Word origins

• aThe first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
• beUsed with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
• publicAble to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
• deThe name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.
• evenFlat and level.
• progressMovement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
• bridgeA construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
• daFather.
• emThe name of the Latin script letter M/m.
• alaskaA state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.
• barsAny event in gymnastics using the bars.
• holdingSomething that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
• yaYeah; yes.
• crashA sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
• intelligentOf high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
• geThe name of the Cyrillic script letter Г / г.
• yeYou (the people being addressed).
• yoA greeting similar to hi.
• sovietA workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.
• begunHaving begun.
• popeAn honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
• RPGTo play a roleplaying game.
• veThe name of the Cyrillic script letter В / в.
• yuAn ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
• PetersburgAn independent city in Virginia, United States.
• KazakhstanA country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan. Capital: Astana.
• UzbekistanA country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.
• gradA type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this.
• oba halfpenny
• cheThe letter Ч, ч.
• fedoraA felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.
• ninaA hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword.
• gopSynonym of gopnik.
• shaThe letter Ш, ш.
• VladimirA transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.
• BorisA male given name from the Slavic languages.
• LaraA suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
• kochA wooden sailing ship of Russian design for use in the Arctic.
• mirA traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.
• mammothAny species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
• levinLightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
• FSBThe Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.
• chuThe sound of a kiss.
• OdessaA port city, the administrative center of Odessa Raion and Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.
• NatashaA female given name from Russian, Ukrainian borrowed from Russian in the twentieth century, diminutive of Natalia and Natalya.
• IgorA stock character, the lab assistant to a mad scientist, vampire, or miser frequently depicted as being deformed in some manner, physically and/or psychologically.
• SoniaA female given name from Russian (the usual UK spelling of the name which is spelled Sonya in the US).
• LenaA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• kievA dish like chicken Kiev, with substitutes for the chicken, sauces or other components, to fit dietary restrictions such as vegetarianism.
• yerA member of Generation Y.
• tetrisThe act of clearing four lines at once (the maximum possible) in Tetris.
• migA milligram
• SashaA male given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
• StalinSynonym of Hitler (“a dictatorial person”).
• BucharestThe capital city of Romania.
• tundraA flat and treeless Arctic biome.
• tamaraA condiment popular in Italy, made of powdered cinnamon, cloves, coriander, etc.
• ChechnyaA republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus. Official name: Chechen Republic. Capital: Grozny.
• chaiA female Romani.
• kamaA sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
• permTo give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.
• lanaThe tree Genipa americana.
• MikhailA transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л (Mixaíl).
• rebShortened form of Rebbe.
• tseThe Cyrillic letter Ц, ц.
• yuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.
• yamAny climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
• LeninVladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.
• NikitaA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• KasperskyA surname from Russian
• OlegA male given name from the Slavic languages.
• ChechenA member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
• kiraAn ankle-length dress traditionally worn by women in Bhutan.
• KodiakA Kodiak bear.
• dynamoAn electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
• DmitryA transliteration of the Russian male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij).
• svrThe civilian external intelligence directorate of Russia
• MishaA male given name from Russian, Ukrainian.
• MinskThe capital city of Belarus.
• KenaiA city, peninsula, and river in Alaska.
• jerTwo historical Slavic vowels and their corresponding Cyrillic and Glagolitic letters; the vowels were short (possibly ultrashort), and possibly reduced. They were front jer (ь, Ⱏ) and back jer (ъ, Ⱐ). During the development of Slavic languages in certain positions they underwent weakening and were lost (weak jers), and elsewhere retained (strong jers).
• IrinaA female given name from Russian.
• tonyaA trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.
• kinoA botanical gum produced by various trees and other plants, particularly bloodwood species of eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus), Butea, and Pterocarpus, used in tanning and dyeing and as an astringent in medicine.
• turAny member of the species Capra caucasica (West Caucasian tur) or Capra cylindricornis (East Caucasian tur) of wild goats native to Caucasus.
• dumaA Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).
• TbilisiThe capital city of the country of Georgia.
• AsimovA surname.
• IvanovA transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Иванов (Ivanov).
• SitkaA member of an indigenous tribe of people from Baranof Island, in the area of Sitka, Alaska.
• chumA friend; a pal.
• KGBThe Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).
• ChernobylA major nuclear-energy accident.
• czarAn appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
• brestA port city in the department of Finistère, and the region of Brittany, France.
• AndreyA transliteration of the Russian male given name Андре́й (Andréj), equivalent to Andrew.
• TolstoyA transliteration of the Russian surname Толстой (Tolstoj).
• TashkentThe capital city of Uzbekistan.
• kazana cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine
• KazakhA person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.