russian : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
  Moscow; capital of the Russian Federation.
  

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• noun Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers
  Prunus tenella; dwarf Russian almond.
  

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• noun a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia
  

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• noun an administrative agency of the Russian government
  

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• noun Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers
  Prunus tenella; dwarf Russian almond.
  

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• noun solitaire with two players using separate packs
  crapette.
  

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• . See under Bath.

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• noun prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
  tumbleweed; Russian thistle; Russian cactus; Salsola kali tenuifolia.
  

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• noun a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
  Moscow; capital of the Russian Federation.
  

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• noun perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content
  kok-saghyz; kok-sagyz; Taraxacum kok-saghyz.
  

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• noun mayonnaise with horseradish grated onion and chili sauce or catsup; sometimes with caviar added
  Russian dressing.
  

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• noun a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
  Russia.
  

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• noun mayonnaise with horseradish grated onion and chili sauce or catsup; sometimes with caviar added
  Russian dressing.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Russia
  

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• noun deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny
  silver berry; Elaeagnus augustifolia.
  

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• adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church
  Eastern Orthodox; Greek Orthodox; Orthodox.
  

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• noun an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia
  

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• noun the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922
  October Revolution.
  
• noun the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
  February Revolution.
  

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• noun a river in northern California
  

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• noun a stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the trigger
  

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• (a) an act of bravado played by loading one bullet into one chamber of a revolver in which the cylinder has five or six positions, spinning the cylinder (thus moving the bullet randomly to one of the six positions of the cylinder), pointing the gun to one's head, and pulling the trigger. If the bullet is in firing position, the "player" is usually killed. Such a "game" may be played on a dare, or, in some places, as part of a gamble. (a) (Fig.) Any dangerous act resembling Russian roulette in the acceptance of a high risk of serious negative consequences, usually unnecessarily.

Webster 1913

• noun formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
  Russia; Soviet Russia.
  

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• noun prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
  tumbleweed; Russian thistle; Russian cactus; Salsola kali tenuifolia.
  

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• noun prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
  tumbleweed; Russian thistle; Russian cactus; Salsola kali tenuifolia.
  

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• noun twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia
  Polygonum aubertii; China fleece vine; silver lace vine.
  

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• noun tall fast-moving dog breed
  borzoi.
  

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• adjective satellite able to communicate in Russian
  

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• noun a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
  Byelorussian; Belorussian.
  
• noun a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk or cream
  
• noun the Slavic language spoken in Belarus
  Byelorussian; Belarusian.
  

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