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Pigwidgeon In the Harry Potter series, Ron Weasley's owl is Pigwidgeon, or Pig. The name is taken from a real if esoteric word meaning small, or petty, which is an apt description of this overeager, overconfident, hyperactive owl, especially compared to the more stately delivery owls.
PiHex PiHex was a distributed computing project to calculate specific bits of Pi, the greatest calculation of Pi ever successfully attempted. 1,246 contributors used idle time slices on almost two thousand computers to make its calculations.
Pichenettes (Lapinot) Pichenettes is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey (Les formidables aventures de Lapinot in the original French language), by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. It was first released in 1996 as volume 2 in the series.
Pichi Pichi or Dwarf Armadillo is a small armadillo that is the only member the genus Zaedyus. The range of the pichi is from central and southern Argentina {Patagonia}, west to the Andean grasslands of Chile and south to the Strait of Magellan.
Pichi Picún Leufú Dam The Pichi Picún Leufú Dam (in Spanish Embalse Pichi Picún Leufú) is the third of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the Comahue region), near the town of Piedra del Águila, Neuquén, at .
Pichidangui Pichidangui is a Chilean town located on the southern tip of the IV Region of Coquimbo, almost at the limit between the IV Region and the V Region. The town has a significant amount of tourism due to its beaches.
Pichichi (footballer) Pichichi (born Bilbao,Vizcaya, August 8 1892; died March 1, 1922) was a Spanish/Basque footballer who played for Athletic Bilbao and Spain during the 1910s and 1920s. His birth name was Rafael Moreno Aranzadi .
Pichu , who is Pokémon #172 (#155 in the Hoenn Pokédex) is the pre-evolved version of Pikachu in the Pokémon franchise. Pichu is an electric Pokémon, and will evolve to Pikachu when it gains a level after reaching a certain level of happiness with its trainer.
Piia-Noora Kauppi Piia-Noora Kauppi (born January 7, 1975) is a Finnish politician representing the National Coalition Party (Kokoomus). She is a Member of the European Parliament for the term from 2004 to 2009, her second time at that office.
Pijiguiti Massacre The nationalist movement in Cape Verde appeared less fervent than in Portugal's other African holdings. Therefore, when the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) was founded in 1956 by AmĂ­lcar Cabral and other pan-africanists, it would remain quiet for 3 years, preparing its military resources.
Pikachu is one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. Pikachu is also the name of an individual character that belongs to this species and is the Pokémon companion of Ash Ketchum.
Pikachu Meets the Press Pikachu Meets the Press: A Pokémon Newspaper Strip Collection is a series of newspaper-style manga written by Gerard Jones and illustrated by Ashura Benimaru. The collection was published in Japan by Shogakukan and it was published in English by Viz Communications.
Pikachu Project The Pikachu Project is a group of those involved with the Pokémon anime and others to create Pokémon films. At the end of each film's credits, the the words "Pikachu Project" (in some films, it shows along with the year of release) show up.
Pike (cipher) The Pike stream cipher was invented by Ross Anderson to be a "leaner and meaner" version of FISH after he broke FISH in 1994; the name is a humorous allusion to the Pike fish. The cipher combines ideas from A5 with the Lagged Fibonacci generators used in FISH.
Pike (programming language) Pike is an interpreted, general-purpose, high-level, cross-platform, dynamic programming language, with a syntax similar to that of C. Unlike many other dynamic languages, Pike is both statically and dynamically typed, and requires explicit type definitions.
Pike (weapon) Pike (Greek: λούτσοι, Latin: matara, German: spieß, French: pique, Spanish: pica, lucio Italian: pika, luccio) is the name of a two-handed pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear once used extensively by infantry for both attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults.
Pike and shot Pike and shot is an historical method of infantry combat, and also refers to an era of European warfare generally considered to cover the period from the Italian Wars (the start of the period is sometimes tied to specific events, such as the Battle of Bicocca in 1522) to the evolution of the bayonet in the late seventeenth century. The infantry formations of the period were a mix of pikemen and "shot" (arquebusiers or musketeers).
Pike expedition United States Army Captain Zebulon Pike led the Pike expedition (July 15, 1806 – July 1, 1807) to explore the south and west of the Louisiana Purchase. Roughly contemporaneous with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Pike's excursion was the first American effort to explore the western Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, and marked the discovery of Pikes Peak.
Pike Island Pike Island, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a portion of the 100,000 acres of land purchased from the Mdewakanton Sioux Indians by Zebulon Pike in September of 1805, which later was to become Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul. The U.
Pike Lake Provincial Park Pike Lake Provincial Park is a primarily recreational park located approximately 32 km southwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is located at the southern terminus of Highway 60 on the shore of Pike Lake, an oxbow created by the South Saskatchewan River.
Pike Lake Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest The Pike Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest is a 678 acre (2¾ km²) member of the Wisconsin state park system. The unit is located just east of Hartford, Wisconsin on State Highway 60, on the east shore of the 446 acre (2 km²) Pike Lake.
Pike National Forest The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, west of Colorado Springs and including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km²) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and El Paso counties, and is headquartered in Pueblo, Colorado.
Pike pole Pike poles are long poles usually 6-10 feet in length used by firefighters to search for fires hidden behind the sheetrock in the walls and ceiling. They are made out of fiberglass with metal hooks on the end, used to pull items from an area of intense heat and flame, and ventilating structures by breaking windows.
Pike Place Fish Market Pike Place Fish Market is a world famous open air fish market located at Seattle's Pike Place Market. Large crowds gather around the market as the main attraction is when the fishmongers throw fish to one another before it is wrapped and sold to customers.
Pike square The Pike Square was a military tactic developed by the Swiss Confederacy during the 15th century for use by its infantry. It was used to devastating effect at the Battle of Nancy against Charles the Bold of Burgundy in 1477, when the Swiss defeated a smaller but more powerful armored cavalry force.
Pike's Peak Country The Pike's Peak Country was the name given to the gold mining region of the western United States near Pikes Peak during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush of 1858-1861. The Pike's Peak Country included the region of western Kansas Territory roughly west of the 104th meridian west and the region of southwestern Nebraska Territory roughly west of the 104th meridian west and south of the 41st parallel north.
Pike's Peak Gold Rush The Pike's Peak Gold Rush (later known as the Colorado Gold Rush) was the boom in gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of northwestern Kansas Territory and southwestern Nebraska Territory of the United States that began in July 1858 and lasted until roughly the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. An estimated 100,000 gold seekers took part in the greatest gold rush in North American history.
Pike's Peak or Bust Pike's Peak or Bust! was a popular slogan of the estimated 100,000 gold seekers who streamed into the Pike's Peak Country of western Kansas Territory and southwestern Nebraska Territory during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush of 1858-1861.
Pikepass Pikepass is the electronic toll collection system used by the Oklahoma Transportation Authority. Created in 1990 and launched on January 1 1991, Pikepass provides a faster and cheaper alternative in paying cash tolls.
Pikes Peak Community College ←…Pikes Peak Community College is a community college located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In addition to traditional forms of college credit, Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) also offers an Area Vocational Program (AVP) to high-school students from the area.
Pikes Peak granite Pikes Peak granite is a wide-spread geologic formation found in the Front Range of Colorado, including on its namesake, Pikes Peak. Pikes Peak granite comprises a much larger deposit known as the Pikes Peak batholith.
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as the The Race to the Clouds, is an annual pure gravel automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, a distance of 19.99 km (12.
Pikes Peak Marathon The Pikes Peak Marathon is a foot race which begins at the base of Pikes Peak, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, and climbs over 7,700 feet (2347 meters) to the top of the 14,115 foot (4300 meter) tall peak. Since 1966, the race has occurred each year in the late summer and involves a day for the ascent race (half-marathon), and a day for the round-trip race (full marathon).
Pikestones Pikestones is the remains of a Neolithic Burial Cairn, located on Anglezarke moor in Lancashire, England. The site is approximately 150 feet (45 metres) long and 60 feet (18 metres) across at its widest point.
Pikeville Cut-Through The Pikeville Cut-Through is a rock cut in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States, through which pass a four-lane divided highway (US 23/US 119/US 460/KY 80), a railroad line (CSX Big Sandy Subdivision), and the Big Sandy River. It is one of the largest land removal projects ever completed in the western hemisphere by the Army Corps of Engineers, moving a total of 12 million cubic yards of rock and dirt (compared to the Big Dig (15 million cubic yards) and the Panama Canal (240 million cubic yards)).
Pikeville, Wisconsin Pikeville is an unincorporated southeastern-Wisconsin residential and agricultural community in the town of Bristol in south-central Kenosha County, Wisconsin on the eastern shore of Mud Lake. Pikeville (originally named Pikeville Corners) was named for three brothers surnamed Pike, and was settled around the one-room Pikeville School in the 19th Century.
Pikimachay Pikimachay ("Flea cave") is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Valley of Peru. The site contains the oldest known evidence of human habitation in South America, with carbon dating suggesting habitation since at least 20,000 BC.
Pikkuparlamentti Pikkuparlamentti ("The little Parliament"), originally named Eduskunnan lisärakennus ("Additional Parliament House"), is a building in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. It houses offices for about one hundred members of the Parliament of Finland.
PilabĂł PilabĂł was a former Piro pueblo located on the site of the present city of Socorro, New Mexico. In 1598 Spanish explorers emerging from an inhospitable desert were given food and water by the people of the Teypana pueblo.
Pilae Stacks Pilae Stacks are stacks of pilae tiles, square thin tiles, that were used in Roman times for the underfloor heating system, common in Roman bathhouses, called the hypocaust. The idea of the Pilae Stacks is that the floor is lifted allowing air to freely move underneath and up, through the hollow bricks, into the walls.
Pilaf Pilaf, (Turkish pilav, Azeri plov, Bosnian pilav, Serbian pilav, Armenian pilav, Romanian pilaf, Persian polow, Afghanistan palow, Greek πιλάφι, India/Pakistan pulav/ pulao, Uzbek and Russian plov, Kazakh palaw) also spelled pilau, perloo, perlau, plaw, pilaw, and pilaff is a Middle Eastern and Central Asian dish in which a grain, such as rice or cracked wheat, is generally first browned in oil, and then cooked in a seasoned broth. Depending on the local cuisine it may also contain a variety of meat and vegetables.
Pilar Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Spanish for "Our Lady of the Pillar") the name given to Virgin Mary for her appearance in Spain, whose shrine (Nuestra Señora del Pilar Basilica) is in Zaragoza, Spain, by the river Ebro.
Pilar Barrios Pilar Barrios (1889-1974) was an important poet of the black community of Uruguay. HeÂą demonstrated in his poetry an understanding of the class-based racism in his society, and expressed hope that this could be overturned by the development of a racial consciousness (awareness of negritud) and renovation of education.
Pilar Gonzalo Pilar Gonzalo (Spain, 1971) is art critic, independent curator, and author of the book Zombies, castrados, mantis y deformes. Notas para una exploraciĂłn de la postfotografĂ­a, a work about digital photography in contemporary art that was honored with the National Award of Critic and Theory of Art of the AMUCA, Spain.
Pilar LĂłpez de Ayala Pilar LĂłpez de Ayala (born September 18, 1978) is a Spanish film actress. Born in Madrid, she received a Goya for her role as Juana of Castile in the 2001 film Juana la Loca, directed by Vicente Aranda (released in the United States as Mad Love).
Pilar Lorengar Lorenza Pilar García Seta (January 16, 1929, Zaragoza, Spain – June 2, 1996, Berlin, Germany) was a Spanish (Aragonese) soprano who used the professional name Pilar Lorengar. She was best known for her interpretations of opera and the Spanish genre Zarzuela, and as a soprano she was known for her full register as well as a distinctive vibrato.
Pilar Mazzetti Pilar Elena Mazzetti Soler is a peruvian doctor who currently holds the title of Minister of Interior, being the first woman in Peru to reach that title. During Alejandro Toledo's presidency, she was Minister of Health, also being the first woman in that area.
Pilar Montenegro Pilar Montenegro (born Maria Lopez August 1, 1972) is a Mexican singer who began her career as a member of Fresas Con Crema, which was very short lived. In late 1989, Pilar was selected to become a member of Garibaldi to replace Anghel.
Pilar Primo de Rivera Pilar Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia (November 4 1907-March 17 1991) was the sister of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, a political movement of Spain, as well as the daughter of Spanish dictator General Miguel Primo de Rivera.
Pilars de Pilar Władysław (also Ladislaus) Pilars de Pilar (Opatówek, March 3, 1874 - Chorzów, November 22, 1952), a literature professor at the Warsaw University. He was a son of Edward Gustaw Pilars (born in Opatówek in 1834, died in 1905), an accountant in G.
Pilaster In architecture, a pilaster comprises a slightly-projecting column built into or onto a wall. A pilaster is a flattened or abbreviated column that can appear with a capital and entablature, also in "low-relief" or flat against the wall.
Pilate Stone The Pilate Stone is the name of a block of limestone with a carved inscription attributed to Pontius Pilate, a prefect of the Roman-controlled province of Judaea (Iudaea) from 26-36. Pilate is infamous as being the man who condemned an itinerant Jewish preacher named Jesus to a painful scourging and death by crucifixion c.
Pilates The Pilates Method (sometimes simply Pilates) (IPA: ) is a physical fitness system that was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates. Pilates wrote at least two books about the Pilates method: Return to Life through Contrology and Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education.
Pilates Suit Pilates Suit is a women's workout clothing/athletic-wear wholesale and design company based in New York, New York. Known exclusively for a devotion to outfitting the Pilates enthusiast with activewear made of 95% organic, Turkish cotton and 5% spandex.
Pilatus PC-12 The Pilatus PC-12 is a single-engine turboprop passenger and cargo aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. The main market for the aircraft is corporate transport and regional airliner operators.
Pilatus PC-7 The Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer is a low-wing tandem-seat training aircraft, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. The aircraft is capable of all basic training functions including aerobatics, instrument, tactical and night flying.
Pilatus Railway The Pilatus Railway or Pilatusbahn (PB) is a mountain railway in Switzerland and is the steepest cog railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48%. The line runs from Alpnachstad, on Lake Lucerne, to a terminus near the summit of Mount Pilatus at an altitude of 2132 m (6994ft).
Pilatus SB-2 The Pilatus SB-2 Pelican was a civil utility aircraft developed by the newly-formed Pilatus Aircraft company during World War II. Its configuration was slightly unusual, in that it was provided with tricycle undercarriage (an uncommon feature at the time), and a wing that had a slight forward sweep.
Pilayar Pilayar is a high intelliged god of Siva his head got created by the lord Devi she is lord Iva's wife that is called Madavi. One morning she went to her shower and she needed somebody to protect or look after room and Siva's room.
Pilâtre de Rozier Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (30 March 1754 - 15 June 1785) was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. His balloon crashed near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais during an attempt to fly across the English Channel, and he and his companion, Pierre Romain, became the first known victims of an air crash.
Pilbara Regiment The Pilbara Regiment is a regiment of the Australian Army which is infantry based, but has a significantly different role than a standard infantry unit. (It is a Regional Force Surveillance Unit (RFSU), and as its name suggests, surveillance is its primary role - the unit would rarely, by choice, carry out offensive or even defensive operations)
Pilbeam Racing Designs Pilbeam Racing Designs is a British company which designs and constructs racing cars, based in the Lincolnshire town of Bourne. The company was founded in 1975 by Mike Pilbeam, who had previously worked in Formula One for several teams, having latterly been Chief Designer for BRM (also based in Bourne).
Pilcrow The pilcrow, paragraph sign, or alinea (from the Latin a linea, "of the line") (¶) is a typographical character commonly used to denote individual paragraphs. This non-alphabetic symbol varies from typeface to typeface, but the form shown here is typical.
Pile hitch The pile hitch is a kind of hitch, which is a knot used for attaching rope to a pole or other structure. The pile hitch is very easy to tie, and can be tied in the bight (without access to either end of the rope), making it a valuable tool.
Pile lighthouse A pile lighthouse was a type of lighthouse used primarily in Florida, including on open reefs adjacent to the Florida Keys. The pile lighthouses on the reefs in Florida are tall skeletal towers, wiith living and working quarters set high above the reach of storm waves.
Pilea Pilea with 600–715 species is the largest genus in the Urticaceae and one of the larger genera in the Urticales and Eudicot Rosids. It is distributed throughout the tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate regions (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand).
Pilea pumila Pilea pumila, known as Clearweed, Canadian clearweed, Coolwort, or Richweed is an annual plant native to most of North America east of the Rockies. The plants are generally erect, 10 to 70 cm tall, often occurring in large colonies, and are quite common throughout their range both as a woodland plant and a weed of gardens.
Piled Higher and Deeper Piled Higher and Deeper is a webcomic written and drawn by Jorge Cham, now a mechanical engineering instructor at Caltech, which follows the lives of several grad students. First published in the fall of 1997 when Cham was a grad student himself at Stanford, the strip deals with issues like the difficulties of scientific research, the perils of procrastination and the endless search for free food.
Piledriver - The Wrestling Album 2 Piledriver:The Wrestling Album 2 was an album released by the World Wrestling Federation in 1987. It featured mostly recent theme tunes of wrestlers on the roster at the time, and featured actual vocal performances from several of the wrestlers themselves.
Piledriver (band) Piledriver was a Canadian power/thrash metal band, founded in 1985 by Gord Kirchin. They were known for an over-the-top image and flamboyant song titles/lyrics ("Sex With Satan", "Alien Rape", "Sodomize the Dead", "Witch Hunt", "Human Sacrifice", etc).
Pileipellis The pileipellis is the uppermost layer of hyphae in the pileus of a fungal fruiting body. It is more or less synonymous with the cuticle, however, the cuticle generally describes this layer as a macroscopic feature, while pileipellis refers to this structure as a microscopic layer.
Pileni language The Pileni language is spoken in some of the Reef Islands as well as in the Taumako Islands (also known as the Duff Islands) in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. It is named for Pileni, one of the Reef Islands.
Pileus (meteorology) A pileus (Latin for cap) is a small, horizontal cloud that can appear above a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud, giving the parent cloud a characteristic "hoodlike" appearance. Pilei tend to change shape rapidly.
Pileus (mycology) The pileus is the technical name for what is commonly known as the "cap" of a fungal fruiting body. It is particularly characteristic of agarics, boletes, and some polypores, tooth fungi, and ascocarps.
Pileus Area Index (PAI) The Pileus Area Index is the technical name used to denote the size of what is commonly known as the "cap" of a fungal fruiting body. It is particularly characteristic of agarics, boletes, and some polypores, tooth fungi, and ascocarps.
Pilfers Pilfers formed in 1997, when former Toasters vocalist, Coolie Ranx joined with former Bim Skala Bim trombonist, Vinny Nobile. To complete the lineup, they recruited the Skinnerbox rhythym section of Anna Milat-Meyer, on bass and James Blanck, on drums, as well as guitar player, Nick Bacon, of The Erratics.
Pilgerodendron Pilgerodendron is a genus of conifer belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. It has only one species, Pilgerodendron uviferum, and is endemic to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of southern Chile and Argentina.
Pilgrim (Graham Bowers album) Pilgrim is the fourth album by Graham Bowers avant-garde British composer. Released in April 1999, sub-titled ‘A prelude to Pilgrim’s Progress’ it was intended to be the first in a new series of works, however due to a serious accident on-going works were unavoidably put on hold, and after a long period of recovery, work has now commenced and a new work is scheduled for release early 2007.
Pilgrim (Wing Commander) In the feature film Wing Commander, based on the computer games of the same name, the Pilgrims were a fictional ethnic group. The Pilgrims were created specifically for the film and do not appear in any of the Wing Commander game series, though they appear in two novels based on the film and a proposed but unmade sequel.
Pilgrim Baptist Church Pilgrim Baptist Church was a historic church located on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. The church was notable both as an architectural landmark and for the cultural contributions by the congregation of the church.
Pilgrim Fathers Memorial The Pilgrim Fathers Memorial, located on the north bank of The Haven at the site of the former Scotia Creek, Fishtoft, seaward of Boston in Lincolnshire, England is a small granite obelisk mounted on a granite block. It commemorates the Pilgrims' first attempt at finding religious freedom in September, 1607 by escaping to Holland.
Pilgrim Holiness Church Pilgrim Holiness Church, a religious denomination associated with the holiness movement that split from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1897. It was first organized in Cincinnati, Ohio with Martin Wells Knapp (a Methodist) and Seth C.
Pilgrim Memorial State Park Pilgrim Memorial State Park comprises two monuments in Plymouth, Massachusetts: Plymouth Rock and the National Monument to the Forefathers. Owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the sites are managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station Currently the only nuclear power plant operating in Massachusetts, Pilgrim Station is located a few miles down the coast from Plymouth Rock in the Manomet region of Plymouth. Like many similar plants, it was constructed by Bechtel, and is powered by a General Electric boiling water reactor and generator.
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, or Pilgrim State Hospital, is a state-run psychiatric hospital located in Brentwood, New York. At the time it was opened, it was the largest hospital of any type in the world - its size has never been exceeded by any other facility- although Pilgrim is today far smaller than it used to be.
Pilgrim Travelers The Pilgrim Travelers were a gospel group popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Formed in the early 1930s in Houston, Texas, they were strongly influenced by another Texas-based quartet, the Soul Stirrers.
Pilgrim's Rest Pilgrim's Rest is a small town in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa which has been declared a national monument. After it was officially declared a gold field in September 1873, it suddenly grew to 1,500 inhabitants.
Pilgrim's Route The Pilgrim's Route and old Kings' Road between Oslo and Trondheim in Norway passed up through the Gudbrandsdal and, leaving the valley of the LĂĄgen at present day DombĂĄs, went over the Dovre Mountains in the Dovre municipality into Oppdal municipality.
Pilgrimage centres in Kannur district Kannur District (Malayalam: കണ്ണൂര്‍) or Cannanore District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters, and gives the district its name.
Pilgrimage centres near Ernakulam town Ernakulam (Malayalam : എറണാകുളം ) refers to the western part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. Ernakulam is the most urbanised part of Kochi and has lent its name to Ernakulam District.
Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk The Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora (Gruneberg) in Žďár nad Sázavou, near the border between Bohemia and Moravia, is the final masterpiece of Jan Santini Aichel, a maverick Czech architect who combined the Borrominiesque Baroque with references to Gothic elements in both construction and decoration.
Pilgrimage of Grace The Pilgrimage of Grace was a popular rising by Roman Catholics in Northern England in 1536, in protest against England's break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as well as other specific political, social and economic grievances. Although the Pilgrimage was a specific uprising around York, the term has come to describe a series of rebellions that occurred in the North in late 1536 and early 1537.
Pilgrimella Pilgrimella is an extinct genus (early Eocene) of anthracobunid (early proto-elephant condylarth), ground dwelling grazer with massive molar cusps aligned in two transverse ridges. Remains (teeth) of this animal have been found in the Chorlakki locality, Punjab province, Pakistan as well as in the Subathu formation in North-West India.
Pilgrims Pilgrims is the name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony, MA. Their leadership came from a religious congregation who had fled a volatile political environment in the East Midlands of England for the relative calm of Holland in the Netherlands.
Pilgrims Society The Pilgrims Society, founded in 1902, is a British-American society established, in the words of American past-president Joseph Choate, 'to promote good-will, good-fellowship, and everlasting peace between the United States and Great Britain'. Over the years it has boasted an elite membership of politicians, diplomats, businessmen, and writers.
Pilgrims' Way The Pilgrims' Way is the route taken by pilgrims from Winchester in Hampshire, England, to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury in Kent. Winchester, apart from being an ecclesiastical centre in its own right (the shrine of St Swithin), was an important regional focus and former capital of England.
Pilchard the Cat Pilchard the Cat is the blue domestic pet of Bob the Builder, an animated BBC children's programme that revolves around an independent building contractor, his anthropomorphic vehicle assistants, assistant Wendy, and a rural English community named Bobsville.
Pili-kaaiea In Hawaiian mythology, Pili-kaaiea (or Pili-auau) is a chief, called a 'grandchild' of Lana-ka-wai on the Ulu line, but born and brought up in Kahiki. Because the chiefs of (the island of) Hawaii had carelessly intermarried with junior chiefly lines, Pa'ao went to Kahiki to find a relative of pure blood who could compete in rank with the chiefly lines of the other islands.
Pilidae Pilidae, commonly known as apple snails are a tropical family of gastropods. The Pilidae [synonym Ampullariidae] are peculiar because they have both gills and lung, the mantle cavity being divided to separate the two types of respiratory structures.
Pilies Street Pilies Street (literally, "Castle Street"; ) is one of the main streets in the Old Town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It is rather a short street, running from the Cathedral Square to the Town Hall Square.

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