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List of songs titled as acronyms or initialisms This is a list of songs titled as acronyms and/or initialisms. Instrumental pieces are tagged with an uppercase "[I]", or a lowercase "[i]" for quasi-instrumental including non-lyrics voice samples.
List of songs whose title includes a phone number This article lists song titles that either are or contain telephone numbers within them. Since many such song titles include word mnemonics, each entry should include the full telephone number (in bold) that the song describes, followed by the actual title and artist.
List of songs with the same name as song artists This is a list of self-titled (often called eponymous) songs. While musical artists commonly release eponymous albums, a song whose title is exactly the same as the artist's or band's name is a rarer occurrence.
List of soul musicians This is a list of soul musicians who have either been influential within the genre, or have had a considerable amount of fame. Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.
List of sovereign states by area This is a list of the sovereign states of the world sorted by total area. Figures include both land and inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers) and represent the total area administered by each sovereign state including dependent territories.
List of space exploration milestones, 1957-1969 This is a list of "first" achievements in spaceflight from the first artificial satellite through the Moon landing. It focuses primarily on Space race accomplishments that led to the landing on the Moon.
List of space shuttle missions This is a list of missions flown by space shuttles. As of 2006, only the United States has flown human spaceflight shuttle missions, in the Space Shuttle program, while the Soviet Union flew one unmanned flight of the Buran.
List of spacewalks and moonwalks This list contains all spacewalks and moonwalks; that is, every occasion where an astronaut has fully or partially left his spacecraft. All spacewalks have had the astronauts tethered to their spacecraft except for seven spacewalks by the U.
List of special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement Four political entities have a special position recognized by international treaty or agreement (Ă…land in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, as well as the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China).
List of special functions and eponyms This is a list of special function eponyms in mathematics, to cover the theory of special functions, the differential equations they satisfy, named differential operators of the theory (but not intended to include every mathematical eponym). Named symmetric functions, and other special polynomials, are included.
List of species in fantasy fiction Fantasy fiction tends to draw upon a common set of creatures that are easily recognizable to fans of the fantastic genre and have some pre-determined traits. Most are based on mythology, legends, fairy tales, or classical literature.
List of sports idioms The following is a list of phrases derived from sports which have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved a usage and meaning independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games.
List of sports team names and mascots derived from Indigenous peoples The following is a list of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples, including generically used terms, those named after specific peoples, and words or iconography derived from indigenous languages or traditions.
List of sportspeople who tested positive for banned substances The use of drugs in sport has been around since the turn of 20th century although there are many earlier reports of use going back to the Ancient Greeks use of stimulating potions. The following is an incomplete list of those who have been caught or have admitted to their use, with references.
List of sportspeople with dual nationality The following is a list of sportspeople with dual nationality. It includes both players who can trace their origins to a foreign country and those who have attained foreign nationality during their career, as well as players who hail from semi-autonomous regions within countries.
List of stalked celebrities Stalking is a legal term for the repeated harassment or other forms of invasion of a person's privacy in a manner that causes fear to its target. Celebrities and public figures are frequently targets of such behavior.
List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame The following is a list of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, including the category and location of each star. There is also a :Category:Hollywood Walk of Fame; both should be consistent with the list on the Hollywood Walk of Fame website maintained by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
List of state highways in Alabama Alabama's State Route System (typically abbreviated SR) uses the standard numbering convention: odd numbers signify a north-south state route, and even numbers signify an east-west route. Often more than one route number shares the same roadway, so identifying which route the mile markers are for is often difficult.
List of state leaders This is a list of state leaders, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; it should be noted that often a leader is both in presidential systems or dictatorships. Some states have semi-presidential systems where the head of government role is fulfilled by both the listed head of government and the head of state.
List of state mottos This page lists state and national mottos for the world's independent states and if applicable, their component states. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition and some extinct states are also listed, but there names are not bolded.
List of state schools in Scotland/Council Areas A-D (excluding cities) The following is a partial list of currently operating state schools in the unitary council areas of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire and Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, United Kingdom. You may also find :Category:Schools in Scotland of use to find a particular school.
List of state schools in Scotland/Council Areas E-H (excluding cities) The following is a partial list of currently operating state schools in the unitary council areas of East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Fife and Highland in Scotland, United Kingdom. You may also find :Category:Schools in Scotland of use to find a particular school.
List of state schools in Scotland/Council Areas I-R (excluding cities) The following is a partial list of currently operating state schools in the unitary council area of Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross and Renfrewshire in Scotland, United Kingdom. You may also find :Category:Schools in Scotland of use to find a particular school.
List of state schools in Scotland/Council Areas S-W (excluding cities) The following is a partial list of currently operating state schools in the unitary council areas of Scottish Borders, Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and Western Isles in Scotland, United Kingdom. You may also find :Category:Schools in Scotland of use to find a particular school.
List of state-operated charter schools in Houston This is a list of charter schools in Houston directly administered by the Texas Education Agency. This list does not include charter schools administered by local school districts such as Houston ISD and Spring Branch ISD.
List of states by date of self-determination List of states by date of self-determination represents states dated back to the last time when self-determination was realized. Self-determination is lost when foreign interventions result in complete occupation or a change of leadership.
List of steampunk works Following is a list of steampunk works in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Note that several of them are not Steampunk in their classification, but contain such elements in their general fantasy setting (for example, World of Warcraft).
List of stereotypes in The Simpsons This is a list of stereotypes in The Simpsons. The Simpsons may be considered bolder than usual in the use of these devices in the face of more policitally-correct pressures that arose on American television through the 1980's, 1990's and to present.
List of stock characters in military fiction * The Bitter War Veteran: A man who fought as a soldier during a war; he usually leaves home a naĂŻve young man, experiences the horrors of war, and returns home embittered and deranged. He often has flashbacks and nightmares about the war.
List of stochastic processes topics In the mathematics of probability, a stochastic process can be thought of as a random function. In practical applications, the domain over which the function is defined is a time interval (time series) or a region of space (random field).
List of stop-motion films This is a list of stop-motion films from around the world organised in order of release date; theatrical releases as well as made-for-TV and direct-to-video movies. This list is divided into three major sections.
List of stories within The Book of One Thousand and One Nights This is a list of stories within Richard Francis Burton's translation of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. Burton's first ten volumes were published between 1882-1884 and then a further six volumes, containing supplementary stories, were published in 1885.
List of storms in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially began June 1, 2005 and officially ended on November 30, 2005. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin, although effectively the season persisted into January 2006 due to continued storm activity.
List of streams in Cape Verde This article is a partial list of streams in Cape Verde, many of these streams are ribeiras, several are ribeirinhas (literally little stream). Cape Verde is one of tens of nations around the world that do not have any rivers or lakes.
List of street gangs This is an alphabetical listing of international street gangs including those in the United States from New York's Five Points district of the nineteenth century to the present day. Please note, with the exception of documented street gangs (verifiable either via website or book), street gangs which have no existing articles on Wikipedia will not be included.
List of string quartets by BĂ©la BartĂłk The Hungarian composer BĂ©la BartĂłk wrote six string quartets, each for the usual force of two violins, viola and cello. These string quartets are often considered, by many music connoisseurs, to be as intricate and clever as the later Beethoven string quartets.
List of structures in London This is a list of notable buildings, complexes and monuments in London. It excludes stations - see List of London Underground stations, and List of London railway stations, and bridges and roads - see List of London roads.
List of studies on Neuro-linguistic programming List of studies on Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) summarizes the many studies that have been performed relevant to NLP, since the early 1980s. These tend to be of three types: studies, metastudies, and research in related fields (notably cognitive science and neuroscience).
List of stutterers List of famous people who had or have a stutter, and pop culture about stuttering. Note: many people on the following list have or had extremely mild disorders; they were able to mask the symptoms of their speech impediment, and in some instances they are noted on this list only because they had transient stuttering problems as children.
List of subdivisions of County Dublin County Dublin has been traditionally divided into a series of smaller areas called baronies, civil parishes and townlands. It is important to note that the only formal recognition of Dublin as a County is held by the Gaelic Athletic Association.
List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (beetles) down to the level of families, following the system in Volume 2 of American Beetles (2002) for all North American families (there were changes in the system between Vols. 1 & 2), and following Lawrence & Newton (1995) for extralimital taxa.
List of submachine guns This is a list of submachine guns with articles available on wikipedia. Because the exact definition of a submachine gun can vary much from source to source it includes assault rifles chambered for submachine gun or pistol cartridges, some machine pistols, and personal defense weapons (PDWs), all of which are sometimes designated as submachine guns.
List of submarine classes of the United States Navy Submarines of the United States Navy are built in classes, using a single design for a number of boats. Minor variations occur as improvements are incorporated into the design, so later boats of a class may be more capable than earlier.
List of subnational name etymologies This article provides a collection of the etymology of the names of subnational entities. This page generally only deals with regions and provinces; cities and other localities and features may appear listed under the individual country, with a link below.
List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales Below is a list of suburbs that are located within the Greater Newcastle region in New South Wales, Australia. This region (officially the Newcastle statistical subdivision) spans over several Local Government areas including the city of Newcastle proper, Lake Macquarie, and Port Stephens.
List of suffixed Interstate Highways Presently, the Interstate Highway System includes four suffixed routes - the Interstate 35 split into Interstate 35E and Interstate 35W at Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and a similar split into Interstate 35E and Interstate 35W at Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.
List of suffragists and suffragettes This is a list of suffragists and suffragettes who were campaigners for women's suffrage. Suffragists and suffragettes were often members of different societies which had the same aim, but used differing tactics: for example, suffragettes in the British usage denotes a more 'militant' type of campaigner.
List of suicide sites The following is a list of current and historic sites frequently chosen to commit suicide, usually by jumping. Some of the sites listed ceased to be used for suicide following the installation of suicide barriers, and other precautions.
List of sunken nuclear submarines Eight nuclear submarines have sunk as a consequence of either accident or extensive damage: two from the United States, four from the Soviet Navy, and two from the Russian Navy. All sank as a result of accident with the exception of K-27, which was scuttled in the Kara Sea when repair was deemed impossible and decommissioning too expensive.
List of supercars This page contains a list of automobiles generally regarded as supercars. The category is a subjective one, however, and the inclusion of some of the automobiles listed may be somewhat controversial —depending upon the opinion of the reader.
List of superheroines The following is a list of superheroines in comic books, television, films, and action figures. Characters are preceded by the publisher's name in parentheses; those from television or movies have their program listed in square brackets, those in both comic books and other mediums are in parentheses.
List of surviving and destroyed Canaanite cities The list of destroyed and surviving Canaanite cities at Judges 1:17-36 is an account of the failures and successes of the military campaigns of the Israelites in their attempt to conquer Canaan. While the Book of Joshua portrays complete victory, Judges presents the tribes which were to become the western half of the Kingdom of Israel as having several failures.
List of sustainable agriculture topics It integrates three main goals, environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. These goals have been defined by a variety of philosophies, policies and practices, from the vision of farmers and consumers.
List of swear words Swear words, or profanity, are widely used and discussed in English. For a list of books containing swear words and a list of books about swear words, as well as lists of swear words in other languages, see Profanity.
List of syllabic abbreviations A syllabic abbreviation (SA) is an abbreviation formed from (usually) initial syllables of several words, but should be distinguished from portmanteaux, which derive from two words to form words having a new meaning.
List of symphony orchestras in Europe This non-exhaustive list of symphony orchestras in Europe contains European orchestras with entries in the Wikipedia plus other particularly noted orchestras based there. For orchestras from other continents, see List of symphony orchestras.
List of symphony orchestras in the United States This non-exhaustive list of symphony orchestras in the United States contains American orchestras with entries in the Wikipedia plus other particularly noted orchestras. For orchestras from other countries, see list of symphony orchestras and for American youth orchestras see list of youth orchestras in the United States.
List of synagogues in the Greater Toronto Area A list of synagogues in the Greater Toronto Area a region with a large Jewish population. Most are located along Bathurst Street in Toronto, North York and Thornhill, but some are located in areas of newer Jewish immigrants.
List of synthpop artists This is a list of synthpop artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such).
List of szlachta The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (properly, the "Republic of the Two Nations": in Polish, Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów; in Belarusian, Рэч Паспалі́тая) was a federal monarchic republic comprising the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1569 – 1795. It was governed by an elected monarch.
List of S-phrases S-phrases are defined in Annex IV of European Union Directive 67/548/EEC: Safety advice concerning dangerous substances and preparations. The list was consolidated and republished in Directive 2001/59/EC, where translations into other EU languages may be found.
List of Sailor Moon locations The List of Sailor Moon locations tries to enumerate the most important locations found in the world of Sailor Moon, an anime/manga metaseries set mostly in a fictionalized version of Tokyo, Japan. Dozens of buildings, parks, and neighborhoods are shown or named throughout the series; this list only contains schools, places of residence, and locations that are integral to the plot.
List of Saiyans in Dragon Ball This is a list of Saiyans who appear in the fictional Dragon Ball Z manga and anime (), the Dragon Ball movies (), and the parody manga Neko Majin Z. Following some characters bio are external links that focus on that character.
List of San Francisco Bay Area wildflowers The San Francisco Bay Area is unusual, for a major metropolitan area, in having ready access to high quality rural and wilderness areas, as well as major urban parks. Particularly in spring, these offer a rich range of wild flowers.
List of Santos-Dumont aircraft Through his career, aviation Pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont designed, built, and demonstrated a variety of aircraft — balloons, airships (dirigibles), monoplanes, and biplanes, and even a floatplane and a helicopter.
List of Saskatchewan general elections This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan's unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The number of seats has varied over time, from 25 for the first election in 1905, to a high of 66 for 1991 election.
List of Saskatchewan premiers This is a list of the premiers of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, since it was formed in 1905. Like the Canadian federal government, Saskatchewan uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the Legislative Assembly.
List of Saturday Night Live commercials The Saturday Night Live commercial is usually a spoof of a real commercial found on television at that time, and is commonly shown after the host's opening monologue. The gag generally replaces the product for sale with something fantastical (or just plain destructive), or alters the characters involved to provide comedy.
List of Savage Worlds books List of Savage Worlds books is a listing of commercially released books from Pinnacle Entertainment Group and licensees for the Savage Worlds role-playing and miniatures game. This does not include various free downloads or forthcoming releases.
List of Saw Characters The following is a list of characters who've appeared throughout the Saw film series, either as main characters, victims of games, or others. This list places the characters in alphabetical order based on surname, or first name if the former is not confirmed in any Saw media, and then into five different categories depending on which film or media they’ve appeared in.
List of Scottish council areas by population (2004) This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by population. The populations of these Scottish council areas are mid-year estimates for 2005 from the General Register Office for Scotlandclass="wikitable"
List of Scottish Executive agencies Below is a list of executive agencies of the Scottish Executive. Agencies are established by Ministers as part of Executive departments, or as departments in their own right, to carry out a discrete area of work.
List of Scottish ODI cricketers This is a list of Scottish One-day International cricketers. A One-day International (ODI) is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
List of Scottish representative peers List of Scottish representative peers is a list of representative peers elected from the Peerage of Scotland to sit in the House of Lords after the Acts of Union 1707 abolished the Parliament of Scotland, where, as a unicameral legislature, all Scottish Peers had been entitled to sit.
List of Scripture Union movements Scripture Union exists as a growing family of national movements in more than 130 countries around the world. They all submit to the same aims, beliefs and working principles, but organise their work in a range of ways appropriate to the country, culture and situation in which the movements is based.
List of Second Chechen War assassinations This is a list of assassinations connected to the Second Chechen War, conducted by the Russian Federation secret agents and the Chechen separatist and North Caucasian rebels, as well as by an unknown assailants.
List of Secondary Areas The following is a list of areas classified by Birdlife International as Secondary Areas, namely areas which contain at least one restricted-range endemic bird species, but do not qualify for the full Endemic Bird Area status.
List of Secret Six members The Secret Six is the name of three distinct, fictional comic book teams in the DC Comics universe. Each team has had six members, led by a mysterious figure named Mockingbird whom the characters assume to be one of the six themselves.
List of Secret Society of Super Villains members The Secret Society of Super Villains is a team of comic book supervillains in the DC Comics universe. Over the years they have featured a large number of ne'er-do-wells as they attempt to subvert the superheroic population of the world for a variety of schemes.
List of Secretaries General of OPEC Below is a list with each Secretary General of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The first two Secretaries General were Chairmen of the Board of Governors in OPEC, and ex-officio Secretaries General.
List of Sesame Street puppeteers This list of Sesame Street puppeteers includes all who have worked on the show, as a regular, backup, guest puppeteer, etc., and by no means should be taken as complete, as many Muppeteers only have done one skit on the show, and are thus not credited.
List of Seventh-day Adventists List of Seventh-day Adventist is a list of notable members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The names listed here should be noted, at least in part, for their faith or for their role in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist church.
List of Severn bridges This page lists some of the bridges (more than 90) that cross the River Severn in Great Britain, in order from source to mouth. The Severn has historically been a very important and busy river, and has been bridged throughout history.
List of SEC National Champions Since its founding in 1932, SEC members have won a total of 158 (141 if you discount Arkansas' championships prior to joining the SEC) NCAA sanctioned team national championships (as of January 5th 2007). Listed below are all championship teams of NCAA sponsored events, as well as the titles won in football and equestrian, which are not official NCAA sanctioned championships.
List of Shakugan no Shana episodes This article lists the episodes of the anime series adaptation of Shakugan no Shana which first aired in Japan between October 5 2005 and March 22 2006. There have also been three short mini omake episodes released centering around comedic themes.
List of Shi'a titles for Fatima Zahra Muslims express their love and devotion to pivotal figures in Islamic history by giving these figures titles. Shi'a Muslims hold Fatima Zahra, Muhammad's daughter, in special reverence, and give her these titles:
List of Shooto Champions The following is a list of Shooto World champions at each weight class. PLEASE NOTE: Title defenses are incomplete and these do NOT include the regional or rookie champions that the Shooto organization recognizes.
List of Schedule 1 substances (CWC) Schedule 1 substances, in the sense of the Chemical Weapons Convention, are chemicals which can either be used as chemical weapons themselves or used in the manufacture of chemical weapons and which have no, or very limited, uses outside of chemical warfare.
List of Schedule 2 substances (CWC) Schedule 2 substances, in the sense of the Chemical Weapons Convention, are chemicals which can either be used as chemical weapons themselves or used in the manufacture of chemical weapons but which have small scale applications outside of chemical warfare and so can be legitimately manufactured in small quantities. An example is thiodiglycol which can be used in the manufacture of mustard agents, but is also used as a solvent in inks.
List of Schedule 3 substances (CWC) Schedule 3 substances, in the sense of the Chemical Weapons Convention, are chemicals which can either be used as toxic chemical weapons themselves or used in the manufacture of chemical weapons but which also have legitimate large-scale industrial uses.
List of Scheduled Tribes in India This is a full list of Scheduled Tribes in India, as recognised in India's Constitution. The term "Scheduled Tribes" refers to specific indigenous peoples whose status is acknowledged to some formal degree by appropriate national and state legislation.
List of Schubert compositions by D number The works by Franz Schubert are ordered according to "D numbers" in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue by Otto Erich Deutsch. This list of Schubert compositions by D number is divided in half for reasons of space; see:
List of Sicilian municipalities This is a list of all Sicilian municipalities (or cumuna in Sicilian and comuni in Italian) providing the current official Italian version (with a link to the Italian wikipedia), followed by the various Sicilian variations (the first being the most common, and thus the one used to link to the Sicilian wikipedia) and finally the English version. The latter will generally be identical to the Italian official name (although there are some exceptions) and will also be the name of the relevant English language article.
List of Sim games This is a list of all "Sim" games, and expansion packs. Most games were developed by the Sim-giant, Maxis, and published either by Maxis (pre-1997 acquisition by Electronic Arts) or by Electronic Arts (post-1997).
List of Singapore LRT stations The following lists all rail stations of Light Rapid Transit (LRT) systems in Singapore. As the LRT systems are intra-town loop and/or shuttle services, train routes may not run in ascending/descending sequence of the stations' alpha-numeric codes.
List of Singapore MRT stations The following lists all rail stations of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore, with underground stations listed in italics. There are currently 64 stations in operation with another one completed but operationally delayed until its surrounding area is more built up.
List of Singaporean electoral divisions 1948-1951 This is a list of Singapore's electoral divisions which were existence during the period of 1948 to 1951, demarcated for the purpose of conducting the first election in Singapore in 1948. There were only four electorial districts, of which two are for two seats for a total of six elected members into the Legislative Council.
List of Singaporean electoral divisions 1951-1955 This is a list of Singapore's electoral divisions which were existence during the period of 1951 to 1955 between the 1951 and 1955 elections. The pre-exising four districts for the 1948 elections were redrawn into nine districts, each according one seat in the Legislative Council.
List of Singaporean television channels Consolidation in the media industry, which came into effect on 1 January 2005, led to the broadcasting industry reverting to a monopoly held by MediaCorp. The two channels run by SPH MediaWorks, Channel U and Channel i, were transferred to MediaCorp, which closed down Channel i by citing it was not viable to run so many English channels when the market is small.
List of Sinnoh Gym Leaders The Gym Leaders of Sinnoh are fictional characters in the video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Each of them runs an official Pokémon Gym in the Sinnoh region, serving as an in-game boss that the player must defeat in order to progress through the game.

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