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двухнеде́льник
A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks). · dvukhnedelnik
двухнеде́льный
Occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks. · dvukhnedelnyy
двухпарти́йный
(politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties. · dvukhpartiynyy
двухпо́люсный
Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time. · dvukhpolyusnyy
двуязычный
A person who is able to use two languages. · dvuyazychnyy
де-
reversal, undoing · de-
де-фа́кто
In actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. · de-fakto
деактиви́рованный
Made incapable of use or action. · deaktivirovannyy
деактиви́ровать
(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective · deaktivirovat
Де́бар
A city in western North Macedonia. · Debar
деба́ты
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision. · debaty
деби́л
(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. · debil
дебили́зм
The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, especially of mind. · debilizm
деби́льный
Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality. · debilnyy
дебито́р
(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt. · debitor
Дебо́ра
A en given name, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK. · Debora
дебо́ш
An individual act of debauchery. · debosh
дебоши́р
One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights. · deboshir
де́бри
A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it. · debri
дебю́т
A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area. · debyut
дебюта́нт
A person (especially a male) who débuts, or appears for the first time. · debyutant
дебюти́ровать
(intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance · debyutirovat
де́ва
Someone with a Virgo star sign · deva
дева́йс
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. · devays
девальва́ция
Depreciation. · devalvatsiya
деве́лопер
A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land. · developer
девиа́нтный
Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard. · deviantnyy
деви́з
(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively. · deviz
деви́ца
A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience). · devitsa
девичество
(uncountable) The state or condition of being a girl. · devichestvo
деви́чий
Like (that of) a girl; feminine. · devichiy
де́вичья фами́лия
The original last name of a person, usually a woman, who has changed their last name upon marriage. · devichya familiya
де́вка
(US, colloquial, slang, sometimes, dated) A woman or girl. · devka
деволю́ция
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession. · devolyutsiya
Девон
A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel. · Devon
Дево́ра
A en given name, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK. · Devora
де́вочка
A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience). · devochka
де́вственная плева́
(anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females. · devstvennaya pleva
де́вственник
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated. · devstvennik
де́вственница
A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience). · devstvennitsa
де́вственность
(metonym, uncountable) Virginity. · devstvennost
де́вственный
Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied. · devstvennyy
девтерагонист
(narratology) A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist). · devteragonist
де́вушка
(often disparaging or sarcastic) Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman. · devushka
де́вушка за сто́йкой
A woman who serves in a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · devushka za stoykoy
девча́чий
Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine. · devchachiy
девчо́нка
(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish. · devchonka
девчу́шка
(chiefly, Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart. · devchushka
девяносто
The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90. · devyanosto
де́вятеро
A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten. · devyatero
девя́тка
Describing a group or set with nine elements. · devyatka
девя́тки
(poker slang) A pair of nines. · devyatki
девятна́дцатый
The ordinal form of the number nineteen. · devyatnadtsatyy
девятнадцать
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens". · devyatnadtsat
девя́тый
The ordinal form of the number nine. · devyatyy
девять
A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten. · devyat
дегази́ровать
(transitive) To remove the gas from. · degazirovat
дегенера́т
One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person. · degenerat
дегенерати́вный
Characterized by or causing degeneration. · degenerativnyy
дегенера́тка
One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person. · degeneratka
дегенера́ция
(uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure. · degeneratsiya
дегенерировать
(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities. · degenerirovat
дегидрата́ция
The act or process of removing water from something. · degidratatsiya
дёготь
A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar. · dyogot
деграда́ция
A state of physical or mental weakness. · degradatsiya
дегради́ровавший
(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal. · degradirovavshiy
дегуста́ция
The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it. · degustatsiya
дед
The parent of someone's parent. · ded
де́длок
(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation. · dedlok
дедовщи́на
Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person. · dedovshchina
дедукти́вный
Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning). · deduktivnyy
деду́кция
The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason · deduktsiya
деду́ля
(informal) grandfather · dedulya
де́душка
(informal) grandfather · dedushka
дееприча́стие
(grammar) A participle that modifies a verb in the same sentence and is equivalent to an adverbial clause in English. Adverbial participles may denote time, condition, cause, concession, manner, means, purpose, or attendant circumstance. · deyeprichastiye
дежавю́
Loosely or humorously, anything one has done before or is being repeated. · dezhavyu
дежу́рный
A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base. · dezhurnyy
дежу́рство
(uncountable) A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call. · dezhurstvo
де́за
False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation. · deza
дезавуировать
(transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind. · dezavuirovat
дезактиви́ровать
(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective · dezaktivirovat
дезерти́р
One who defects. · dezertir
дезерти́ровать
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party. · dezertirovat
дезерти́рство
An act or incidence of defecting. · dezertirstvo
дезинтегра́ция
A process by which anything disintegrates. · dezintegratsiya
дезинфици́ровать
To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent. · dezinfitsirovat
дезинфици́рующее сре́дство
A substance that kills germs or viruses. · dezinfitsiruyushcheye sredstvo
дезинформа́ция
False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation. · dezinformatsiya
дезинформи́ровать
(transitive) To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information to. · dezinformirovat
дезодора́нт
Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor. · dezodorant
дезорганизация
The act of disorganizing; destruction of system. · dezorganizatsiya
дезориенти́ровать
To cause to lose orientation or direction. · dezoriyentirovat
деи́зм
(philosophy) A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines. · deizm
Де́йзи
A en given name. · Deyzi
дейм
(Britain) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. · deym
Де́йрдре
(Irish mythology) The foremost tragic heroine in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. · Deyrdre
де́йственность
A degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness. · deystvennost
де́йственный
Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work. · deystvennyy
де́йствие
(countable) Something done, a deed. · deystviye
действи́тельно
(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively. · deystvitelno
действи́тельность
The state of being actual or real; realness. · deystvitelnost
действи́тельный
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force · deystvitelnyy
де́йствовать
(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform. · deystvovat
действовать на нервы
(transitive) To make angry. · deystvovat na nervy
де́йствующая си́ла
An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect. · deystvuyushchaya sila
де́йствующее лицо́
(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona. · deystvuyushcheye litso
де́йствующий
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force · deystvuyushchiy
дейте́рий
(uncountable, isotope) An isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in each atom - 21H. · deyteriy
дек
Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop. · dek
декабрь
The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice. · dekabr
декаго́н
(geometry) A polygon with ten sides and ten angles. · dekagon
дека́да
(history) A period of ten days, particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendars. [from 18th c.] · dekada
декада́нс
A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay · dekadans
декаде́нт
A person affected by moral decay. · dekadent
декаде́нтка
A person affected by moral decay. · dekadentka
декаде́нтский
Characterized by moral or cultural decline. · dekadentskiy
декаде́нтство
A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay · dekadentstvo
дека́н
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students). · dekan
деканта́тор
A vessel for decanting liquor. · dekantator
деканти́ровать
(transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment. · dekantirovat
Дека́рт
René Descartes: A French philosopher and mathematician, who lived from 1596 to 1650. · Dekart
дека́эдр
A polyhedron with ten faces. · dekaedr
деклама́ция
The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized. · deklamatsiya
деклами́ровать
To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. · deklamirovat
деклара́ция
An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation. · deklaratsiya
деклари́ровать
(Christianity, particularly Evangelicalism) To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to prayer which takes the form of a request. · deklarirovat
декоди́ровать
To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. · dekodirovat
декомпози́ция
The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts. · dekompozitsiya
деконтамина́ция
The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials. · dekontaminatsiya
декорати́вный
That serves to decorate · dekorativnyy
декора́тор
Someone who decorates. · dekorator
декорация
The style of decoration of a room or building. · dekoratsiya
деко́рум
(uncountable) Appropriate social behavior. · dekorum
декре́т
An edict or law. · dekret
декриминализи́ровать
(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime. · dekriminalizirovat
Де́кстер
A en given name. · Dekster
Де́лавэр
The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington. · Delaver
де́лать
(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform. · delat
де́лать (момента́льный) сни́мок
(transitive, computing) To capture the state of, in a snapshot. · delat (momentalnyy) snimok
де́лать акупункту́ру
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture. · delat akupunkturu
де́лать вид
(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.] · delat vid
де́лать вы́вод
(transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts. · delat vyvod
де́лать вы́говор
(of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove. · delat vygovor
де́лать вы́держку
(transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image. · delat vyderzhku
де́лать дублика́т
(transitive) To make a copy of. · delat dublikat
де́лать за́ново
(transitive) To make again. · delat zanovo
де́лать запа́сы
To accumulate or build up a supply of (something). · delat zapasy
де́лать зигза́ги
To move or to twist in a zigzag manner. · delat zigzagi
де́лать иглоука́лывание
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture. · delat igloukalyvaniye
де́лать иллюстра́ции
To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features. · delat illyustratsii

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