koronatsiya
ко́ронер
(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove. · koroner
коро́нка
A crown for covering a tooth. · koronka
коронова́ть
To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc. · koronovat
коро́ста
Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum. · korosta
короткая [[балла́да]]
A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung. · korotkaya [[ballada]]
короткая песенка
A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung. · korotkaya pesenka
коро́ткий
Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.] · korotkiy
коро́ткий сон
A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime. [from 1820s] · korotkiy son
ко́ротко
(manner) In a brief manner, summarily. · korotko
ко́ротко подстригать
(transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly. · korotko podstrigat
короты́шка
(derogatory, offensive) A short person. [from later 19th c.] · korotyshka
коро́че
Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse. · koroche
коро́че говоря́
(idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply. · koroche govorya
ко́рочка
The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc. · korochka
корпе́ть
(informal) To persist or continue, as with an effort. · korpet
ко́рпия
A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds. · korpiya
корпорати́вный
Of or relating to a corporation. · korporativnyy
корпора́ция
(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals. · korporatsiya
корпуле́нтный
Large in body; fat; overweight. · korpulentnyy
ко́рпус
A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. [from 17th c.] · korpus
корпу́скула
A minute particle; an atom; a molecule. · korpuskula
корректи́рование
The act of correcting. · korrektirovaniye
корректи́ровать
(transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from. · korrektirovat
корректиро́вка
A slight adjustment or modification. · korrektirovka
корре́ктный
Free from error; true; accurate. · korrektnyy
корректу́ра
(countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination. · korrektura
корре́кция
The act of correcting. · korrektsiya
корреляция
A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects. · korrelyatsiya
корреспонде́нт
Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing. · korrespondent
корреспонде́нтка
A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location. · korrespondentka
корреспонде́нция
(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories. · korrespondentsiya
корреспонди́ровать
(intransitive, constructed with with) To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time. · korrespondirovat
корроди́ровать
(intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. · korrodirovat
коррозийный
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid. · korroziynyy
коррумпи́рованность
The state of being corrupt. · korrumpirovannost
коррумпи́рованный
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals. · korrumpirovannyy
корру́пция
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on. · korruptsiya
корса́ж
(archaic) Particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone. · korsazh
корса́р
A privateer or pirate in general. · korsar
корсе́т
(archaic) Particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone. · korset
Ко́рсика
An island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia. · Korsika
корсика́нец
A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France. · korsikanets
корсика́нка
A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France. · korsikanka
корсика́нский
Of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language. · korsikanskiy
корсика́нский язы́к
The language of the Corsican people. · korsikanskiy yazyk
корт
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases. · kort
корте́ж
A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort. · kortezh
кортизо́н
(steroid hormone, pharmaceutical drug) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5. · kortizon
ко́ртик
(weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade. · kortik
кортика́льный
(anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. · kortikalnyy
кору́нд
(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive. · korund
Ко́рфу
An island of Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. The ancient name is Corcyra (Κόρκῡρα, more often Κέρκῡρα), in Modern Greek Kérkira (Κέρκυρα). · Korfu
корчить рожи
(intransitive) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner. · korchit rozhi
ко́рчиться
(intransitive) To twist one's body with snakelike motions. · korchitsya
корчма́
(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa. · korchma
корчма́рка
The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor. · korchmarka

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