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обожествле́ние
The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis. · obozhestvleniye
обожествля́ть
(chiefly, Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints. · obozhestvlyat
обожжённый
Burnt, carbonized. · obozhzhyonnyy
обо́з
(chiefly, in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta. · oboz
обозна́ться
(transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another). · oboznatsya
обознача́ть
To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept. · oboznachat
обозначе́ние
That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. · oboznacheniye
обозна́чить
To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept. · oboznachit
обозревать
(literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle. · obozrevat
обозре́ние
A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation. · obozreniye
обозри́мый
able to be foreseen or anticipated · obozrimyy
обо́и
(uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings. · oboi
обойма
(military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading. · oboyma
обойти́
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass · oboyti
обойти с флангов
(transitive) To attack the flank(s) of. · oboyti s flangov
обо́йщик
Someone who upholsters furniture, especially a trained craftsman who does so as an occupation. · oboyshchik
оболгать
(transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce. · obolgat
оболо́чка
That which encloses or encases. · obolochka
обо́лтус
(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately, humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person. · oboltus
обольсти́тельница
A woman who seduces. · obolstitelnitsa
обольсти́тельный
having to power to allure · obolstitelnyy
обольсти́ть
(transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship. [1550s] · obolstit
обольщать
(transitive) To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles. · obolshchat
обольще́ние
The act of seducing. · obolshcheniye
обоня́ние
The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules. · obonyaniye
обоня́тельный
(relational) Concerning the sense of smell. · obonyatelnyy
обоня́ть
(transitive) To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell. · obonyat
обора́чивать
To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round. · oborachivat
оборва́нец
(derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin. · oborvanets
оборва́нка
(derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin. · oborvanka
обо́рванный
In tatters, having the texture broken. · oborvannyy
оборва́ть
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. · oborvat
оборва́ться
(intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently. · oborvatsya
обо́рка
A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. · oborka
оборо́на
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury. · oborona
оборони́тельный
Intended for defence; protective. · oboronitelnyy
оборони́тельный вал
A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose. · oboronitelnyy val
оборони́ть
(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. · oboronit
обороня́ть
(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. · oboronyat
оборо́т
The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission. · oborot
оборо́т ре́чи
A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. · oborot rechi
о́боротень
(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will. · oboroten
оборо́тистый
Adept at using deception. · oborotistyy
обороти́ть
To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round. · oborotit
обору́дование
(collective) An assortment of tools and instruments. · oborudovaniye
обору́дованный
equipped with whatever is needed · oborudovannyy
оборудовать
(transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out. · oborudovat
обоснова́ние
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done. · obosnovaniye
обоснованно
In a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency. · obosnovanno
обосно́ванность
Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate. [from 18th c.] · obosnovannost
обосно́ванный
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence. · obosnovannyy
обоснова́ть
(transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant. · obosnovat
обосно́вывать
(transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant. · obosnovyvat
обосо́бить
(transitive) To isolate. · obosobit
обособле́ние
(chiefly, uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people. · obosobleniye
обосо́бленный
(grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left". [first attested around 1350 to 1470] · obosoblennyy
обособля́ть
(transitive) To isolate. · obosoblyat
обостре́ние
A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict. · obostreniye
обостри́ть
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. [from 16th c.] · obostrit
обостря́ть
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. [from 16th c.] · obostryat
обостряться
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement). · obostryatsya
обо́чина
The area on either side of a road. · obochina
обою́дный
Reciprocal. · oboyudnyy
обраба́тывать
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants. · obrabatyvat
обрабо́танный
Having been worked or prepared somehow. · obrabotannyy
обрабо́тать
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants. · obrabotat
обрабо́тка
The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as: · obrabotka
обра́довать
(transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad. · obradovat
о́браз
A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. · obraz
о́браз жи́зни
A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group. · obraz zhizni
о́браз мы́слей
A way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one. · obraz mysley
образе́ц
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.] · obrazets
о́бразно
(manner) In a figurative manner. · obrazno
о́бразный
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures. · obraznyy
образова́ние
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. · obrazovaniye
образо́ванный
Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined. · obrazovannyy
образова́тельный
Of, or relating to education. · obrazovatelnyy
образова́ть
(transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person. · obrazovat
образо́вывать
(transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person. · obrazovyvat
образцо́вый
Deserving honour, respect and admiration. · obraztsovyy
обра́зчик
(figuratively) An exemplar: an individual who exemplifies some trait or group. · obrazchik
обрамля́ть
(transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border. · obramlyat
обрати́ть
(transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another. · obratit
обрати́ть внима́ние
(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.] · obratit vnimaniye
обрати́ться
(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to. · obratitsya
обратная [[величина́]]
(arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction. · obratnaya [[velichina]]
обра́тная коса́я
The punctuation mark \. · obratnaya kosaya
обра́тная коса́я черта́
The punctuation mark \. · obratnaya kosaya cherta
обра́тная связь
Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results. · obratnaya svyaz
обра́тно
To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction. [from ca. 1350–1470] · obratno
обра́тно пропорци́она́льный
(mathematics) Proportional to the reciprocal of the independent variable. · obratno proportsionalnyy
обра́тный
(transportation) A return trip after delivery of cargo. · obratnyy
обра́тный отсчёт
(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle. · obratnyy otschyot
обра́тный слэш
The punctuation mark \. · obratnyy slesh
обра́тный счёт
(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle. · obratnyy schyot
обратный удар
(firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer. · obratnyy udar
обраща́ть
(transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another. · obrashchat
обраща́ть внима́ние
(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.] · obrashchat vnimaniye
обраща́ться
(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to. · obrashchatsya
обраще́ние
An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this. [from 17th c.] · obrashcheniye
обреза́ние
The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum. · obrezaniye
обре́занный
(medicine, urology) Of a man, having had the foreskin of the penis excised. · obrezannyy
обре́заный
(informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation. · obrezanyy
обре́зать
(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire. · obrezat
обрезка
(countable) A piece of something removed by clipping. · obrezka
обре́зок
The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt. · obrezok
обрека́ть
(transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn. · obrekat
обременительный
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding · obremenitelnyy
обременя́ть
(transitive) To burden with a legal claim or other obligation. · obremenyat
обречённый
(dialectal, archaic, or, poetic) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death. · obrechyonnyy
обре́чь
(transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn. · obrech
обрисование
A graphic verbal description. · obrisovaniye
обрисова́ть
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.] · obrisovat
обрисо́вывать
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.] · obrisovyvat
обруба́ть
(transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. · obrubat
обру́бок
The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. · obrubok
обруга́ть
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. [from early 17th c.] · obrugat
о́бруч
A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. · obruch
обруча́ть
(archaic) Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance. · obruchat
обруча́ться
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry. · obruchatsya
обручённая
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée. · obruchyonnaya
обручённый
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée. · obruchyonnyy
обручи́ть
(archaic) Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance. · obruchit
обручи́ться
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry. · obruchitsya
обру́шиваться
Chiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence. · obrushivatsya
обру́шиться
Chiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence. · obrushitsya
обры́в
A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. · obryv
обрыва́ть
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. · obryvat
обрыва́ться
(intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently. · obryvatsya
обры́вистый
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. [First attested in the early 17th century.] · obryvistyy
обры́вок
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. · obryvok
обрывочный
Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency. · obryvochnyy
обры́згать
To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with). · obryzgat
обры́згивать
(intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something). · obryzgivat
обря́д
A ritual, with religious or cultural significance. · obryad
обря́довый
Related to a rite or repeated set of actions. · obryadovyy
обсервато́рия
A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena. · observatoriya
обсидиа́н
(mineral) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes. · obsidian
обсле́дование
(medicine) The examination of the patient's body with the use of such methods as inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation. · obsledovaniye
обсле́довать
To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry · obsledovat
обслу́живание
A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. · obsluzhivaniye
обслу́живать
(transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon. · obsluzhivat
обслу́живающая програ́мма
(computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software. · obsluzhivayushchaya programma
обслужи́ть
(transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon. · obsluzhit
обста́вленный
supplied with furniture · obstavlennyy
обставля́ть
(transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border. · obstavlyat
обстано́вка
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence. · obstanovka
обстоя́тельный
Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular. · obstoyatelnyy
обстоя́тельство
(grammar) An adverbial word or phrase. · obstoyatelstvo
обстре́л
An artillery bombardment. · obstrel

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