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ви́дный
celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious · vidnyy
видово́й
(grammar) Of or pertaining to grammatical aspect. · vidovoy
видоизменение
A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis. · vidoizmeneniye
видоизмени́ть
(transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert. · vidoizmenit
видоизменя́ть
(transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert. · vidoizmenyat
видоиска́тель
A device on a camera that shows what will appear in the field of view of the lens; it helps the user target a subject, zoom and focus the image. · vidoiskatel
видообразование
(medicine, pathology) The determination of which species are present in a fluid or tissue specimen, bacterial culture, or viral culture. · vidoobrazovaniye
ви́ды на бу́дущее
Expectation for the future. · vidy na budushcheye
ви́дящий
Having vision; not blind. · vidyashchiy
виза
A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel. · viza
визави́
(historical) A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other. · vizavi
византи́ец
(history) Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern Roman Empire between 331, when its capital was moved to Constantinople, and 1453, when that capital was conquered by the Turks and ultimately renamed Istanbul. · vizantiyets
Виза́нтий
(historical) An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul. · Vizantiy
византи́йка
(historical) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul) or of the Byzantine empire · vizantiyka
византи́йский
Of or pertaining to Byzantium. · vizantiyskiy
визг
A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound. · vizg
визжа́ние
An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. · vizzhaniye
визжа́ть
To make such a sound. · vizzhat
визионе́р
Someone who has visions; a seer. · vizioner
визионе́рка
Someone who has visions; a seer. · vizionerka
визи́р
The front sight on a rifle or similar weapon. · vizir
визи́рь
(history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire. · vizir
визи́т
A short visit, usually for social purposes. · vizit
визитёр
Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist. · vizityor
визуа́льный
Related to or affecting the vision. · vizualnyy
вика́рий
In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes. · vikariy
Вике́нтий
(countable) A en given name. · Vikentiy
ви́ки
A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it. · viki
ви́кинг
(historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age. · viking
Википе́дия
A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation. · Vikipediya
Викисловарь
A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary). · Vikislovar
викка́нин
A follower of Wicca. · vikkanin
викка́нский
Of or pertaining to the neo-pagan religion of Wicca. · vikkanskiy
Вико
A city and commune of Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France. · Viko
вико́нт
A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl. · vikont
виктимология
The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims. · viktimologiya
Ви́ктор
A en given name. · Viktor
Викто́рия
The largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes. · Viktoriya
вила
(Slavic mythology) A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph. · vila
ви́лка
The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place. · vilka
ви́лла
A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat. · villa
ви́лочный погру́зчик
A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved. · vilochnyy pogruzchik
вилт
(plant disease) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. · vilt
ви́лы
A farming tool, with a long straight handle and several short, sturdy tines. · vily
Вильге́льм
A en given name popular since the Norman Conquest. · Vilgelm
Вильгельми́на
A en given name. · Vilgelmina
Ви́льям
A en given name popular since the Norman Conquest. · Vilyam
виля́ние
An oscillating movement. · vilyaniye
виля́ть
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. · vilyat
вина́
(computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code. · vina
винджа́ммер
(nautical) A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts. · vindzhammer
виндиго
(mythological creature) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder. · vindigo
виндика́ция
The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated. · vindikatsiya
винегре́т
A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. · vinegret
ви́ни
(card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠. · vini
вини́ловая пласти́нка
(music, countable) A phonograph record. · vinilovaya plastinka
вини́ть
(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative). · vinit
вини́ть себя́
(reflexive, informal) To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity. · vinit sebya
виннеба́го
A village in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. · vinnebago
Винни
A en given name or, less often, of Winona. · Vinni
винно-кра́сный
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine. · vinno-krasnyy
ви́нный заво́д
A place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine. · vinnyy zavod
винова́тый
Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty. · vinovatyy
вино́вник
One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime. · vinovnik
вино́вница
One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime. · vinovnitsa
вино́вный
Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty. · vinovnyy
виногра́д
The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow. · vinograd
виногра́дная лоза́
The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow. · vinogradnaya loza
виногра́дник
A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine. · vinogradnik
виноде́льня
A place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine. · vinodelnya
винокурня
A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits. · vinokurnya
Винсе́нт
(countable) A en given name. · Vinsent
винт
A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open. · vint
ви́нтик
An unimportant individual in a greater system. · vintik
винтова́я ли́ния
(mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase. · vintovaya liniya
винтовой
Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew. · vintovoy
Ви́нчестер
A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England. · Vinchester
Виолетта
A en given name. · Violetta
виолончели́ст
Someone who plays the cello. · violonchelist
виолончели́стка
Someone who plays the cello. · violonchelistka
виолонче́ль
A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow. · violonchel
ВИП
Initialism of very important person. · VIP
ви́ра
(historical, especially in Germanic, _, legal) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment. · vira
вира́ж
(aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn. · virazh
вири́льный
Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor. · virilnyy
Вирса́вия
(biblical character) In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David. · Virsaviya
виртуо́з
Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. [from 18th c.] · virtuoz
виртуо́зность
(figuratively) An impressive display. · virtuoznost
виртуозный
Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute. · virtuoznyy
вирулентность
The state of being virulent. · virulentnost
ви́рус
A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it. · virus
ви́русное заболева́ние
A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it. · virusnoye zabolevaniye
ви́русный
(virology) Of or relating to a biological virus. · virusnyy
ви́селица
A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. [from 1300s] · viselitsa
висе́ть
(intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing. · viset
ви́ски
(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey. · viski
Виско́нсин
A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. · Viskonsin
ви́снуть
(now, literary, heraldry) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms. · visnut
висо́к
(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear. · visok
висо́чный
(anatomy, relational) Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits. · visochnyy
висте́рия
Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States. · visteriya
висцера́льный
(medicine) Of, in, near or pertaining to the viscera or intestines. · vistseralnyy
вися́чая строка́
(typography) A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column. · visyachaya stroka
вися́чий
Suspended. · visyachiy
вися́чий замо́к
A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle · visyachiy zamok
вися́щий
Hung from above. · visyashchiy
витали́зм
The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically. · vitalizm
витами́н
Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders. · vitamin
вита́ть
To remain stationary or float in the air. · vitat
витили́го
(dermatology) The patchy loss of skin pigmentation. · vitiligo
вито́й
(chiefly, anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute. · vitoy
вито́к
Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. · vitok
витри́на
A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed. · vitrina
вить
(transitive) To cause to move in a curve. · vit
ви́ться
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear. · vitsya
ви́тязь
(historical) A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant. · vityaz
Вифезда
(biblical) A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament. · Vifezda
вихля́ть
(intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro. · vikhlyat
вихревой
Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. [from 17th c.] · vikhrevoy
вихрь
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. · vikhr
вице-
Taking the place or rank of (another person); deputy. · vitse-
вице-коро́ль
One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch. · vitse-korol
вишнёвый
A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink. · vishnyovyy
Ви́шну
(Hinduism) One of the Trimurti (trinity) in Hindu mythology, and the most venerated god in Hinduism. · Vishnu
вишня
Of a bright red color; cherry red. · vishnya
вка́лывание
(slang, British) Work. · vkalyvaniye
вка́лывать
(slang, vulgar, North America) To work very hard, to put in a great amount of effort. · vkalyvat
вкл.
In the state of being active, functioning or operating. · vkl.
вклад
Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole. · vklad
вкла́дка
A bed that folds out from a closed position. · vkladka
вкла́дчик
A person who invests money in order to make a profit. · vkladchik
вкла́дчица
A person who invests money in order to make a profit. · vkladchitsa
вкла́дывать
(transitive) To put money or funds into an account. · vkladyvat
вкла́дывать в но́жны
(transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath. · vkladyvat v nozhny
вклинивать
(ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap. · vklinivat
вклиниваться
(intransitive) To be inserted between parts or things; to come between. · vklinivatsya
включа́ть
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable. · vklyuchat
включа́ть в какую-л. категорию
(transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else. · vklyuchat v kakuyu-l. kategoriyu
включа́ть напряже́ние
(transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something). · vklyuchat napryazheniye
включа́ть ток
(transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something). · vklyuchat tok
включа́я
Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned. · vklyuchaya
включение
(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package. · vklyucheniye
включи́ть
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable. · vklyuchit
вкра́тце
(manner) In a brief manner, summarily. · vkrattse
вкус
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. · vkus
вку́сный
(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind. · vkusnyy
вкусня́шка
(informal) A small amount of something good to eat. · vkusnyashka
вла́га
That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity. · vlaga
влага́лищный
(relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina. · vlagalishchnyy
Влад Дра́кула
A former prince of Wallachia. · Vlad Drakula

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