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PIS
This three-letter acronym can be: Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice), the current ruling party in Polandthe IATA code for an airport in France, Biard AirportPlot Induced Stupidity, used mostly on comic book forums ..

Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Pisa as seen from the top of the leaning tower. Contents 1 History1.1 Ancient times1.2 High Middle Ages1.3 11..

Pisacha Kingdom
Pisachas are a group of mountain dwellers lived in the mountains around the Kashmir Valley. These tribes were mentioned in the epic Mahabharata along with other exotic tribes. The Kashmiri language is considered to be a language in the group of Paisachi languages. Kasmiras and Pisachas were allies o..

Pisagua
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Pisaj
Pisaj (Evil) is a 2004 Thai horror film directed by Mae-deaw Chukiatsakwirakul. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. After her parents are killed in a drive-by shooting, a young woman named Oui has no place else to go. She shows up at a printing house..

Pisanello
Portrait of a Princess of the House of Este (1436-38) Tempera on wood, 43 x 30 cm Louvre, Paris Pisanello (or Antonio di Puccio Pisano or Antonio di Puccio da Cereto), or as he was erroneously called Vittore Pisano by Giorgio Vasari, (c. 1395-1456) was one of the most distinguished painters ..

Pisang Ambon
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Pisang goreng
Pisang goreng (Malay: "fried banana") is a banana fried in batter and eaten as a snack food. It originated in Southeast Asia, and is especially popular in Indonesia, Singapore and parts of Malaysia. External links ..

Pisani
Pisani may refer to: People with the Pisani last name: Vettor Pisani: (-1380) a Venetian admiral.Carmelo Borg Pisani: (August 10, 1915-November 28, 1942) a Maltese nationalist and Facist.Joseph Pisani: (1971 -) an American artist, abstract painter, and designer, living in Switzerland.Fernando Pisan..

Pisanka
Ukrainian pysanky Pisanka (plural: Pisankas, Pisanki) is an ancient Slavic art of egg decorating. Originated in pagan times, it transformed into the Christian tradition of the Easter egg. Nevertheless, in tradition, pisankas retained symbolics of paganism. Many Slavic ethnic groups, including ..

Pisano
Pisano is the name of several notable people: Andrea Pisano, Italian sculptor and architectBernardo Pisano (1490–1548), Italian composer of the early 16th centuryBonanno Pisano, Italian architectGiovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor, son of Nicola PisanoLeonardo Pisano, Mathematician also known a..

Pisanosaurus
Pisanosaurus mertii (the name comes from "Pisano", who was an associate of the finder, and "saurus" meaning lizard) is a primitive bipedal Ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic. Pisanosaurus was 3.2 feet (1 meter) in length and 12 inches (30.48 centimeters) in height. Its weight estima..

Pisano period
In mathematics, the nth Pisano period, written π(n), is the period with which the sequence of Fibonacci numbers, modulo n repeats. For example, the Fibonacci numbers mod 3 are 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, etc., with the first eight numbers repeating, so π(3) = 8. The first Pisano periods..

Pisarzowice
Pisarzowice is a village located in the south of Poland between Bielsko-Biala and Kety. The oldest information about Pisarzowice is from between 1325 and 1327. After Mongol raids in the first half of the 13th century, Władysław I Herman (1246-1281), the Duke of Opole, founded this village. ..

Pisaura mirabilis
The nursery web spider Pisaura mirabilis is a spider species of the family Pisauridae. References P. M. Brignoli: A Catalogue of the Aranea described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester Univ. Press, 1983C. D. Dondale, R. Legendre: Winter diapause in a Mediterranean population of Pisaura mirabilis (..

Pisa (disambiguation)
There are several places and features called Pisa. Pisa, a city in Tuscany, Italy.Pisa River in Poland.Pisa, or Pisatis, was the name of an ancient Greek town in Elis.Pisa, a city in Switzerland.PISA, the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguat..

Pisa (Greece)
Pisa, or Pisatis, was the name of an ancient Greek town in Elis. ..

Pisa Calcio
Pisa Calcio is an Italian football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa (and registered to the Eccellenza, that is the sixth football division in Italy), after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troub..

Pisa River
This river should not be confused with the Pissa river in Russia. The Pisa (-Polish, German: Pissek) is a small river with a length of 80.4 km in the Masurian Lakeland region of the Warmia-Masurian Voivodship of Poland. The Pisa flows from Lake Roś near Pisz and is a tributary of the Narew, connect..

Pisa Tinoisamoa
Pisa Donald Tinoisamoa (born July 15,1981 in San Diego, California). is a National Football League linebacker for the Saint Louis Rams. He was drafted in the second round by the Rams in 2003. High school career Pisa Tinoisamoa attended Vista High School in Vista, CA In football, he was a three-ti..

Pisa University System
The Pisa University System (Italian: Sistema Universitario Pisano) is a network of higher education institutions in Pisa, Italy. The following three schools and universities belong to the system: Scuola Normale Superiore di PisaPisa Sant'AnnaUniversity of Pisa See also List of Italian universitie..

Pisba
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. '''Pisba: a municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia;'''Pisba: the town o..

Pisba, Boyacá
Pisba also Pisva is a municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia. ..

Piscassic River
The Piscassic River is a 15.3 mile long (24.6 km) river located in southeastern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Lamprey River, part of the Great Bay and Piscataqua River watershed leading to the Atlantic Ocean. The river rises in the northeast corner of Fremont, New Ha..

Piscataqua
Piscataqua, believed to be an Abenaki word meaning rapid waters, may refer to: Piscataqua RiverPiscataquis RiverPiscataquis County, MainePiscataquog River This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, y..

Piscataqua River
Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, NH The Piscataqua River, in the northeastern United States, is a 12 mile (19 km) long tidal estuary formed by the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Cochecho rivers. The drainage basin of the river is approximately 1,495 square miles, creating the third faste..

Piscataquis
Piscataquis can refer to: Piscataquis River, in Maine, United StatesPiscataquis County, Maine, United States See also: Piscataqua River, Maine/New Hampshire, United StatesThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you ..

Piscataquis County, Maine
Piscataquis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2000, the population is 17,235. Its county seat is Dover-Foxcroft6. Piscataquis County was incorporated in 1838, taken from parts of adjacent Penobscot and Somerset counties. It is located at the geographic center of Maine..

Piscataquis River
The Piscataquis River is found in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, and starts from various branches in the region. The river flows in a mostly eastern direction until it meets the Penobscot River when it turns South. The United States government maintains three river flow gages on the Pisc..

Piscataquog River
The Piscataquog River is a 34.7 mile long (55.9 km) river located in southern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, which flows to the Gulf of Maine. The Piscataquog River begins at the outlet of the Deering Reservoir, a lake in Deering, New Hampshire. The ..

Piscataway, Maryland
Piscataway in Maryland, USA is one of the most ancient European colonized towns in Maryland. The Piscataway Creek provided sea transportation for export of tobacco. The creek is now silted in and no longer navigable. The poem "The Sot-Weed Factor," by John Barth, mentions details of life in Piscata..

Piscataway (disambiguation)
Piscataway can refer to: Piscataway Indian Nation, a Native American tribal nation located in MarylandPiscataway Township, New Jersey, located in Middlesex County, New JerseyPiscataway Park, located in Maryland This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated wi..

Piscataway Creek
Piscataway Creek is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River in Prince George's County, Maryland. Piscataway Creek enters the Potomac at Fort Washington. See also List of Maryland rivers External links [Piscataway Park] ..

Piscataway Indian Nation
The Piscataway Indian Nation is a non-state, non-federally recognized Native American tribal nation, which, at one time, was one of the most populous and powerful Native polities of the Chesapeake region. By the early seventeenth century, the Piscataway had come to exercise hegemony over other Nativ..

Piscataway Park
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Piscataway Township, New Jersey
For other uses, see Piscataway (disambiguation). Piscataway Township (pronounced Pis-CAT-a-way) is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 50,482. Piscataway Township was founded in 1666, and officially incorpora..

Piscataway Township Schools
The Piscataway Township Schools serves almost 7,000 students in grades kindergarten through 12the grade in Piscatatway Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. In addition to its high school, there are four schools that educate students in kindergarten through third grade, two interm..

Piscataway v. Taxman
Piscataway School Board v. Taxman, 91 F.3d 1547 (3d Cir. 1996) was a racial discrimination case begun in 1989. The school board of Piscataway, New Jersey needed to eliminate a teaching position from a high schools Business Education department. Under New Jersey state law, tenured teachers have to be..

Pisca Andina
Light chicken brew, mixed with diced potatoes, carrots, eggs, ground pepper and other ingredients. May occasionally include milk. It is part of traditional breakfasts in the Venezuelan Andes. ..

Pisces
Pisces click for larger image Abbreviation Psc Genitive Piscium Symbology the Fish (plural) Right ascension 1 h Declination 15° Area Ranked 14th Number of stars(magnitude < 3) 0 Brightest star App. magnitude 3.6) Meteor showers Piscids Borderingconstellations Tri..

Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd.
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. was the fourth album by The Monkees, released on November 14, 1967. At this point in their career, The Monkees were exerting more control over their music and actually playing many of the instruments themselves, something their record company had previousl..

Pisces (astrology)
The Western astrological sign of Pisces is part of the tropical zodiac (February 19 – March 20) and the sidereal zodiac (March 15 – April 13). It is associated with the constellation Pisces and the classical element Water, making it a Water sign. Pisces is also one of the Mutable signs (along..

Pisces Iscariot
Pisces Iscariot is a compilation album of b-sides, demos, and outtakes released in 1994 by The Smashing Pumpkins through Virgin Records. Reaching #4 in the U.S. upon its 1994 release, Pisces Iscariot - as of May 2005 - has sold 1.3 million units in The Smashing Pumpkins' home country. Contents ..

Piscina
For the Italian commune, see Piscina (TO). A piscina (also known as a sacrarium) is a Latin word first applied to a fish-pond, and later used for any pool of water for bathing, either natural or artificial, and also for a tank or reservoir. In ecclesiastical usage the term was given to a shallow st..

Piscinamanna
Piscinamanna is a valley in southern Sardinia. It hosts a biotechnology research facility called "Polaris" [link]. ..

Pisciotta
Pisciotta is a town and commune in Campania, Italy, part of the province of Salerno. History According to a legend, after the Trojans, escaping from the fire and the destruction of their city, founded Sires, some of the inhabitants of the city later advanced westards, following the vast valley o..

Piscirickettsiaceae
The Piscirickettsiaceae are a family of Proteobacteria. ..

Piscis Austrinus
Piscis austrinus click for larger image Abbreviation PsA Genitive Piscis Austrini Symbology the Southern Fish Right ascension 22 h Declination −30° Area Ranked 60th Number of stars(magnitude < 3) 1 Brightest star App. magnitude 1.16) Meteor showers ? Borderi..

Piscis Volans
Piscis Volans (Latin for flyingfish) was the original name of the constellation Volans. ..

Pisco
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Some bottles of Chilean Pisco Some bottles of Peruvian Pisco Pisco (from Quechua: pisqu, little bird) is a liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of South America. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Chile, ..

Pisco, Peru
Pisco is a city in Peru. It is located in the Ica Region and is the capital of the Pisco Province. The city is only 28 feet above sea level. Pisco originally prospered because of its nearby vineyards, and is the namesake of the Peruvian grape liquor, pisco. The area is normally visited because of t..

Piscola
Piscola is a popular drink in Chile, where chilean Pisco is mixed with Coca Cola. ..

Pisco (disambiguation)
Pisco derives from a Quechua word for 'bird', and is common as a part of the names of places and other things in Quechua-speaking parts of South America. Among other things, it can refer to: Pisco, a type of brandy made from grapes and most associated with Peru and ChileIn Peru: Pisco, Peru, a coast..

Pisco Elqui, Chile
Plaza in Pisco Elqui, Chile; image details at http://contentdm.nitle.org/u?/realia,168 Pisco Elqui is a Chilean town in Elqui Valley. It is located in the Coquimbo region, 107 km east from La Serena, at about 2,000 metres above sea level. (See [map]) This was the area where pisco w..

Pisco Province
Pisco is a province of the Ica Region in Peru. Its capital is the town of Pisco, where the popular liquor of the same name originated. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Boundaries2 Tourist attractions3 Political division4 External links Geography Boundaries North: Chincha Provin..

Pisco punch
Pisco punch was an alcoholic beverage invented by Duncan Nicol at a bar named Bank Exchange at the end of the 1800s, in San Francisco, California. The Bank Exchange was located in south-east corner of the intersection of the Montgomery and Washington streets, in the Montgomery Block building, where ..

Pisco Sour
Peruvian Pisco sour recipe A pisco sour is a cocktail from Peru and Chile containing pisco (a regional brandy made of Muscat grapes), lemon (green or yellow following the tastes), egg whites, and liquid cane sugar (which is much simpler to mix than granulated sugar), or powdered sugar. Both..

PISD
PISD can refer to: Paradise Independent School District (Paradise, Texas)Paris Independent School District (Paris, Texas)Pasadena Independent School District (Pasadena, Texas)Pearland Independent School District (Pearland, Texas)Pittsburg Independent School District (Pittsburg, Texas)Pleasanton Ind..

Piseco
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Pisek, North Dakota
Pisek is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 96 at the 2000 census. Pisek was founded in 1882. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Reference4 External links Geography Pisek is located at [48°18′38″N, 97°42′38″W] (..

Pises Observatory
Pises Observatory is an observatory at the Parc National des Cévennes in France. It is at 1300 m altitude and houses an optical telescope with a Charge-coupled device used for asteroid surveys. External links [Pises Observatory][Pises atlas] ..

Piseth
Piseth is a Cambodian or Khmer name. In Khmer: ពិសិដ្ឋ Meaning: Holy, sacred ..

Pisew Falls Provincial Park
Pisew Falls Provincial Park in Manitoba is located at the approximate mid-point between the small community of Wabowden and the much larger industrial and service centre of Thompson. Loacted approximately 700 km North of Winnipeg, Manitoba, 500 m from Manitoba Provincial Highway 6, Pisew Falls is n..

Pisg
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. pisg is a perl script originally written by Morten Brix Pedersen. It analyzes various formats of IRC log files and generates HTML pages containi..

Pisgah
Pisgah may refer to several things: Pisgah, Alabama, USAPisgah, Iowa, USAMount Pisgah (numerous uses)Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, in the U.S. state of North CarolinaPisgah National Forest, in the U.S. state of North Carolina Pisgah Crater, in CaliforniaPisgah, a small village in Ceredigio..

Pisgah, Alabama
Pisgah is a town in Jackson County, Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Metro Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 706. Geography Pisgah is located at [34°41′6″N, 85°50′48″W] (34.685022, -85.846575)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Ac..

Pisgah, Iowa
Pisgah is a city in Harrison County, Iowa, along the Soldier River. The town's name is a biblical one chosen by Mormons. It is located in the midst of the modestly scenic Loess Hills. The population was 316 at the 2000 census. Geography Pisgah is located at [41°49′58″N, 95°55′35″W�..

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI [pronounced Perry]) is a non-profit institution located inside Pisgah National Forest in Balsam Grove, North Carolina dedicated to providing education and research access to several radio as well as optical telescopes to students and researchers ..

Pisgah covered bridge
Pisgah Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans west fork of the Little River in Randolph County, North Carolina. It is the only accessible covered bridge in North Carolina, and is one of only two in existence in the state (the other being Bunker Hill covered bridge in Catawba County, Nort..

Pisgah Crater
Pisgah Crater, also Pisgah Volcano, is a young volcanic cinder cone located in the Mojave Desert east of the California city of Barstow on the National Old Trails Highway. It can be found at [34°44′47″N, 116°22′30″W]. Pisgah Volcano is the youngest vent in the Lavic Lake volc..

Pisgah National Forest
The Pisgah National Forest covers 1,076,711 acres (4,357 km²) of mountainous terrain across western North Carolina. It is draped across the southern Appalachian mountains and parts of the Blue Ridge and Great Balsam Mountain chains. The land reaches up to 6000+ feet in elevation and includes som..

Pisgat Ya'acov
Pisgat Ya'acov is a hilltop site in Bet El, a Jewish community in Samaria (Northern West Bank). It is the site of an observation tower where one may view as far away as Tel Aviv and even Mount Hermon on really clear days. The hilltop also has a synagogue, trailer homes, and is believed to be by man..

Pisgat Ze'ev
Pisgat Ze'ev ([31°49′N 35°14′E]; Hebrew: ), built in the 1990s, is one of the largest neighborhoods in Jerusalem with nearly 40,000 residents. Situated to the east of Shuafat and the south of Neve Yaakov, it is divided into five sections (center, west, east, south, north), and connec..

Pish
Pish, a Scottish slang word, may refer to: Urine, liquid waste produced by an animal's kidneyUrination, the act of urinatingA Scottish expletive This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wi..

Pishacha
Pishachas are flesh eating demons, according to Hindu mythology. There origin is obscure, although some believe that they were created by Brahma. Another legend describes them as the sons of either Krodha (a Sanskrit word meaning anger) or of Daksha’s daughter who was named Pishacha. They have b..

Pishan
Pishan (Chinese: 皮山; pinyin: Píshān; also known as Guma or Goma; [37°37′N 78°18′E]) is an ancient town on the main caravan route between Khotan and Karghalik. It is located in the Taklamakan Desert, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, abo..

Pisharody
Part of a onHinduism This box: [ view] • [ talk] • [ edit] Contents 0.1 INTRODUCTION0.2 ORIGINS0.3 ETYMOLOGY0.4 HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE1 LIST OF PISHARAMS (Pisharody Houses)2 Famous Pisharodis3 External links INTRODUCTION Pisha..

Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty
Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty (Malayalam: പിശരൊത്‌ രാമ പിശാരഠി ;February 10, 1909 - September 24, 2002) was an Indian scientist and meteorologist, and is considered to be the father of remote sensing in India. Contents 1 Early life and education2 Work i..

Pishill
Pishill is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about eight miles north of Henley-on-Thames in the Stonor valley. The village name of Pishill comes from the Latin name for pea, pisum. This was due to the great many pea farms that once existed in the area. It cont..

Pishin
Pishin (Urdu: پشین ) is small town located in Pishin District, Balochistan, Pakistan. ..

Pishin district
Pishin (Urdu: پشین) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Prior to 1975, Pishin was a part of Quetta Pishin district. For administrative reasons Pishin was separated from Quetta and was made a new district on 18th January 1975. The district consists of one tehsil, ..

Pishin Valley
Pishin valley (Urdu: پشین وادي) is located in Pishin District, Balochistan, Pakistan. ..

Pishobury
Pishobury or Pishiobury was the second great estate in medieval Sawbridgeworth. History This sub-manor of Pishobury originated in a grant of 74 libartes of land wihtin the Manor of Sawbridgeworth whith Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex, who died in 1144, made to Warin FitzGerold (died 1..

Pishon
The Pishon is mentioned in the Biblical Genesis (2:11) as one of four rivers branching off from a single river within the Eden. The river is described as encircling "the entire land of Havilah", now associated with North West Yemen (see Table of Nations). Since the only two identified rivers said t..

Pishva
Pishva is a city in the Tehran Province of Iran. It is situated in the south-east of this province and has c. 27.000 inhabitants. The older names of the city were Samenat and later Emamzadeh-Ja'far. The residents of Pishva are mainly Persian-speaking Shi'tes and are predominantly descendants of the..

Pisidia
Pisidia was an inland region in southern Anatolia. Pisidia was a region of ancient Asia Minor (modern day Antalya, Turkey), located north of Lycia, and bordering Caria, Lydia, Phrygia and Pamphylia. Among Pisidia's settlements were Termessus, Selge, Cremna, Sagalassos, Etenna, Antiochia, Neap..

Pisidian language
The Pisidian language is a member of the extinct Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family spoken in Pisidia, known from some two dozen short inscriptions. It is probably closely related to the Lycian and Sidetic languages, but there appears to be some Phrygian influence so that the lang..

Pisidice
In Greek mythology, Pisidice was a daughter of Pelias. ..

Pisiform bone
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Pisinemo, Arizona
Pisinemo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 237 at the 2000 census. Geography Pisinemo is located at [32°2′28″N, 112°18′52″W] (32.041078, -112.314459)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United Sta..

Pisiolithus tinctorius
Pisiolithus tinctorus is an Ectomychorrhizal fungus used as a soil innoculant in agriculture and horticulture. ..

Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery
Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery (Russian, in full: Пискарёвское мемориальное кладбище) is located in Saint Petersburg, at the Avenue of the Unconquered (Проспект Непокорённых), dedicated mostly to the victims of the Siege of Leningrad. It is prob..

Pisky
--> For pisky or piskies referring to Episcopalians, see Scottish Episcopal Church A pisky (or piskey) is the native Cornish pronunciation of pixie. 5 types of fairyfolk inhabit Cornwall: The Small PeopleThe SpriggansPiskies, or PigseysThe Buccas, Bockles, or Knockers.The Brownies Other Cornish L..

Pismire Island
Pismire Island is a small island in Lake Michigan of approximately 2.5 acres (0.01 km²) in size. It is part of the Beaver Island archipelago, the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and the Michigan Islands Wilderness Area. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a satellite..

Pismo Beach, California
The coast at Pismo Beach Pismo Beach is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 8,551 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Schools4 Other facts5 Images6 External links Geography Pismo Beach is located..

Piso
The Piso family of ancient Rome was a prominent plebeian branch of the gens Calpurnia, with at least 50 prominent Roman family members recognized. Members are known into the 2nd century AD. Notable members: Calpurnius Piso - writer Gaius Calpurnius Piso (consul 67 BC) Gaius Calpurnius Piso (conspi..

Pisoderi
Pisoderi - Vigla is one of the oldest ski resorts in Greece. The ski center is located at the Verno mountain, at the northwest part of Greece, approximately 19km away from Florina and 555km from Athens. The ski resorts currently has 5 lifts and 10 ski trails. The summit of the resort is 1939m abo..

Pisogne
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Pisohamate ligament
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Pisometacarpal ligament
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Pisonia
Pisonia is a genus of plants. ..

Pisonian conspiracy
The conspiracy of Gaius Calpurnius Piso (65 CE) represented one of the major turning points in the reign of Nero (54-68 CE). Piso intended to have Nero assassinated and to have himself declared Emperor of Rome by the Praetorian Guard. He enlisted the aid of several prominent Senators with a loosely..

Pisonia grandis
Pisonia grandis is a species of tree that is widespread on coral islands throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is a common nesting site for seabirds. ..

Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number
In mathematics, a Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number, also called simply a Pisot number or a PV number, is an algebraic integer α which is real and exceeds 1, but such that its conjugate elements are all less than 1 in absolute value. For example, if α is a quadratic irrational there is only ..

PISP Fellowship
The Program on International Security Policy (PISP) Fellowship is an undergraduate fellowship established in the University of Chicago by the Program on International Security Policy. Its main focus is on theories of international relation and is heavily rooted in the ideas of realism. Description ..

Piss
Piss may refer to: Urine, liquid waste produced by an animal's kidneyBeer, especially low-grade beer*Piss-up, a party involving lots of alcohol*Piss Beer, a beer brand nameSuper Piss, a Finnish lock de-icer (see Bill Bryson's book ‘‘The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way’’) Pis..

Piss-up
A phrase common in British slang, Australian slang and New Zealand slang. Refers to a party with lots of alcohol. Otherwise known as getting trolled, banged, sloshied, mooned, brutaled and doubled. Often used as part of the phrase "Couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery" to refer to someone as d..

Pissa
This river should not be confused with the Pisa River in Poland. The Pissa is a river in the Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia near Chernyakhovsk. ..

Pissaladière
Pissaladiere (pissaladiera in Provencal) is a type of pizza made in and around the city of Nice, France. It generally has a topping consisting of sauteed onions, olives, and anchovies and occasionally cheese, and generally would be classed as a type of white pizza due to a lack of tomato products. T..

Pissed Happy Children
Pissed Happy Children was an influential power violence band from Claremont, California. Members went on to form Man Is the Bastard. External Links [Official MySpace website] ..

Pissed Jeans
} of the subject. ([Criteria for speedy deletion#A7CSD A7])| |notes=}} Pissed Jeans are a rock group based out of Allentown / Philadelphia, PA, USA. History Initially formed in early 2003, the lineup consisted of Bradley Fry (guitar), Dave Rosenstraus (bass guitar), Matt Korvette (v..

Pissin' Razorbladez
Pissin' Razorbladez is Angerfist's first complete album. The boxset includes 2 CD's and a DVD with video material. Contents 1 Tracklist1.1 CD 11.2 CD 21.3 DVD2 Samples3 Notes4 External links Tracklist CD 1 Intro (1:31)Chaos And Evil (3:55)Dortmund´05 (5:34)The..

Pissing contest
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pissing contest is a slang term usually defined as pointless and trivial contest between people for superiority, just for its own sake. The term can also be taken literally for a competition two or more usually male participants..

Pissing in the Wind
"Pissing in the Wind" is a Badly Drawn Boy song which reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart in 2001, and was taken from the Mercury Prize winning album The Hour of Bewilderbeast (2000). The music video features Joan Collins in a bath. ..

Pissing Mare Falls
Pissing Mare Falls are located in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. The falls, at 564 metres (1850 ft.) high, are the highest in eastern North America and drop from Big Level over Western Brook Fjord into Western Brook Pond. ..

Pissing Razors
Pissing Razors are a groove metal band, formed in 1994. The band is from El Paso, Texas. The name originates from the band's original lead vocalist. It's claimed he was in a whorehouse and when he came out with an STD (gonorrea), he claimed it was like "pissing razors". The band has had a few line u..

Pissis
In Finland, the term pissis, short for pissaliisa (literally Piss-Alice), is used as a derogatory term for teenage girls dressing slatternly and acting in an obnoxious and uneducated manner. The term is mainly connected to the stereotype that pissis girls aren't particularly ashamed to urinate in ..

Pissouri
Pissouri is a seaside village located in Limassol’s district, Cyprus (thirty kilometres westwards of Limassol’s centre), between Limassol and Pafos. Pissouri’s administrative area is the third biggest in Limassol District. The main settlement of Pissouri is situated about three kilometres aw..

Piss Beer
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Piss Christ
Piss Christ is a controversial photograph by American photographer Andres Serrano. It depicts a small plastic crucifix supporting the body of Jesus Christ submerged in a glass of the artist's urine. Some have suggested that the glass may also contain the artist's blood. The piece was a winner of t..

Piss Pot Island
Piss Pot Island is an island on the South Branch Potomac River west of Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Piss Pot Island received its unflattering name before 1755, the year it was included on Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson's Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland. Uncommon for islands of it..

Piss proud
Piss-proud is an idiom that refers to the common phenomenon of a man waking in the morning with an erect penis. It is attributed normally as the result of either a) a full bladder (e.g., Oxford English Dictionary) or b) sexual dreams (e.g., Der Pinsel der Liebe. Leben und Werk des Penis by Bo Coo..

Piss take
A piss take is gaining humour by pointing out a humerous item of a person at that person's expense. For example Table52's real name is Garry Potter. ..

Pist.On
This article is written from a fan's point of view, rather than a [Neutral point of viewneutral point of view]. Please [Cleanupclean it up] to conform to a of quality, and to make it neutral in tone.See [How to edit a page] and for help, or this article's [[Talk:|tal..

Pistachio
This article is about the tree; for the Pistachio Linux kernel, see L4 microkernel family. The Pistachio (Pistacia vera, Anacardiaceae; sometimes placed in Pistaciaceae) is a small tree up to 10 m tall, native to mountainous regions of central and southwestern Asia such as the Kopet Dag mountains ..

Pistachio oil
Pistachio oil is a pressed oil, extracted from the fruit of Pistacia vera, the pistachio nut. Compared to other nut oils, it has a particularly strong flavor. Like other nut oils, it tastes similar to the nut from which it is extracted. Pistachio oil is high in Vitamin E, containing 19mg/100g. It co..

Pistachio pudding
Pistachio pudding is a green pudding made from pistachio plants and occasionally contains small chunks of almonds. This pudding can be eaten in the form of cake, pie, and in its original form. ..

Pistacia
Pistacia is a genus of ten species in the family Anacardiaceae, native to the Canary Islands, northwest Africa, southern Europe, central and eastern Asia and southern North America (Mexico, Texas). They are small trees and shrubs, growing to 5-15 m tall. The leaves are alternate, pinnately compo..

Pistakee Highlands, Illinois
Pistakee Highlands is a census-designated place (CDP) in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,812 at the 2000 census. Geography Pistakee Highlands is located at [42°24′4″N, 88°12′39″W] (42.401023, -88.210738)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Acco..

Pista Dankó
Pista Dankó (July 13, 1858 - March 19, 1903) was a Hungarian-born bandleader and composer belonging to the Roma people, also referred to as "gypsies". He primarily worked in the folk music styles popular in Hungary in the 19th century. He was frequently known by the nickname "Nótafa", a Hungari..

Pista La Resega
Pista La Resega is an arena in Lugano, Switzerland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of Hockey Club Lugano and HC Porza. It holds 8,000 people. The stadium has also a conference room, a restaurant and a buvette. ..

Piste
This article is about the ski piste. For the fencing piste or for other meanings, see piste (disambiguation). Piste in Seibelseckle, Germany A piste is the name given to a marked ski-run or path down a mountain for the purposes of skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. Piste Mainte..

Piste (disambiguation)
Piste may refer to: Piste, a marked ski-run or path down a mountainPiste (fencing), the narrow strip along which the sport of fencing is playedPiste (Petanque), the strip along which the sport of Petanque is played This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associa..

Piste (fencing)
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. In modern fencing, the piste or strip is the playing area. It is roughly 14 meters long and 2 meters wide; the last two meters on each end are hash-marked, so as to warn a fencer before he/she backs off the end of the strip. Retreating off the end of the st..

Pistia
Pistia is a genus of aquatic plant in the family Araceae, comprising a single species, Pistia stratiotes, often called water lettuce. Its native distribution in uncertain, but probably pantropical; it was first described from the Nile near Lake Victoria in Africa. It is now present either naturall..

Pistiros
Pistiros was a major trading center of ancient Thrace, an emporium as much as it was a town. It was located near the Hebrus river (now the Maritsa), near what is now Vetren, Bulgaria. An inscription from the time of Cotys I, king of the Odrysian state (of which Pistiros was a city), spells out the l..

Pistis Sophia
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Pisto
Pisto is a Spanish dish made of tomatoes, onions, eggplant or courgettes, green and red peppers and olive oil. It is similar to ratatouille and is usually served warm to accompany a dish or with a fried egg and bread. It is also used as the filling for empanadillas and empanadas. ..

Pistoia
Pistoia (ancient Pistoria) is a city in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km (18 mi) west and north of Florence. Contents 1 History2 Main sights2.1 Piazza del Duomo2.2 Other relevant buildings3 Notable people born in..

Pistol
A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. A Walther P99 pistol disassembled. A pistol or handgun is usually a small firearm that can be used with one hand. ..

Pistol-whipping
To pistol whip someone means to hit a person with the butt or barrel of a handgun (pistol), typically in the head or shoulder area. This is usually done in order to knock them unconscious or as a method of torture, sometimes to elicit information and sometimes to punish. Popular Culture Pistol whi..

Pistole
This article is about a coin. For other meanings, and similar words, see Pistol (disambiguation). Pistole is the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a double escudo, the gold unit. The name was also given to the Louis d'Or of Louis XIII of France, and to other European ..

Pistolet-pulemet
Pistolet-pulemet (Пистоле́т-пулемёт) means submachine gun in Russian. The name is most often used in relation to a series of weapons made by the Soviet Union which includes PPD-40, PPSh-41 and PPS-43. The letter after the PP (ПП) in the gun's designation is from the designer's name..

Pistolet maszynowy Mors
The Pistolet maszynowy wz.39 Mors (Latin for Death) was a Polish submachine gun designed by Piotr Wilniewczyc and Jan Skrzypiński between 1936 and 1938. It was to become the standard SMG of the Polish Army some time in the 1930's. However, its production was halted by the outbreak of the Polish D..

Pistol (disambiguation)
Pistol or pistol, and similar words, can mean:- A pistol is a small gun typically held and fired in one hand.A pistole is a type of coin.A pistil is part of a flower.There is a character called Pistol in these Shakespeare plays:-*Merry Wives of Windsor*Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V (the same characte..

Pistol Daimyo no Bouken
Pistol Daimyo no Bouken ("Adventure of the Pistol Feudal Lord") is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1990. It was originally only released in Japan. It runs on Namco System 1 hardware. The player controls Pistol Daimyo, a little Japanese lord who has a pistol..

Pistol grip
This article is about the firearm and tool handle. Pistol grip (disambiguation). On a firearm or other tool, the pistol grip is that portion of the mechanism that is held by the hand and orients the hand in a manner similar to the position one would take with a conventional pistol such as a Colt ..

Pistol Grip
Contents 1 History2 Discography3 Filmography4 External links History Pistol Grip is a street punk band, formed in Los Angeles in 1997. Their sound has been described as a mixture of the UK and LA styles of punk fused with anti-religious and quasi-political lyrics. The band ..

Pistol grip (disambiguation)
Pistol grip may refer to: Pistol grip, a handle for a firearm, drill, or other toolPistol grip (fencing), a grip used for foil and épée swords in the sport of fencingPistol Grip, a street punk band This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the sam..

Pistol Media
Contents 1 Profile2 Models3 See also4 External links Profile Pistol Media is a studio that produces gay porn movies. Based in Australia, Pistol Media specialises in gay pornography featuring athletic models. Many of the movies and photoshoots are shot in sports or activity re..

Pistol Nebula
False-color image of the Pistol Star and Pistol Nebula, taken by NICMOS The Pistol Nebula surrounds one of the most massive stars known, the Pistol Star. Both are located 25,000 light years away from Earth, near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The nebula contains approximately 10 solar mas..

Pistol New Zealand
Pistol New Zealand is the umbrella sporting federation of pistol shooting sports and clubs in New Zealand. Pistol New Zealand was formerly known as the New Zealand Pistol Association (NZPA). Sections ActionCowboy Action (Cowboy action shooting)HMS (Handgun Metallic Silhouette)ISSF (International S..

Pistol Opera
Pistol Opera is a 2001 film by Japanese director Suzuki Seijun starring Esumi Makiko. It is a remake and/or sequel of Suzuki's 1967 Branded to Kill. The plots of both films involve a third-ranked assassin deposing the top-ranked assassin to claim his/her throne. ..

Pistol Pete
Pistol Pete is a nickname used by multiple men listed below: Frank EatonPete MaravichPete Sampras..

Pistol shrimp
See below for articles on pistol shrimp: Tiger pistol shrimpAlpheidae This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..

Pistol slide
The slide is the part of a semi-automatic pistol that moves during the operating cycle and generally houses the firing pin or striker, extractor, and serves as the bolt face. It is spring loaded so that once it has moved to its rearmost point in the firing cycle, spring tension brings it back to ch..

Pistol Star
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Piston
piston + connecting rod Components of a typical, four stroke cycle, DOHC piston engine. (E) Exhaust camshaft, (I) Intake camshaft, (S) Spark plug, (V) Valves, (P) Piston, (R) Connecting rod, (C) Crankshaft, (W) Water jacket for coolant flow. In general, a piston is a sliding plug that ..

Pistonless rotary engine
This article is about internal combustion engines that do not use conventional pistons. See also rotary engine (disambiguation) for other uses of this term, and rotary engine for the World War I aircraft engines by that name. A rotary engine is an internal combustion engine that does not use piston..

Pistons
Pistons can mean: Piston, the engine and engineering partDetroit Pistons, the basketball team This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the inten..

Pistons-Celtics rivalry
The Pistons-Celtics Rivalry or Celtics-Pistons rivalry refers to the rivalry between two teams in the National Basketball Association's Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics. The rivalry peaked in the late 1980s, featuring players such as Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Isiah Tho..

Piston (optics)
In optics, the term piston is simply the mean value of a wavefront or phase profile across the pupil of an optical system. The piston coefficient is typically expressed in wavelengths of light at a particular wavelength. Its main use is in curve-fitting wavefronts with Cartesian polynomials or Zer..

Piston ring
A piston ring is an open-ended ring that fits into a groove on the outer diameter of a piston. The three main functions of piston rings in internal combustion engines are: Sealing the combustion chamber.Supporting heat transfer from the piston to the cylinder wall.Regulating motor oil consumption..

Piston rod
In a piston engine, a piston rod joins a piston to a connecting rod. Many internal combustion engines, and in particular all current automobile engines, do not have true piston rods, and the term piston rod is often used as a synonym for connecting rod in the context of these engines. All engines ..

Piston valve
A piston valve is a device used to control the motion of a fluid along a tube or pipe by means of the linear motion of a piston within a chamber or cylinder. Examples of piston valves are: The valves used in the valve gear of many stationary steam engines and most steam locomotives. The valves use..

Pistorium Forum
The Forum Pistorium was the bread forum venalium of early Ancient Rome. ..

Pistosaurus
Pistosaurus longaevus is an extinct genus of aquatic sauropterygian reptile belonging to the plesiosaur order. It was about 3 m (10 ft) long. Previously Pistosaurus was classified as an advanced nothosaur, the presumed ancestors of plesiosaurs, but it has since been reclassified as a primitive pl..

Pistyll Rhaeadr
Pistyll Rhaeadr is the tallest waterfall in Wales. Located a few miles from the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, it is formed by the Afon Disgynfa river passing over a 240-foot (75 m) Silurian cliff-face, after which the river is known as the Afon Rhaeadr. Pistyll Rhaeadr, whose name means the "s..

Pisuerga River
Pisuerga River in Valladolid The Pisuerga is a river in northern Spain, the Douro's second largest tributary. It springs on the southern slopes of the Cantabrian mountain range (province of Palencia, autonomous region of Castile-Leon) and flows south into the Douro river shortly after passin..

Pisum
Pisum is a genus of the family Fabaceae, native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa. It contains one to five species, depending on taxonomic interpretation; the International Legume Database (ILDIS) accepts three species, one with two subspecies [link]: Pisum abyssinicum (syn. P. sati..

Pisz
Pisz Town Hall Pisz (Polish: Jańsbork until 1946, German: Johannisburg) is a town in the Warmia-Masurian Voivodship in Poland. With a population of 19,328 (2004) , it is the seat of Powiat Piski. Pisz is located at the junction of Lake Roś and the Pisa River. The site of Pisz was originall..

Piszkéstető Station
Coordinates: [47°55′05″N, 019°53′39″E] The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an observatory in Konkoly, Hungary, first built in 1958. It has IAU codes 461 (Szeged University) and 561 (Konkoly Obszervatórium). The observatory features three telescopes, a ..

Pi Sagittarii
Pi Sagittarii (π Sgr / π Sagittarii) is a triple star system in the constellation Sagittarius. It also has the traditional name Albaldah. The star is 440 light years from Earth. Albaldah has an apparent magnitude of +2.88 and belongs to the spectral class F2II. Albaldah has two companions in c..

Pi Scorpii
Pi Scorpii is a triple star system in the constellation Scorpius. It is approximately 459 light years from Earth. Pi Scorpii A is a contact binary of the Beta Lyrae type. Both its members are hot, blue-white B-type dwarfs. Together they have a mean apparent magnitude of +2.89. Their rotation ..

Pi Sculptoris
Pi Sculptoris (π Scl / π Sculptoris) is a star in the constellation Sculptor. Pi Sculptoris is an orange K-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.25. It is approximately 217 light years from Earth. ..

Pi Serpentis
Pi Serpentis (π Ser / π Serpentis) is a star in the constellation Serpens. Pi Serpentis is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +4.82. It is approximately 177 light years from Earth. ..

Pi Sigma
'''Pi Sigma ΠΣ'''---- Paragon Society For Excelence est 1992 Pi Sigma (also known as "Paragon Society For Excelence or ΠΣ) is a local all-male college social fraternity founded on March 31, 1992 at East Texas Baptist University (formerly known as East Texas Baptist College). The fraterni..

Pi sigma alpha
Pi Sigma Alpha (Π Σ Α), National Political Science Honor Society, is the only honor society for college and university students of government and politics in the United States of America. At present, there are 621 Pi Sigma Alpha chapters on college and university campuses across the country. Pi S..

PI Studios
Pi Studios is a computer game software developer based in Houston, Texas. The company was founded in 2002 by: Robert Erwin - Business Development, John Faulkenbury - Production, Rob Heironimus - Design, Dan Kramer - Programming, Peter Mack - Programming. They moved from their original location in ..

Pi Studios
Pi Studios is a computer game software developer based in Houston, Texas. The company was founded in 2002 by: Robert Erwin - Business Development, John Faulkenbury - Production, Rob Heironimus - Design, Dan Kramer - Programming, Peter Mack - Programming. They moved from their original location in ..

Pi system
A [\pi]-system on a probability space [\Omega] is a set [\mathcal] consisting of certain subsets of [\Omega] such that [\emptyset \in \mathcal] [A \cap B \in \mathcal] whenever [A, B \in \mathcal]. See also Dynkin systemDynkin's..

Piłsudski Square
Aerial view of the square in 1915; note the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the Saxon Palace, both currently non-existent Piłsudski Square is located in downtown Warsaw, Poland. It has been called successively Saxon Square (Plac Saski, after Poland's Saxon kings' "Saxon Palace", destroyed in W..

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