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вознаграждать
To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc. · voznagrazhdat
вознагражде́ние
(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government. · voznagrazhdeniye
вознесе́ние
(loosely) Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death. · vozneseniye
вознести́
(transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate. · voznesti
возника́ть
(intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself. · voznikat
возника́ющий
Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new. · voznikayushchiy
возникнове́ние
The arising of emergent structure in complex systems. · vozniknoveniye
возни́кнуть
(intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself. · vozniknut
возни́ца
A person driving a horse-drawn coach (carriage). · voznitsa
возни́чий
A person who drives a chariot. · voznichiy
возноси́ть
(transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate. · voznosit
возобнови́ть
(intransitive) To restart or resume. · vozobnovit
возобновле́ние
The act of starting something again. · vozobnovleniye
возобновля́емый
Able to be renewed; capable of renewal. · vozobnovlyayemyy
возобновля́ть
(intransitive) To restart or resume. · vozobnovlyat
возопи́ть
(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at. · vozopit
возража́ть
(transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against. · vozrazhat
возраже́ние
(uncountable) The act of deprecating. · vozrazheniye
возрази́ть
(transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against. · vozrazit
во́зраст
(uncountable) The state of being old; the latter part of life. · vozrast
возраста́ние
(biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher. · vozrastaniye
возраста́ть
(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten. · vozrastat
возрасти́
(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten. · vozrasti
возроди́вшийся
Revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually. · vozrodivshiysya
возродить
(transitive) To bring back into use or existence; resurrect. · vozrodit
возроди́ться
To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. · vozroditsya
возрожда́ться
To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. · vozrozhdatsya
возрожде́ние
(by extension) Any similar artistic or intellectual revival. · vozrozhdeniye
возрождённый
Revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually. · vozrozhdyonnyy
во́ин
A person engaged in combat, often armed. · voin
во́инская обя́занность
Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority. · voinskaya obyazannost
во́инская пови́нность
Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority. · voinskaya povinnost
во́инский
(comparable) Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life. · voinskiy
вои́нственный
Eager to go to war, warlike. · voinstvennyy
вои́нствующий
Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. [from 15th c.] · voinstvuyushchiy
вой
The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals. · voy
во́йлок
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. · voylok
война́
(chiefly, _, US) A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc. · voyna
войска́
The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines, and sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force. · voyska
во́йско
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels) · voysko
войсково́й
Characteristic of members of the armed forces. · voyskovoy
войти́
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted. · voyti
вок
(cookware) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking. · vok
вокабуля́р
A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. · vokabulyar
вокабуля́рий
A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. · vokabulyariy
вокализа́ция
(orthography, phonology) The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives. · vokalizatsiya
вокали́зм
(linguistics) The vowel sounds used in a language. · vokalizm
вокали́ст
(music) The lead singer in a musical group. · vokalist
вокали́стка
A person who sings, often professionally. · vokalistka
вока́льный
(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng. · vokalnyy
вокза́л
A park or garden that is open to the public for entertainment, typically including concert halls, bandstands, amusement rides, and zoos. · vokzal
вокру́г
On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around. [from before 1150] · vokrug
вол
A castrated bull; an ox. · vol
вола́н
(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.] · volan
вола́нчик
(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.] · volanchik
волатильность
(finance, countable) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product. · volatilnost
Во́лга
A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea. · Volga
волды́рь
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection. · voldyr
волеизъявле́ние
The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting. · voleizyavleniye
волейбол
(uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net. · voleybol
Волк
(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra. · Volk
волкола́к
(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon. · volkolak
волкула́к
(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon. · volkulak
волна́
(obsolete) A wave. · volna
волне́ние
The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion. · volneniye
волнения
A raucous disturbance and/or commotion. · volneniya
волнистость
A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. · volnistost
волни́стый
Having curls. · volnistyy
волни́стый попуга́йчик
A species of small green parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties. · volnistyy popugaychik
волнова́ть
(transitive) To move to emotion. · volnovat
волнова́ться
(ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry. · volnovatsya
волноло́м
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside. · volnolom
волнообра́зный
(informal) Not straight; wavy and irregular. · volnoobraznyy
волноре́з
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside. · volnorez
волну́ющий
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling. · volnuyushchiy
волоки́та
(metonym, idiomatic) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures. · volokita
волокни́стый
Of or pertaining to fibre. · voloknistyy
волокно́
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. · volokno
волонтёрство
The act of voluntarily giving time and labor for charity or community service. · volontyorstvo
во́лос
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals. · volos
волоси́на
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals. · volosina
волоси́нка
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals. · volosinka
волосня́
(slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's. [from 1745] · volosnya
волосо́к
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. · volosok
во́лосы
(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body. · volosy
во́лот
A mythical human of very great size. · volot
волоче́ние
The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long. · volocheniye
волочи́ть
(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty. · volochit
волочи́ть но́ги
(idiomatic) To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly. · volochit nogi
волочи́ться
To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly. · volochitsya
воло́чь
(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty. · voloch
волхв
(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names). · volkhv
волча́нка
(pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus. · volchanka
волчея́годник
Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals. · volcheyagodnik
во́лчий
Wolfish (all senses); wolflike. · volchiy
во́лчий пе́рец
Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals. · volchiy perets
во́лчий я́годник
Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals. · volchiy yagodnik
волчи́ца
A female wolf. · volchitsa
волчо́нок
The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger. · volchonok
во́лчье лы́ко
Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals. · volchye lyko
волшба́
The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events. · volshba
волше́бная страна́
The land or abode of fairies. · volshebnaya strana
волше́бник
One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner. · volshebnik
волше́бница
A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments. · volshebnitsa
волше́бный
Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. [from 14th c.] · volshebnyy
волшебство́
Conjuring, legerdemain or magic. · volshebstvo
волы́нка
A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds. · volynka
волы́нщик
One who plays the bagpipes. · volynshchik
волы́нщица
One who plays the bagpipes. · volynshchitsa
Во́льво
The Volvo Car Corporation, a Swedish manufacturer of cars, now owned by the Chinese holding company Geely. · Volvo
волье́р
A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse. [from 16th c.] · volyer
во́льно
In a free manner. · volno
вольноду́мец
(by extension) One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices. · volnodumets
вольноду́мство
The principles of a freethinker; free thought · volnodumstvo
вольноотпу́щенник
A former or emancipated slave. · volnootpushchennik
вольноотпу́щенница
A man who has been released from a condition of slavery. · volnootpushchennitsa
во́льность
(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained. · volnost
во́льный
Not imprisoned or enslaved. · volnyy
во́льный стиль
(swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl. · volnyy stil
вольт
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V · volt
вольта́ж
(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth. · voltazh
Вольфганг
A German en given name. · Volfgang
вольфра́м
A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74. · volfram
волю́м
A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia. · volyum
волю́та
(architectural element) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. · volyuta
во́ля
(sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. · volya
во́мбат
Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia. · vombat
вон
Excluded from consideration. · von
вон [[та́м]]
In that place; there (at some distance). · von [[tam]]
вон тот
(dated, or, dialectal) Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there. · von tot
во́на
The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea. · vona
вонзи́ть
(transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion. · vonzit
вонто́н
A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables. · vonton
вонь
The quality of being fetid · von
воню́чий
Foul-smelling, stinking. · vonyuchiy
воню́чка
Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure. · vonyuchka
воня́ть
(intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell. · vonyat
вообража́емый
Invented, as opposed to real. · voobrazhayemyy
вообража́ть
(transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind. · voobrazhat
воображе́ние
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind. · voobrazheniye
вообрази́мый
Able to be imagined; conceivable. · voobrazimyy
вообрази́ть
To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real. · voobrazit
вообще́
In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality. · voobshche
вообще́-то
(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively. · voobshche-to
воодушеви́ть
(transitive, idiomatic) To make someone happier or less downcast. · voodushevit
воодушевление
An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism. · voodushevleniye
воодушевля́ть
(ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts. · voodushevlyat
воодушевляющий
Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating. · voodushevlyayushchiy
вооружа́ться
(intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself. · vooruzhatsya
вооруже́ние
(usually used in the plural) A weapon. · vooruzheniye

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