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P. Lion
P. Lion (Pietro Paolo Pelandi, born June 29, 1959) is an Italian singer and musician of the 1980s. He took the name of "P. Lion" because of the three "P" in his name and because of the symbol of his family is a lion. But his astrologic sign is a lion too. He started to play piano and write his own ..
Pāli
Pāli is a Middle Indo-Aryan dialect or prakrit. It is most famous as the Liturgical language in which the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism (also known as the Pāli Canon or in Pāli the Tipitaka) were written down in Sri Lanka in the 1st century BCE in the Sinhalese script. Pāli has been writte..
Pélican
Pélican was a French warship from the late 17th century. Built in Bayonne, France, the original Pélican was launched in 1693. A 500 ton ship equipped with 44 guns and commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, she ran aground on the shores of Hudson Bay a few days after an heroic battle, ba..
PL/I
PL/I ("Programming Language One", pronounced "pee el one") is an imperative computer programming language designed for scientific, engineering, and business applications. It is undoubtedly one of the most feature-rich programming languages that has ever been created and was one of the very first in ..
Pliant
The Pliant programming language, created by Hubert Tonneau, is based on a dynamic compiler, which makes it act like it is interpreted. The default syntax is almost trivial, and based on indentation, so it is an off-side rule language. It is reflective: Pliant programs can modify the parser, compiler..
PLIB
PLIB is a suite of Open Sourced portable computer game libraries, originally written by Steve Baker in 1997 and licensed under the LGPL. PLIB includes sound effects, music, a complete 3D engine, font rendering, a simple windowing library, a game scripting language, a GUI, networking, 3D math librar..
Plica
For the hair disease Plica polonica, see Polish plait. Classification of the genus Plica Genus Plica Plica lumariaPlica plicaPlica umbra ..
Plicatic acid
Plicatic acid is a carboxylic acid from the resin acid group. It is naturally found in thuja and cypress resin. It is the main irritant and contact allergen present in thuja wood. (Cf. pine, where the primary irritant is abietic acid.) The highest concentration of plicatic acid can be found in Th..
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Pliché
The Pliché was an all-in-one desktop computer that resembled the Apple iMac. It was introduced in 1999 by Fujitsu and quickly taken off the market due to Apple's legal actions against other companies for attempting to steal a concept that Apple deemed its intellectual property. There were differ..
Pliensbachian
The Pliensbachian (also known as Charmouthian) is a stage of the Early Jurassic Epoch. It spans the time between 189.6 ± 1.5 Ma and 183 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The stage takes its name from the town of Pliensbach, some 30 km east of Stuttgart in Germany. Minerals and fossils from the regio..
Pliers
Needle-nose pliers Pliers are hand tools, designed primarily for gripping objects by using leverage. Pliers are designed for numerous purposes and require different jaw configurations to grip, turn, pull, or crimp a variety of things. They are a tool common to many dexterous trades and occupa..
Plietesials
Plietesials are plants that grow for a number of years, flower gregariously, set seed and then die. See also Neelakurinji ..
Plight
Plight, an homonymous word now used chiefly with two meanings, (I) pledge, and (2) condition or state. The first appears more generally in the verbal form, to plight one's troth, and the second with a direct or imagined sense of misfortune. The derivations of the two words show they are quite distin..
Plight and Premonition
Plight and Premonition is the first of two collaborations between David Sylvian and Holger Czukay, Flux and Mutability being their second. It was released in March 1988. The music is ambient and moody and consists of 2 instrumental tracks, both of which are over 15 minutes long. Track listings ..
Plimmerton
Suburb:Plimmerton City:Porirua Island:North Island Surrounded by: to the northPukerua Bay to the eastCamborne to the southParemata (the northern portion, often called "Mana") and a little of the Porirua Harbour to the westPorirua Harbour, then Cook Strait ..
Plimoth Plantation
View down a street of Plimoth Plantation Plimoth Plantation is a living museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts that reconstructs the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established by the Pilgrims. The museum was started in 1947 by Henry Hornblower II (November 5, 1917-October 23, 1985), a..
Plimpton 322
Of the approximately half million clay tablets excavated at the beginning of the 19th century, about 400 are of a mathematical nature. Probably the most famous is called Plimpton 322, referring to the fact that it is tablet number 322 in the G.A. Plimpton Collection at Columbia University. The tabl..
Plimsoll
Plimsoll is a surname, and may refer to Sir James Plimsoll, a governor of TasmaniaJohn Plimsoll, South African cricketerOliver Plimsolls, fictional character in The League of Gentlemen (comedy)Samuel Plimsoll, British politician The plimsoll line, or plimsoll mark on as ship's hull, is named after ..
Plimsoll shoe
A Plimsoll shoe is an early type of training shoe with a canvas upper and rubber sole, developed as beachwear in the 1830s by the Liverpool Rubber Company (later to become Dunlop), was first called the 'sand shoe', and in the 1870s acquired the nickname 'plimsoll' because the colored horizontal band..
Plinia
Plinia is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae. ..
Plinian eruption
Eruption of Vesuvius in 1822. The eruption of AD 79 would have appeared very similar. Plinian eruptions are volcanic eruptions marked by their similarity to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD, which was described in a letter written by Pliny the Younger and which killed Pliny the Elder. Pli..
Plinio
Plinio is a variety of elm tree, a hybrid between the Dutch hybrid elm Plantyn, and the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila. It was bred by the Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante, in Florence, and released for sale to the public in 2003. Plinio (named for the early Roman scientist Pliny the Elder) is a ..
Plinius (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Plinking
Plinking refers to informal target shooting done at non-traditional targets such as tin cans, glass bottles, and balloons filled with water. Firearms of all calibers and types are commonly used for plinking. At one of the power range .50 caliber rifles have been taken to the desert and used to sh..
Plinko
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Plinko is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting in 1983, it is pla..
Plinth
[[Image:Kiwi_Plinth.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Plinth of the Sign of the Kiwi, Dyers Pass, Port Hills, Christchurch (NZ) c 1917 - Collection: [[http://library.christchurch.org.nz/ Christchurch City Libraries]]]] Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In architecture, a plin..
Plinthite
Plinthite (from the Greek plinthos, brick) is an iron-rich, humus-poor mixture of clay with quartz and other minerals. Plinthite is a redoximophic feature in highly weathered soil. The product of pedogenesis, it commonly occurs as dark red redox concentrations that usually form platy, polygonal, o..
Pliny
There are two famous persons named Pliny: Pliny the Elder, an ancient Roman nobleman, scientist and historian, author of Naturalis Historia, "Pliny's Natural History".Pliny the Younger, an ancient Roman statesman, orator, and writer, a great-nephew of Pliny the Elder. This is a [disambiguation..
Pliny, West Virginia
Pliny, located in Putnam County, West Virginia, was named for M. Pliny Brown, a large landowner in the area. It is apparently the only place in the United States with this name. The ZIP code is 25158. External links ..
Plinyminor
Plinyminor is an entertainment production company with offices in London, Los Angeles and Baton Rouge. Founded by serial technology entrepreneur Richard D. Titus, producer Tavin Marin Titus, and director Tim Cox, who were later joined by entertainment industry veteran Jeff Steele. The company is f..
Pliny Earle
Pliny Earle is the name of two American people: Pliny Earle (inventor)Pliny Earle (physician) ..
Pliny Earle (inventor)
Pliny Earle (December 17, 1762 - November 19, 1832) was an American inventor. A descendant of Ralph Earle, he was born in and died in Leicester, Massachusetts. He was best known for his work in manufacturing and hand cards. Children John Milton EarlePliny Earle IIThomas Earle ..
Pliny Earle (physician)
Pliny Earle II, MD (December 31, 1809 - 1892) was an American physician, psychiatrist, and poet. The son of Pliny Earle, he was born in Leicester, Massachusetts. Earle is best known for his work in the treatment of insanity, having studied and visited institutions for many years, both in Europe an..
Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19c portrait. No contemporary depiction of Pliny has survived. Gaius Plinius Secundus, (23–79) better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author and Natural philosopher of some importance who wrote Naturalis Historia. He was the son of a Roman eques ..
Pliny the Younger
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63-ca. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, an author and a natural philosopher of Ancient Rome. Contents 1 Background2 Career3 Writings3.1 ''Epistulae''3.1.1 Books 1-93.1.2 Book 104 Bibliography5 External..
Pliny Township, Minnesota
Pliny Township is a township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 120 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 94.3 km² (36.4 mi²). 94.2 km² (36.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.1..
Plio-Pleistocene
The Plio-Pleistocene is an archaeological term that is coming into increasing use to describe a long and continuous run of dated sedimentary layers in East Africa[[Citing sources citation needed]]. This archaeological pseudo-period dates from about 2.5 MYA to 1.5 MYA, straddli..
Pliocene
The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in some older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.3 million to 1.8 million years before present. The Pliocene is the second epoch of the Neogene period of the Cenozoic era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene epoch and is followed by..
Pliopithecus
Pliopithecus is a genus of extinct primates of the Miocene and the Pliocene. It was discovered in the year 1837 by E. Lartet (1801–1871) in France. External links [Mikko's Phylogeny Archive] ..
Plioplatecarpinae
Plioplatecarpinae (Dollo, 1884; Williston, 1897) is a subfamily of mosasaurs, a diverse group of Late Cretaceous marine squamates. Russell (1967, pp. 148) defined the Plioplatecarpinae as follows: Small rostrum present or absent anterior to premaxillary teeth. Cranial nerves X, XI, XII leave late..
Pliosaur
The Pliosaurs were aquatic mesozoic reptiles, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. They originally included were members of the family Pliosauridae, in the order Plesiosaura, but several other genera and families are now also included, the number and details of which vary according to the clas..
Pliska
Pliska (Bulgarian: Плиска) is the name of both the first capital of Danubian Bulgaria and a small village (formerly known as Aboba) which was renamed after the historical Pliska after its site was determined and excavations begun. Historical Pliska Pliska was the capital of Bulgaria between ..
Pliska Ridge
Pliska Ridge (Vrah Pliska \'vr&h 'pli-ska\) is a three-peaked ridge rising to 667 m in eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. Its central and highest peak is located 2.6 km ENE of Willan Nunatak (449 m), 1.7 km SE of Burdick Peak (773 m, summit of Burdick Ridge), 3.53 km SSW of Mount Bowles, 3.68 k..
Pliskov, Ukraine
PLISKOV ( Плискoʙ - Russian) Pliskov ( Vinnytsia District of Ukraine), first mentioned in Polish archive documents in 1552. Pliskov was settled on the bank of river Rosen, by the German Jews who were given permission by the Polish King to settle in the Polish Kingdom (Rzeczpospolita). In 1..
Plitvice Lakes
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Plitvice Lakes National Park World Heritage Sites in Croatia Cathedral of St. James, Šibenik | Dubrovnik | Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica, Poreč | Plitvice Lakes | Split with the Palace of Diocletian | Trogir ..
Plitvice Lakes (disambiguation)
Plitvice Lakes can refer to: Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatiathe English translation of the name of the municipality of Plitvička Jezera, Lika-Senj County, Croatiathe Plitvice Lakes incident (Croatian: Krvavi Uskrs na Plitvicama or Plitvički Krvavi Uskrs) in March 1991, an armed clash betwe..
Plitvice Lakes incident
The Plitvice Lakes incident of March 1991(known in Croatian as "Plitvice Bloody Easter", Krvavi Uskrs na Plitvicama / Plitvički Krvavi Uskrs) was a clash between security forces of the Republic of Croatia and armed Serb separatists. It resulted in two deaths – one on each side – and con..
Plitvička Jezera
Plitvička Jezera CountyLika-Senj Area539 km². Population (2001.)4,668 Plitvička Jezera (Plitvice Lakes, in English) is a municipality (općina) in central Croatia, in the eastern part of the Lika-Senj county. It is crossed by the Zagreb–Split main road. Its total area is 539.08 km..
Pliva
Pliva is also a river, see Pliva (river). Pliva d.d. is a Croatian pharmaceutical company, with the seat in Zagreb. Current CEO is Željko Čović. A team of Pliva's researchers, Gabrijela Kobrehel, Gorjana Radobolja-Lazarevski and Zrinka Tamburasev led by Dr Slobodan Dokic, discovered azithromyc..
Pliva (river)
Pliva is a river in Bosnia which flows through the town Jajce and into Vrbas making a 20m high waterfall for which the town Jajce is known. ..
Pliva Waterfall
Pliva Waterfall is located by the town of Jajce, in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the river Pliva meets the river Vrbas. It was 30 meters high, but after an earthquake during the Bosnian war and attacks on the power plant further up the river, the area was flooded and now the waterfall is 20..
Pli selon pli
Pli selon pli (Fold by fold) is a piece of classical music by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It is for solo soprano and orchestra, and is based on the poems of Stéphane Mallarmé. At over an hour, it is Boulez' longest work. The piece is in five movements, each based on a poem by Mallarmé: ..
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