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гудро́н
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. · gudron
гудрони́рованное шоссе́
(loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material. · gudronirovannoye shosse
гудя́щий
(postpositive) Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz, buzzing. · gudyashchiy
гул
A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion. · gul
ГУЛА́Г
(historical) The government agency in charge of the Soviet Union's network of forced labour camps, which was established in 1918 and formally abolished in 1960. · GULAG
Гулль
The common name of Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. · Gull
гуль
(mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses. · gul
гульден
The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents. · gulden
гуля́ка
A devotee of Bacchus. · gulyaka
гуля́ть
(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. · gulyat
гуля́ш
A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika. · gulyash
гуля́щий
Of, or characterized by adultery. · gulyashchiy
гуляющий
Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s] · gulyayushchiy
гуманизация
The act of humanizing. · gumanizatsiya
гумани́ст
A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism. · gumanist
гуманисти́ческий
Of or pertaining to humanism. · gumanisticheskiy
гумани́стка
A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist. · gumanistka
гуманита́рные нау́ки
The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion. · gumanitarnyye nauki
гуманита́рный
Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric. · gumanitarnyy
гума́нность
(uncountable) The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects. · gumannost
гума́нный
Lenient or merciful; charitable. · gumannyy
гумано́ид
A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human. · gumanoid
гуммила́к
A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc. · gummilak
гумор
(archaic, or, historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body. · gumor
гу́мус
A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms. · gumus
гунн
A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia. · gunn
гу́ппи
A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males. The guppies can vary in size, but males are 4 cm (1.6”) and females are 7 cm (2.8”). · guppi
ГУР
The Main Directorate of Intelligence [of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine]. · GUR
гу́рия
(Islam) A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful. · guriya
гурма́н
A person who appreciates good food. · gurman
гурт
A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures. · gurt
гуртовщи́к
A person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking to some destination), especially cattle or sheep, and especially over long distances. · gurtovshchik
гу́ру
In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya. [from 17th c.] · guru
Гус
A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer. · Gus
гуса́к
A male goose. · gusak
гуса́р
A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies. · gusar
гу́сеница
The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm. · gusenitsa
гу́сеничный тра́ктор
A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler. · gusenichnyy traktor
гусёнок
A young goose. · gusyonok
гуси́ная ко́жа
A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc. · gusinaya kozha
гуси́ное перо́
A pen made from a feather. · gusinoye pero
Густав
A en given name. · Gustav
гу́сто
In a dense manner. · gusto
густо́й
A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables. · gustoy
густонаселённый
Having a large population. · gustonaselyonnyy
густота́
(uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency). · gustota
гусь
A male goose. · gus
гусько́м
In a line or queue one person wide. · guskom
Гу́фи
A Disney character: a slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh. · Gufi
гу́ща
The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine. · gushcha
Гуярати
The Indic language spoken in the state of Gujarat, India · Guyarati
гхи
A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee. · gkhi
гы
(Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs. (occasionally used) · gy
гыыыы
(Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs. (occasionally used) · gyyyy
гэ
The name of the Latin-script letter G/g. · ge
гэльский
Of or relating to the Gaels, the Goidel peoples of Scotland and Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages. · gelskiy
гэ́мблер
One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles. · gembler
гэ́мблинг
An activity characterized by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome. · gembling
Гэмпшир
A maritime county in the south of England, United Kingdom bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire, the English Channel and the Solent separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester. · Gempshir
Гэ́ндальф
A en given name known in history, and in the books of Tolkien, but not usually bestowed on children. · Gendalf
гэ́та
A Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono. · geta
Гюго́
A surname from French. · Gyugo
гюйс
(nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel. [from 17th c.] · gyuys
Гянджа́
A city in Azerbaijan. · Gyandzha
гяу́р
(religious slur) A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians. · gyaur
д-р
The title of an academic or medical doctor; used before or instead of the doctor's name. · d-r
да
Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.] · da
да бу́дет
(subjunctive present, defective, chiefly, poetic) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect). [from 16th c.] · da budet
да ла́дно
A conventional reply to an expression of gratitude. · da ladno
да ну
(slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement. · da nu
да!
Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc. · da!
да?
(informal) Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism. · da?
даа́л
Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils. · daal
да́бы
So that; used to indicate purpose · daby
давалка
(pejorative, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity. · davalka
дава́ть
(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another. · davat
дава́ть взаймы́
(usually, _, ditransitive, US, dated, _, and) To lend (something) to (someone). · davat vzaymy
дава́ть возмо́жность
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. · davat vozmozhnost
давать дёра
(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly. · davat dyora
дава́ть назва́ние
To give a title to a book, film, play, etc. · davat nazvaniye
дава́ть почки
(intransitive) To form buds. · davat pochki
дава́ть пра́во
To give power or authority (to do something). · davat pravo
давать толчок
(transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up. · davat tolchok
давать уклон
(intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end. · davat uklon
дава́ть уро́ки
(transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group. · davat uroki
Дави́д
(biblical character) The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon. · David
Дави́дов
A suburb of the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. · Davidov
Дави́дова
A suburb of the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. · Davidova
дави́ть
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force. · davit
дави́ться
(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict). · davitsya
да́вка
The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something). · davka
давле́ние
Constraint by threat. · davleniye
да́вние времена́
(poetic) A time long past. · davniye vremena
да́вний
Having been or happened in the distant past. · davniy
да́вность
(figurative) Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided. · davnost
Даво́с
A mountain resort and municipality in Grisons, Switzerland, host of the World Economic Forum. · Davos
Давы́д
(rare) A en given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann). · Davyd
да́вящий
Burdensome or difficult to bear. · davyashchiy
дадаи́зм
A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during and as a reaction to World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, nihilism, randomness, and rejection of the prevailing standards in art. · dadaizm
да́же
In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality. · dazhe
да́же е́сли
Regardless of whether; irrespective of (something happening or being the case). · dazhe esli
даза́йн
(philosophy) Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence · dazayn
ДА́ИШ
(derogatory) Synonym of ISIS, ISIL, Islamic State · DAISh
Дайа́на
A en given name. · Dayana
да́йвинг
The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically. · dayving
да́йджест
Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings. · daydzhest
дайкири́
A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added. · daykiri
дайко́н
An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper. · daykon
даймё
(historical) A lord during the Japanese feudal period. · daymyo
Дака́р
The capital city of Senegal. · Dakar
Да́ксбург
A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals. · Daksburg
дактилогра́фия
The act of typing on a keyboard. · daktilografiya
дактилоскопи́ровать
(transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints. · daktiloskopirovat
да́ктиль
A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented. · daktil
дал
Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils. · dal
да́лее
Onward, forward, with progressive action. · daleye
далёкий
Far off (physically, logically or mentally). · dalyokiy
далеко́
At, to, or from a great distance; far away. · daleko
Дали́ла
The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines. · Dalila
далма́т
(demonym) A native or inhabitant of Dalmatia. · dalmat
далмати́н
One of a breed of dog with a short, white coat with dark spots. · dalmatin
далмати́нец
One of a breed of dog with a short, white coat with dark spots. · dalmatinets
далмати́нский
Relating to Dalmatia or its people. · dalmatinskiy
далма́тка
(demonym) A native or inhabitant of Dalmatia. · dalmatka
далма́тский
Relating to Dalmatia or its people. · dalmatskiy
далма́тский дог
One of a breed of dog with a short, white coat with dark spots. · dalmatskiy dog
дальне́йший
More, additional. · dalneyshiy
да́льний
Far off (physically, logically or mentally). · dalniy
да́льний ро́дственник
(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material). · dalniy rodstvennik
дально
The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. · dalno
дальнобо́йность
(statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample. · dalnoboynost
дальнови́дность
The quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future. · dalnovidnost
дальнови́дный
Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation. · dalnovidnyy
дальнозо́ркий
Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic. · dalnozorkiy
дальнозо́ркость
(pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia. · dalnozorkost
дальнопи́сец
(historical) A telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance. · dalnopisets
да́льность
The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.). · dalnost
да́льняя ро́дственница
(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material). · dalnyaya rodstvennitsa
да́льше
Onward, forward, with progressive action. · dalshe
да́ма
An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers. · dama
да́ма се́рдца
(poetic) A woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire. · dama serdtsa
Дама́ск
The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE. · Damask
да́мба
An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow. · damba
да́мка
A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement. · damka
да́мочка
(US, dated, informal, slightly, derogatory) A woman. · damochka
да́мская су́мка
(US) A purse or handbag. · damskaya sumka
да́мская сумо́чка
(US) A purse or handbag. · damskaya sumochka
да́мские па́льчики
The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus. · damskiye palchiki
да́мское бельё
Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive. · damskoye belyo
Дан
(biblical character) The fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel's handmaid). · Dan

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