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толсто́вка
A follower of Tolstoy, who advocates and practises manual labor, simplicity of living, non-resistance, etc., holds that possession of wealth and ownership of property are sinful, and rejects all religious teachings not coming directly from Christ. · tolstovka
толстоголо́вка
Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern. · tolstogolovka
толстосу́м
(informal) A wealthy person. · tolstosum
толсту́ха
(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight. · tolstukha
толсту́шка
(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight. · tolstushka
то́лстый
Slightly overweight; chubby. · tolstyy
то́лстый коне́ц
(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end · tolstyy konets
толстя́к
(coarse, slang, pejorative) A rotund, overweight, or obese person. · tolstyak
толчёный
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments. · tolchyonyy
толчея́
A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. · tolcheya
толчо́к
(weightlifting) The act of lifting the barbell from the floor to a resting position across the front of the shoulders (the clean phase), pausing, and thrusting the barbell over the head to a stationary position in one movement (the jerk phase). The normal technique for both parts of this act involves propelling the barbell upwards, quickly lowering the torso, and then straightening the legs. · tolchok
толщина́
(uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension). · tolshchina
то́лько
Entirely, completely, in a specified state. · tolko
то́лько вот
But, except; but in fact. · tolko vot
только если
Only if (the stipulation that follows is true). · tolko esli
то́лько что
Moments ago, only very recently. · tolko chto
том
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book. · tom
томага́вк
A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk. · tomagavk
То́мас
A en given name of biblical origin, popular since the 13th century. · Tomas
тома́т
A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. · tomat
тома́тный со́ус
(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”). · tomatnyy sous
Томашов
A surname originating as a patronymic. · Tomashov
Томашова
A surname originating as a patronymic. · Tomashova
томбой
A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner. · tomboy
томи́ться
(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. [from 15th c.] · tomitsya
томле́ние
(uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this. · tomleniye
то́мный
Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic. · tomnyy
томоэ
A circular design of swirling water, commonly used in Japanese family crests and corporation logos. · tomoe
тому́ наза́д
Before now, before the present time · tomu nazad
томя́щийся
Full of longing or yearning. · tomyashchiysya
томящийся от любви
Having an aching desire for one's beloved. · tomyashchiysya ot lyubvi
тон
(physiology) The continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain posture. · ton
тона́льность
(music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition. · tonalnost
тона́льный
Of or relating to tones or tonality. · tonalnyy
тона́льный крем
(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture. · tonalnyy krem
То́нга
A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga. Capital and largest city: Nuku'alofa. · Tonga
тоне́ма
(linguistics) A phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings. · tonema
то́нер
Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper. · toner
то́ник
Cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face. · tonik
то́ника
(music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote. · tonika
то́нкий
Intense; sensitive; sharp. · tonkiy
то́нко
In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly. · tonko
то́нкость
A part considered trivial enough to ignore. · tonkost
то́нна
(plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.) · tonna
тонне́ль
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes. · tonnel
то́новый
Of or relating to tones or tonality. · tonovyy
то́нус
(language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice. · tonus
тону́ть
(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. · tonut
То́ня
A en given name · Tonya
топ
A garment worn to cover the torso. · top
топ-
(informal) Best; of the highest quality, fame or rank. · top-
топ-ме́неджмент
(management) The group of officers of a business organization who have the word chief in their titles. · top-menedzhment
топ-моде́ль
A highly paid, famous fashion model. · top-model
топа́з
A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities. · topaz
то́пание
An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. · topaniye
то́пать
To walk with heavy footsteps. · topat
то́пик
(Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform. · topik
топить
(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport). · topit
то́пка
(colloquial, figurative) Any area that is excessively hot. · topka
то́пкий
Characteristic of or resembling a fen; marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens. · topkiy
топлёное [[ма́сло]]
A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee. · toplyonoye [[maslo]]
то́плес
(chiefly, of a female) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up. · toples
то́пливо
A material that is capable of burning. · toplivo
топля́к
A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk. · toplyak
топо́граф
A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface. · topograf
топографи́ческий
Of or relating to topography. · topograficheskiy
топогра́фия
The features themselves; terrain. · topografiya
тополо́гия
(medicine) The anatomical structure of part of the body. · topologiya
то́поль
Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus. · topol
топони́мика
(semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics. · toponimika
топо́р
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle. · topor
топо́рик
A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk. · toporik
топори́ще
The handle of an ax. · toporishche
топорно
(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way. · toporno
топосъёмка
The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them. · toposyomka
то́пот
(countable) The sound made by a footstep; also, the footstep or step itself. · topot
топота́ние
A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface. · topotaniye
то́ппинг
Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza. · topping
топтать
(transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. · toptat
топь
(wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.) · top
Тор
(Norse mythology, and, paganism) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind. · Tor
торака́льный
(anatomy) Of the thorax. · torakalnyy
то́ракс
(anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs. · toraks
то́рба
(countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money. · torba
торг
A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects. · torg
торга́ш
Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner. · torgash
торги́
A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects. · torgi
торгова́ть
(transitive, with on) To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit. · torgovat
торго́вая то́чка
A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier. · torgovaya tochka
торго́вец
One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman. · torgovets
торго́вец таба́чными изде́лиями
A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items. · torgovets tabachnymi izdeliyami
торго́вец шля́пами
A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats. · torgovets shlyapami
торго́вка
A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery. · torgovka
торго́вля
(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic. · torgovlya
торго́вый
Of or pertaining to commerce. · torgovyy
торго́вый центр
An enclosed shopping centre. [from 20th c.] · torgovyy tsentr
тореадо́р
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador. · toreador
торе́ц
(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end · torets
торже́ственно
In a solemn manner. · torzhestvenno
торже́ственное откры́тие
The formal beginning, initiation, or entry into service of any movement, enterprise, building, event, etc. · torzhestvennoye otkrytiye
торже́ственность
The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn. · torzhestvennost
торже́ственный
Celebratory; festive. · torzhestvennyy
торжество́
The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament. · torzhestvo
торжествова́ть
(intransitive) To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over). · torzhestvovat
торжествующий
Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure. · torzhestvuyushchiy
торможе́ние
The act of applying brakes. · tormozheniye
то́рмоз
A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.] · tormoz
тормозить плугом
(skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn. · tormozit plugom
тормозно́й ваго́н сза́ди
(US, rail transport) The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van. · tormoznoy vagon szadi
тормозо́к
A container for transporting meals, especially lunch. · tormozok
торн
A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives). · torn
торна́до
(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground. · tornado
тороид
(mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane. · toroid
Торо́нто
The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada. · Toronto
торопи́ть
(transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker. · toropit
торопи́ться
(idiomatic) In a time-restricted manner, to meet a deadline, hurriedly, timed. · toropitsya
торопли́во
In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly. · toroplivo
торос
A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field. · toros
торпе́да
(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves. · torpeda
торпеди́ровать
(transitive) To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes. · torpedirovat
торпе́до
(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves. · torpedo
то́ррент
(Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent. · torrent
торс
The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. · tors
торт
A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. · tort
торти́лья
A type of Mexican flatbread made out of cornmeal or flour. · tortilya
торф
Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.] · torf
торчание
The action of the verb loiter. · torchaniye
торча́ть
(intransitive) To stick out. · torchat
торчащий
(of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation. · torchashchiy
тоска́
Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish. · toska
Тоска́на
An administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna. · Toskana
тоскли́во
In a sad manner; sorrowfully. · tosklivo
тоскли́вый
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. · tosklivyy
тоскова́ть
(idiomatic, informal) To be depressed; to have low morale; to feel sad. · toskovat
тоску́ющий
Full of longing or yearning. · toskuyushchiy
тост
A drinking toast. · tost
тот
(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago. · tot
то́т же
The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes. · tot zhe
тот же са́мый
(not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical. · tot zhe samyy
тот са́мый
Used for emphasis in place of a · tot samyy
тот свет
Hell. · tot svet
тот, кто [[ухаживать|уха́живает]]
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities. · tot, kto [[ukhazhivat|ukhazhivayet]]
тоталитари́зм
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship. · totalitarizm
тоталита́рный
Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially, and politically. · totalitarnyy
тота́льный
(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute. · totalnyy
тоте́м
Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature. · totem
то́тчас
(archaic) Straight away; at once. · totchas
то́тчас же
In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay. · totchas zhe
то́фу
A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk. · tofu
то́чечный
(of a line) Made up of a series of dots. · tochechnyy

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