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скачо́к
A sizeable jump, great leap. · skachok
ска́чущий
(heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture. Gules, a reindeer salient or (arms of Vågå). · skachushchiy
ска́шивать
(transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer. · skashivat
скважина
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter. · skvazhina
сквайр
(archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight · skvayr
сквер
A town's public square. · skver
скверносло́в
A person who is filthy or vulgar in nature. · skvernoslov
скверносло́вие
Evil speech. · skvernosloviye
скве́рный
Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched. · skvernyy
скво
(now, offensive, ethnic slur) A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman. · skvo
сквозня́к
A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. · skvoznyak
сквозь
From one side to the other within (a space being traversed). · skvoz
скворе́ц
A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds. · skvorets
скворе́чник
A small house for birds. · skvorechnik
скворе́чня
A small house for birds. · skvorechnya
скво́ттер
One who occupies a building or land without title or permission. [from 1788] · skvotter
скейтборд
The act of riding on a skateboard. · skeytbord
скейтбординг
The act of riding on a skateboard. · skeytbording
скейтборди́ст
A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains. · skeytbordist
скейтборди́стка
A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains. · skeytbordistka
ске́йтинг
The action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. · skeyting
скеле́т
A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build. · skelet
ске́летон
(sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first. · skeleton
ске́птик
Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so. · skeptik
скептичный
Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe. [from 16th c.] · skeptichnyy
скетч
A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines. · sketch
скетчбу́к
A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad. · sketchbuk
ски
Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun" Similar in meaning to -like but most often paired with animate nouns. · ski
ски́ддер
(engineering) a vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest. · skidder
ски́дка
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances. · skidka
ски́дывать
(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off. · skidyvat
ский
Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context. · skiy
скимита́р
A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade. · skimitar
скин
A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles. · skin
ски́ния
(Bible) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell. · skiniya
ски́нуть
(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off. · skinut
скинхе́д
A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles. · skinkhed
ски́петр
An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power. · skipetr
скипида́р
A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner. · skipidar
скирда́
(now, _, regional) A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans. · skirda
скирдова́ть
(agriculture) To put into mows. · skirdovat
ски́снуть
(intransitive, of food or drink) To go bad; to become sour or rancid; to decay. [from 17th c.] · skisnut
скисший
Of food or drink, turned sour due to unwanted fermentation. · skisshiy
скиталец
One who travels from place to place. · skitalets
скита́лица
(dated) A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer. · skitalitsa
скитание
Travelling without preset route; roaming. · skitaniye
скита́ния
(uncountable, computing, operating system) Using the OS service of manipulating folders and documents from different PC devices by a registered user. · skitaniya
скитаться
Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s] · skitatsya
скита́ющийся
Which wanders; travelling from place to place. · skitayushchiysya
склад
(countable, mostly, in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods. · sklad
склад [[боеприпасы|боеприпа́сов]]
(military) An ammunition storehouse. · sklad [[boyepripasy|boyepripasov]]
склад ума́
A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs. · sklad uma
скла́дка
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat. · skladka
складно́й
That can be folded. · skladnoy
скла́дывание
An act of folding. · skladyvaniye
скла́дывать
To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges. · skladyvat
скла́дываться
(finance) To contribute money jointly with others. · skladyvatsya
скле́ивание
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance. · skleivaniye
скле́ить
(transitive) To join or attach something using glue. · skleit
склейка
(topology) A connection between the edges of two planes, or between the points at the ends of two lines. · skleyka
склеп
An underground vault. · sklep
скле́ра
(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea. · sklera
склеро́з
(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules. · skleroz
склока
A noisy argument. · skloka
склон
A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road. · sklon
склони́ть
(transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. · sklonit
скло́нность
Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill. · sklonnost
скло́нный
(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. · sklonnyy
склоня́ть
(transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like. · sklonyat
склоняться
(intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually. · sklonyatsya
скля́нка
(nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch) · sklyanka
скоба́
That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. · skoba
ско́бка
Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc. · skobka
скобли́ть
(computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page. · skoblit
сковорода́
(cookware) A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food. · skovoroda
сковородка
A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked. · skovorodka
сковоро́дник
The handle of a pan. · skovorodnik
скол
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. · skol
сколиоз
(pathology) The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine. · skolioz
скольже́ние
A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved. · skolzheniye
скользи́ть
(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly. · skolzit
ско́льзкий
Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease. · skolzkiy
скомбини́ровать
(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. · skombinirovat
ско́мкать
(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together. · skomkat
скоморох
A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon. · skomorokh
скоморошничать
(intransitive) To perform antics, to caper. · skomoroshnichat
скомпенси́ровать
(ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even. · skompensirovat
скомпили́ровать
(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code. · skompilirovat
скомпили́роваться
(intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code. · skompilirovatsya
скомпромети́ровать
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion. · skomprometirovat
скон
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle. · skon
сконструи́ровать
(transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts. · skonstruirovat
сконфигури́ровать
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking · skonfigurirovat
сконфу́женный
Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. · skonfuzhennyy
сконфу́зиться
(transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).] · skonfuzitsya
сконцентри́ровать
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense. · skontsentrirovat
сконцентри́роваться
(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on). · skontsentrirovatsya
сконча́вшийся
(now, _, rare) Deceased, dead. · skonchavshiysya
сконча́ться
(intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist. · skonchatsya
скоордини́ровать
(ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities). · skoordinirovat
ско́п
Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination. · skop
скопа́
A bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions. · skopa
скопе́ц
A castrated human male. · skopets
скопидом
One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess. · skopidom
скопи́ть
(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal. · skopit
скопище
A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people. · skopishche
скопле́ние
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together. · skopleniye
скопле́ние га́зов
The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart. · skopleniye gazov
ско́рая по́мощь
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854] · skoraya pomoshch
скорбе́ть
(transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for. · skorbet
ско́рбный
Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness. · skorbnyy
ско́рбут
(uncountable, disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease. · skorbut
скорбь
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.] · skorb
скоре́е
Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than) [from 9th c.] · skoreye
скоре́е всего́
(auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating likelihood or probability. · skoreye vsego
скорлупа́
The outer covering of a fruit or seed. · skorlupa
скорня́к
A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur. · skornyak
ско́ро
Soon; in a little while. · skoro
скорогово́рка
Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator. · skorogovorka
скорода́
A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion. · skoroda
ско́ропись
(countable) A cursive character, letter or font. · skoropis
скоропортящиеся продукты
(in the plural) Food that does not keep for long. · skoroportyashchiyesya produkty
скоропостижно
Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner. · skoropostizhno
скороспе́лый
Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity. · skorospelyy
скоростно́й
(not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. · skorostnoy
ско́рость
(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter. · skorost
скоросшива́тель
A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc. · skorosshivatel
скороте́чный
(figurative) Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting. · skorotechnyy
Скорпио́н
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology). · Skorpion
ско́рый
(not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. · skoryy
ско́рый по́езд
A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them. · skoryy poyezd
скос
An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer. · skos
скоси́ть
(transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer. · skosit
скособоченный
Not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other. · skosobochennyy
скот
Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses. · skot
скоти
(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh. · skoti
скоти́на
(science) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants). · skotina
ско́тник
A man who raises or tends cattle, as: · skotnik
ско́тница
A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. · skotnitsa
скотобо́йня
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.] · skotoboynya
скотово́д
A man who raises or tends cattle, as: · skotovod
скотоотбрасыватель
(rail transport, principally, _, US) A plough-shaped device affixed to the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle), usually wedge or V-shaped so as to push or deflect objects on the tracks out of the way, to clear out the train's path and prevent the risk of derailment or major damage to it. · skotootbrasyvatel
ско́тский
(literally, _, and, _, figuratively) Beast-like · skotskiy
скотч
(uncountable) Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley. · skotch
ско́шенный
Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base. · skoshennyy
скребок
A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather. · skrebok
скре́жет
The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound. · skrezhet
скрежета́ть
(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger. · skrezhetat
скреже́щущий
(of sound, especially vocal quality) Rough, raw. · skrezheshchushchiy
скре́па
That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. · skrepa

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