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схрон
(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium. · skhron
сце́на
Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics. · stsena
сцена́рий
(authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically. · stsenariy
сценари́ст
One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work. · stsenarist
сценари́стка
One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work. · stsenaristka
сцени́ческий
Of or relating to actors or acting. · stsenicheskiy
сценический шёпот
An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. · stsenicheskiy shyopot
сценогра́фия
A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop. · stsenografiya
сцепи́ться
(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with. · stsepitsya
сцепле́ние
A close physical union of two objects. · stsepleniye
Сци́лла
A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily. The passage between Scylla and Charybdis was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying between Scylla and Charybdis signifies a great peril on either hand. · Stsilla
сцимита́р
A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade. · stsimitar
счастли́виться
(of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune. · schastlivitsya
счастли́во
In a fortunate manner. · schastlivo
счастли́вого пути́
Used to wish someone a good journey. · schastlivogo puti
счастли́вый
Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss. · schastlivyy
сча́стье
Good luck. · schastye
счесть
(intransitive) To amount to, to number in total. · schest
счёт
(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300] · schyot
счёт в [[обратный|обра́тном]] [[направление|направле́нии]]
(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle. · schyot v [[obratnyy|obratnom]] [[napravleniye|napravlenii]]
счёт-факту́ра
A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice. · schyot-faktura
счётная [[ка́рточка]]
A printed card allowing spectators of a game to identify players and record progress. · schyotnaya [[kartochka]]
счётная маши́на
A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically. · schyotnaya mashina
счетово́д
(accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business. · schetovod
счетово́дка
(accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business. · schetovodka
счетово́дство
(uncountable, British, NZ, often, _, Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information. · schetovodstvo
счётчик
(historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation. · schyotchik
счётчица
(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.] · schyotchitsa
счёты
A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.] · schyoty
счита́ть
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing). · schitat
счита́ть само́ собо́й разуме́ющимся
(transitive, idiomatic, especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost. · schitat samo soboy razumeyushchimsya
счита́ться
(intransitive) To be of significance; to matter. · schitatsya
счи́тыватель
Any device that reads something. · schityvatel
счи́тывать
(transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial. · schityvat
США
Initialism of the United States: a country in North America. · SShA
сшибка на копьях
A medieval European sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances. · sshibka na kopyakh
сшива́тель
A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper. · sshivatel
сшива́ть
(transitive, also, figurative) To sew up or join by means of a suture. · sshivat
съедо́бный
Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.] · syedobnyy
съёживаться
(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear. · syozhivatsya
съёжиться
(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear. · syozhitsya
съезд
A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question. · syezd
съём
An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. · syom
съёмка
The action of the verb to film. · syomka
съёмщик
The entity to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease. · syomshchik
съестно́е
Anything edible. · syestnoye
съесть
To ingest; to be ingested. · syest
сы́воротка
Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual (human or nonhuman). · syvorotka
сымпровизи́ровать
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan. · symprovizirovat
сын
One's male offspring. · syn
сыни́шка
(dated) A familiar form of address for a boy. [1833] · synishka
сыно́вий
(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. · synoviy
сыно́вний
(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. · synovniy
сыно́к
A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents. · synok
сыно́чек
(dated) A familiar form of address for a boy. [1833] · synochek
сы́пать
(dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner. · sypat
сы́паться гра́дом
(transitive, figuratively) To issue (something) in large quantities. · sypatsya gradom
сы́паться дождём
(transitive, figuratively) To issue (something) in large quantities. · sypatsya dozhdyom
сыпно́й тиф
(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. · sypnoy tif
сыпь
An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing. · syp
сыр
(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling. · syr
сыр-бор
(countable, or, uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. · syr-bor
сы́рный
Of or relating to cheese. · syrnyy
сыро́й
In a natural, untreated state. · syroy
сы́рость
Moderate humidity; moisture; moistness; the state or quality of being damp. · syrost
сы́тный
Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach. · sytnyy
сы́тость
The state of being satiated. · sytost
сы́тый
(informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete. · sytyy
сыч
A species of small European owl, Athene noctua. · sych
Сычуа́нь
A province in central China. Capital: Chengdu. · Sychuan
сы́щик
(figurative, informal) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues. · syshchik
сы́щица
A private detective. · syshchitsa
Сьон
A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland. · Son
Сью
A en given name and of related female given names; popular as a middle name. · Syu
Сью́зан
A en given name. · Syuzan
сэйл
Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”). · seyl
сэконо́мить
(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance). · sekonomit
Сэнда́й
The capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Honshu, Japan. · Senday
сэ́ндвич
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food. · sendvich
сэнсэ́й
A martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art. · sensey
сэппу́ку
Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death. · seppuku
сэр
(British) The titular prefix given to a knight or baronet. · ser
сюда́
(location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. · syuda
сюже́т
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters. · syuzhet
Сюза́нна
A en given name. · Syuzanna
сюи́та
(music) An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen. · syuita
сюрпри́з
Something unexpected. · syurpriz
сюрреали́зм
(art) An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. · syurrealizm
сюрреалисти́чный
Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous. · syurrealistichnyy
сяжо́к
An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal. · syazhok
сян
A Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province, China · syan
сяо
A type of Chinese flute. · syao
Т
Ace. (including in card games) · T
т. е.
(initialism) That is, namely, in other words, that is to say. · t. e.
та
(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. · ta
таб
(GUI) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget. · tab
табернакля
(originally, Methodism) A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings. · tabernaklya
табле́тка
A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat. · tabletka
табли́ца
(obsolete) A set of mathematical tables. · tablitsa
табли́чка
A plate or plaque inscribed with a name. · tablichka
табло́
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc. · tablo
табло́ид
(newspapers) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news. [from early 20th c.] · tabloid
табу
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. · tabu
табуи́рованный
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. · tabuirovannyy
табуи́ровать
To mark as taboo. · tabuirovat
табули́рование
The act or process of tabulating · tabulirovaniye
табуля́тор
(computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage. · tabulyator
табуля́ция
(computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage. · tabulyatsiya
табу́н
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.] · tabun
таве́рна
(US) A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting. · taverna
Тавр
A mountain range in southern Anatolia, almost 4000 metres high and running parallel to the Mediterranean coast · Tavr
тавро́
A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask. · tavro
Та́врские горы
A mountain range in southern Anatolia, almost 4000 metres high and running parallel to the Mediterranean coast · Tavrskiye gory
тавтологи́ческий
Of, relating to, or using tautology. · tavtologicheskiy
тавтологи́чный
Of, relating to, or using tautology. · tavtologichnyy
тавтоло́гия
(uncountable) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition. · tavtologiya
тага́н
A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire. · tagan
та́ец
(countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand. · tayets
таз
A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall. · taz
та́зер
A weapon intended to immobilize, usually through delivery of an electric shock. · tazer
та́зовый
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis · tazovyy
Таила́нд
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam. · Tailand
таила́ндец
(countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand. · tailandets
таила́ндка
(countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand. · tailandka
таила́ндский
Of or pertaining to Thailand. · tailandskiy
таи́нственный
Understood by only a few. · tainstvennyy
Таисия
A en given name. · Taisiya
Таи́ти
the largest island in French Polynesia. · Taiti
таи́ть
(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret. · tait
таи́ться
To remain concealed in order to ambush. · taitsya
Тайбэ́й
The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan. [from late 19th c.] · Taybey
тайва́нец
(in the plural, chiefly, collective) People from Taiwan. · tayvanets
тайва́нка
(in the plural, chiefly, collective) People from Taiwan. · tayvanka
Тайва́нь
A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei. [from 20th c.] · Tayvan
тайва́нька
(in the plural, chiefly, collective) People from Taiwan. · tayvanka
тайва́ньский
Of or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc. · tayvanskiy
тайга́
A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere. · tayga
та́йка
(countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand. · tayka
тайко́м
In a furtive manner. · taykom
тайкона́вт
A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut. [from 1998.] · taykonavt
тайм
One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. · taym
та́ймер
A device used to measure amounts of time. · taymer
та́йминг
(countable, uncountable) The time when something happens. · tayming
Тайн
A river in East Lothian council area, in southern Scotland. · Tayn
та́йна
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. · tayna
тайни́к
(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium. · taynik
та́йный
Understood by only a few. · taynyy
тайпа́н
Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. [from 20th c.] · taypan
Тайпэ́й
The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan. [from late 19th c.] · Taypey
та́йский
Of or pertaining to Thailand. · tayskiy

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