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Pinchbeck (alloy) Pinchbeck is a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance. Invented in the 1700's by Christopher Pinchbeck, a London clockmaker, it was intended as a cheaper substitute for gold used in ornamentation.
Pincher Creek Panthers The Calgary Spurs were a Junior A ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League from Pincher Creek, Alberta. Founded in 1972 as The Pass Red Devils, the team relocated to Pincher Creek for the 1976-77 season.
Pincher Martin Pincher Martin (Faber and Faber 1956) is the third novel by William Golding (author of Lord of the Flies). When it was originally published in the United States, its title was changed to The Two Deaths of Christopher Martin, but later it was returned to its British name.
Pini di Roma Pini di Roma (Italian “Pines of Rome”) is a 1924 work by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, and is considered one of the masterpieces of the Roman Trilogy of symphonic poems along with Feste Romane and Fontane di Roma. Each movement portrays the location of pine trees in the city during different parts of the day.
Pininfarina Pininfarina (short for Carozzeria Pininfarina) is an Italian design firm and coachbuilder in Turin, Italy, founded in 1930 by automobile designer and builder Battista "Pinin" Farina (Following the company, his surname became Pininfarina in 1961, as a result of combining his nickname and surname).
Pinioning Pinioning is the act of surgically removing the pinion joint, the joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body, to prevent flight. The bones removed when pinioning a bird are akin to removing a person's hand just beyond the wrist (through the metacarpals).
Pinjar Power Station, Western Australia Pinjar Power Station is a power station in Pinjar, on the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia. It is natural gas-powered with nine gas turbines that together generate a total capacity of 576 MW of electricity.
Pinjar Road, Perth Pinjar Road is an important arterial road in Perth, Western Australia. Traversing through the East Wanneroo area within the City of Wanneroo, it is a regional road designed for the movement of heavy goods and freight from the state's north and from the Neerabup industrial area.
Pinjarra, Western Australia Pinjarra (; post code: 6208) is a town in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, 86 km from the state capital, Perth and 21 km south-east of the coastal city of Mandurah. Its local government area is the Shire of Murray.
Pink (Victoria's Secret) Pink is a sub-brand of Victoria's Secret, and has loungewear, sleepwear, and intimate apparel geared towards younger women. It was created in 2004, and is sold at all Victoria's Secret stores, and the Pink store in San Francisco.
Pink and Brown Pink and Brown was a noise rock/punk rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1997 when the members moved west from their old home of Providence, RI. The band consisted of two members: Pink (John Dwyer) and Brown (Jeff Rosenberg).
Pink Anderson Pink Anderson (full name Pinkney Anderson, February 12, 1900–October 12, 1974) was a blues singer and guitarist, born in Laurens, South Carolina. After being raised in Spartanburg (in upstate South Carolina), he joined Dr.
Pink bat On Mother's Day in the United States in 2006 (May 14) the Louisville Slugger Company produced a limited supply of more than 400 pink baseball bats for use by more than 50 professional baseball players. Major League Baseball authorized the use of the specially dyed bats — temporarily suspending the regulation that restricts players to using black, brown, red, or white bats — as part of a weeklong program to benefit the Susan G.
Pink brotula The pink brotula, Brosmodorsalis persicinus, is a viviparous brotula of the family Bythitidae, the only member of the genus Brosmodorsalis. It is found along the northeast coast of the North Island of New Zealand from shallow depths to about 17 m, in rock pools and reef areas of broken rock and dense algal growth .
Pink corydoras The pink corydoras, Corydoras axelrodi, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Meta River basin in Colombia.
Pink cusk-eel The pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes, is a cusk eel of the genus Genypterus, found in southern Australia, Chile, Brazil, and around New Zealand except the east coast of Northland, in depths of a few metres to 1000 metres. Their length is between 80 and 200 centimetres, and they live for up to 30 years.
Pink Cadillac (film) Pink Cadillac is a 1989 action-comedy film that has white supremacists and Clint Eastwood as a "skip-tracer", each chasing after an innocent woman (Bernadette Peters), who tries to outrun everyone in her husband's prized pink Cadillac.
Pink Cliffs The Pink Cliffs are series of highly-dissected cliffs, approximately 35 mi (56 km) long, along the southeast edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southwestern Utah in the United States. The cliffs form unique rock formations and are largely protected as part of Bryce Canyon National Park.
Pink Cream 69 Pink Cream 69 is German Hard Rock band founded in 1987 in Karlsruhe, Germany by Andi Deris, Dennis Ward, Kosta Zafiriou and Alfred Koffler. The band gained their first contract by winning music magazine Metal Hammer's newcomer competition in Ludwigsburg one year after forming.
Pink Dollar Pink Dollar, also know as the "Dorothy Dollar", is a term describing the purchasing power of LGBT individuals in the United States (Occasionally, the similarly termed "blue dollar" is used specifically for lesbians). In the United Kingdom, this spending is known as the Pink Pound.
Pink for October Pink for October is an initiative started in August of 2006, in which sites all over the world change their templates to include the color pink, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness, because October is the month of Breast Cancer Awareness.
Pink frogmouth The pink frogmouth, Chaunax pictus, is a sea toad of the family Chaunacidae, found circumglobally on continental shelves and slopes in tropical to temperate waters (except the Caribbean Sea), at depths of between 200 and 660 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.
Pink Fairies The Pink Fairies were a British heavy/progressive/alternative rock group active in the London (Ladbroke Grove) underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s . They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as free outside the gates at the Isle of Wight pop festival, the Windsor Free Festivals as well as appearing at the first Glastonbury outing and Phun City.
Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English progressive rock band that earned recognition for its psychedelic rock music, and as the band evolved, became widely known as pioneers of progressive rock music. Pink Floyd were known for philosophical lyrics, classic rock songwriting, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows.
Pink Floyd live performances Pink Floyd are pioneers in the live music experience, renowned for their lavish stage shows that combine over-the-top visual experiences with music to create a show in which the performers themselves are almost secondary. The Floyd's combination of music and visuals set the standard for musicians on both sides of the Atlantic.
Pink Gin Pink Gin is a cocktail made fashionable in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, consisting of jenever and a dash of 'pink' (Angostura bitters, a dark red extract of gentian and spices, known from the 1820s at Angostura in Venezuela but now made in Trinidad and Tobago).
Pink Ivory Pink Ivory (Berchemia zeyheri), also called Red Ivory, umNini or umGoloty, is a very rare African wood used to make luxury products (for example billiard queues and knives). The Pink Ivory tree grows predominantly in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa.
Pink Ladies The Pink Ladies are a breast cancer support group located in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. A registered charity, they offer emotional, practical and financial support for women in Guernsey with breast cancer.
Pink Lady (art) The Pink Lady was a short-lived painting on a rock face near Malibu, California in 1966. The painting was created by Lynne Seemayer, a paralegal from Northridge, California, and depicted a 60-foot (18m) tall, nude woman in a running position.
Pink Lady (band) Pink Lady was a Japanese female pop music duo of the late 1970s and early 1980s, featuring Mitsuyo Nemoto ("Mie") and Keiko Masuda ("Kei"). In Japan, they are fondly remembered for the incredible run of pop-chart hits they enjoyed from roughly 1976 to 1979, but in the United States, they are best known for their infamously failed 1980 NBC-TV variety show, Pink Lady and Jeff.
Pink Line (Chicago Transit Authority) Pink Line (Douglas-Loop Service) is the name of a new rapid transit service being operated by the Chicago Transit Authority in Chicago, Illinois for a trial period of 180 days. The new line reroutes 80% of Blue Line Douglas branch trains from Cicero (54th/Cermak) via the previously non-revenue Paulina Connector and the Green Line on Lake Street to reach and circle the Chicago Loop.
Pink maomao The pink maomao, Caprodon longimanus, is a sea bass of the subfamily Anthiinae of the family Serranidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean, and southern Pacific Ocean including Australia and New Zealand, at depths of up to 220 m. Its length is up to 50 cm.
Pink Mammoth Pink Mammoth is a San Francisco-based artist collective, founded by Ryel Kestenbaum (Ryel K) and Derek Hena (D-Rock) in August, 2003. It is based partially on the philosophy of Burning Man, a radically expressive festival held annually in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, and dedicated to unconditional self-support and free expression.
Pink Man Pink Man (real name: Michael Maxfield) is a local celebrity from the San Francisco Bay Area, although his hometown is Leominster, Massachusetts. He can be seen riding his unicycle around the cities of Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco.
Pink noise Pink noise (), also known as 1/f noise, is a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the power spectral density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency. The name arises from being intermediate between white noise (1/f0) and red noise (1/f2, more commonly known Brown or Brownian noise).
Pink phlox The Pink phlox (Phlox stansburyi), is a wildflower found in the eastern Mojave Desert of California and Nevada in the United States. The plant, part of the Phlox Family, grows to eight inches, and has pink to white flowers.
Pink point In climbing, a pink point is similar to a red point. To obtain or accomplish a pink point, the climber must climb the route from the start, leading while clipping the rope into previously placed quickdraws as they go to the top, without falling or hanging on the rope.
Pink Panther (character) The Pink Panther cartoon character is the protagonist and main character in a series of animated short films. The character originally appeared in the opening and closing sequences of the 1963 film The Pink Panther.
Pink Panther and Sons Pink Panther and Sons was an animated television series featuring the Pink Panther and his two sons. The series, which lasted for just one season (1984 – 1985), was produced by Hanna-Barbera (now Cartoon Network Studios).
Pink Ranger Pink Ranger is a designation given to one character in most seasons of the Power Rangers TV series. The Pink Ranger is usually a subordinate member of the team (though in Power Rangers: Time Force, the Pink Ranger was the leader), and they also receive the most candid weapons.
Pink salmon Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) (from the Russian gorbuscha--горбуша) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is the smallest and most abundant of the Pacific salmon.
Pink slip Pink slip refers to the practice, by a personnel department, of including a discharge notice (printed on pink paper) in an employee's pay envelope to notify the worker of his or her termination or lay-off. The term dates from 1915; originally the color of the paper had no particular significance.
Pink Saturday Pink Saturday is San Francisco's largest underground party on the Saturday night before (Gay) Pride Day (San Francisco Pride) in San Francisco's Castro District attracting more than half a million people and coinciding with the annual Dyke March. The event usually has the air of a wild party but is rarely as out of control as the Castro Halloween party has infamously been and is generally free of the hate crimes that seem to go hand in hand with Halloween in the Castro - widely seen as the gay mecca of the west if not the world.
Pink Sheets Pink Sheets is an electronic system, published by Pink Sheets LLC, to display bid and ask quotation prices of securities. The name "Pink Sheets" stems itself from an earlier paper-based system, which was printed on pink paper.
Pink Sundew The Pink Sundew, Drosera capillaris, also known as the Spathulate-leaved Sundew (not to be confused with Drosera spatulata), is a small carnivorous plant of the family Droseraceae in the genus Drosera. They are frequently found in wet pine flatwoods and bogs of the southeastern United States, ranging from eastern Texas east to Florida and north to Virginia, as well as in some areas of the Caribbean.
Pink triangle The pink triangle (German: Rosa Winkel) was one of the Nazi concentration camp badges, used by the Nazis to identify male prisoners in concentration camps who were sent there because of their homosexuality. Every prisoner had to wear a triangle on his or her jacket, the color of which was to categorize him or her according "to his kind.
Pink Taco Pink Taco is a Mexican restaurant chain that has earned notoriety for its name, which is the same as a slang term for a human vagina. The president and CEO, Harry Morton, contends it comes from a menu item and claims that if the restaurant were truly "vagina-themed" there would be "vaginas all over the walls.
Pink Turns Blue Pink Turns Blue are an influential band from Berlin, Germany. Formed in 1985, they quickly put out their first LP, If Two Worlds Kiss expressing a sound reminiscent of New Wave with very dark undertones and use of synthesisers, only to become one of the pioneers of the developing sub-genre of darkwave.
Pink TV (France) Pink TV is Europe's second gay satellite channel (after Italy's Gay TV), started in France on 25 October 2004, it costs €9 per month, and is mostly funded by TF1 and Canal Plus, terrestrial channels in France. It is now possible to access Pink TV via satellite, cable and DSL providers.
Pink TV (US) Pink TV, known as Heat TV in Europe, is a television company that exclusively features pornographic content.Welcome to the Voyeurdome, Miami New Times, 21 September 2006Pink TV: It's not just porn; it's Pink TV, AVN Online, 1 August 2005
Pink's Hot Dogs Pink's Hot Dogs is a well-known hot dog restaurant located in the Hollywood district of the city of Los Angeles; they are also sold at the Zanzibar Cafe in the Aladdin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pink's was founded by Paul and Betty Pink in 1939 and started life as a push cart before moving into its current building.
Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon The Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula poliocephala), otherwise known as the Philippine Zone-tailed Imperial Pigeon, the Zone-tailed Pigeon, or the Philippine Imperial Pigeon, is found in the Philippines. It is a fruit-eating bird.
Pink-collar worker A pink-collar worker works in a relatively clean, safe environment, in a job that is considered traditionally female (these "traditions" generally harking back to the first half of the twentieth century). The term is formed by analogy to blue collar and white collar.
Pink-eared Duck The Pink-eared Duck or Zebra Duck, (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) is a species of duck found in Australia. It is the only living member of the genus Malacorhynchus; a closely related, but slightly larger extinct form from New Zealand was described as Scarlett's Duck (Malacorhynchus scarletti).
Pink-headed Duck The Pink-headed Duck (Netta caryophyllacea) is (or was) a large diving duck. It was formerly classified as Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, but has recently been shown by phylogenetic analysis to be closely related to the Red-crested Pochard, Netta rufina Livezey, B.
Pink-headed Warbler The Pink-headed Warbler Ergaticus versicolor is an endemic New World warbler found in the southwestern highlands of Guatemala and the highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas. According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species it is classified as Vulnerable: "This species has a small range, which is declining in response to continuing deforestation.
Pink-Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs Commonly abbreviated to PPFMs, these bacteria are members of the genus Methylobacterium and are commonly found in soil and on plant surfaces. Research has suggested that PPFMs can benefit host plants in a variety of ways such as promoting germination, growth and yield of sugarcane, and accumulation of vitamin B in lettuce.
Pinkenba railway station, Brisbane The Pinkenba railway station was originally the terminus of the now-closed Pinkenba Railway Line. It was closed in 1993 along with all the stations on the line, although the actual station building is still standing.
Pinkenba Wharf Pinkenba Wharf is an Australian wharf, located in within the Port of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The majority of cruise liners that visit the port currently dock at the Pinkenba Wharf, located on the north side of the Brisbane River.
Pinkenba, Queensland Pinkenba is the name of a suburb in eastern Brisbane on the northern side of the Brisbane River. Despite being less than 10 kilometres from the Brisbane central business district, it has a largely rural feel to it.
Pinkerton Thugs The Pinkerton Thugs were a punk band from Kennebunk, Maine. While the band officially became the Pinkerton Thugs in March of 1996 (taking their name from the infamous Pinkerton National Detective Agency), the band had been together since July of 1994 under a number of different names.
Pinkerton's Landing Bridge The Pinkerton's Landing Bridge (also known as the Munhall Pike & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge) is a truss bridge that carries CSX Transportation's Pittsburgh Subdivision across the Monongahela River between Munhall, Pennsylvania and Rankin, Pennsylvania, USA.
Pinkflag Pinkflag is the record label run primarily on behalf of British art punk band Wire. From its early inception as a vehicle for making available, through mail order and sales at live shows, limited run special edition releases and merchandising from the band, it has grown into an indie label capable of handling serious worldwide releases such as 'Send' and the 2006 re-releases of Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154 for which pinkflag is the US licensee.
Pinklao King Pinklao () Chaofa Krommakhun Izaret, Prince Chudamani (September 4 1808 - January 7 1866) was a younger brother and the vice-king of King Mongkut of Siam. He was a child of King Rama II and Queen Srisuriyendra.
Pinktoe Tarantula The Pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia) is native to South America, Costa Rica to Brazil, and the southern Caribbean. This species is sometimes called the Guyana pinktoe, Common pinktoe or South American pinktoe since they are frequently harvested from those areas.
Pinky (1949 film) Pinky (1949) is a film which tells the story of a young lightskinned African American woman passing as white, who becomes torn between the needs of her grandmother and the love of a white doctor. Released by Twentieth Century Fox, it starred Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, and Ethel Waters.
Pinky and Perky Pinky and Perky was a children's television series first seen on the BBC in the 1960s. The title characters were a pair of puppet anthropomorphic pigs created by Czechoslovakian immigrants Jan and Vlasta Dalibor.
Pinky Beecroft Pinky Beecroft (born Matt Ford 1968) was the lead singer and song-writer of Sydney band Machine Gun Fellatio until 2005, when the group split up. He is the current lead singer of Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians.
Pinky Gonzales Pinky Gonzales is a pioneer in the field of artist-oriented website design and fan management, having conceived and implemented subscription-based services for Rascal Flatts, Kelly Clarkson, Terri Clark and is currently a Managing Partner of echomusic, llc, a brand and fan management firm based in Nashville, TN.
Pinky Higgins Michael Franklin "Pinky" Higgins (May 27, 1909 - March 21, 1969) was an American third baseman, manager, front office executive and scout in Major League Baseball who played for three teams and served as manager or general manager of the Boston Red Sox during the period of 1955 through 1965. He batted and threw right-handed.
Pinky swear To pinky swear (also known as pinky promise) is when two people entwine their pinky fingers - most commonly of the same respective hands - to signify that a promise has been made. Traditionally, the pinky swear is considered binding and tantamount to a handshake in terms of sealing a deal.
Pinky Street Pinky:St, also written Pinky Street, are plastic figures designed by BabySue and manufactured by the Japanese company Vance Project. Currently 11 regular Pinky Street dolls and an accessory set have been released with repaints of each, as well as repaints of the first six sets.
Pinky Woods George Rowland "Pinky" Woods (May 22, 1915 - October 30, 1982) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox from 1943 to 1945. A native of Waterbury, Connecticut, the right-hander stood 6'5" and weighed 225 lbs.
Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain is the retooling of the American spin-off animated television series Pinky and the Brain, with the title characters (themselves spinning off from Animaniacs) being joined by Elmyra from Tiny Toon Adventures. Executive Produced by Steven Spielberg, the series was produced by Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment in association with Warner Bros.
Pinky, The Whiz Kid Pinky the Whiz Kid was a comic book superhero originally published by Fawcett Comics, and are now owned by DC Comics. A Robin-type crimefighter, he had several devices which aided him in apprehending various criminals along with some above level acrobatic and hand-to-hand combatant skills.
Pinnace A pinnace is a light boat, propelled by sails or oars, formerly used as a "tender" for guiding merchant and war vessels. In modern parlance, pinnace has come to mean a boat associated with some kind of larger vessel, that doesn't fit under the launch or lifeboat definitions.
Pinnacle A pinnacle (from Latin pinnaculum, a little feather, pinna, compare panache) is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many other situations.
Pinnacle Airlines Pinnacle Airlines (formerly Express Airlines I) is a regional airline based in Memphis, Tennessee operating all of its flights under the name Northwest Airlink for Northwest Airlines. Pinnacle flies 124 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) CRJ-200 from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and Memphis International Airport to nearby smaller markets.
Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 (ICAO: FLG3701, IATA: 9E3701, or Flagship 3701) crashed on October 14, 2004, near Jefferson City, Missouri. It was an overnight deadhead flight (with no passengers) from Little Rock, Arkansas to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Pinnacle Brands Pinnacle Brands was a trading card company from 1988 to 1998. With its first baseball card set called Score, it changed the baseball card industry from the "Big Three" (Donruss, Fleer, Topps) that had been in place for seven years prior.
Pinnacle CEO Recruiters Pinnacle CEO Recruiters, Inc.(is an executive search firm focused exclusively on recruiting CEOs for private equity groups with executive sponsorship programs, in which private equity firms partner with a CEO first and then work with a CEO to acquire a company, with the CEO assuming the CEO position of the acquired company.
Pinnacle Moon Pinnacle Moon is a fictional moon in the expanded universe. It is the fifth moon of the water world Da Soocha and a rebel base resided on it until it was destroyed in the series Star Wars: Dark Empire II by the Galaxy Gun.
Pinnacle Peak (Arizona) Pinnacle Peak Mountain is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and offers Pinnacle Peak Park by the City of Scottsdale Park District. According to the Scottsdale Park District "The park is an ideal habitat for a variety of native plants such as Saguaros, Cholla Cactus, Creosote plants, and for creatures such as Bobcats, Gila Monsters and Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes.
Pinnaroo Supa Roos The Pinnaroo Supa Roos Football Club are an Australian Rules fooball team based in Pinnaoo, South Australia. The Pinnaroo Football Club play their home games at the Pinnaroo Showgrounds, and are part of the Mallee Football League (South Australia).
Pinnaroo, South Australia Pinnaroo () is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, near the border with Victoria 243 km east of Adelaide. Pinnaroo is on the Mallee Highway, and the railway line between Tailem Bend and Ouyen.
Pinnate Pinnate is a term used to describe feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis in plant or animal structures, and comes from the Latin word pinna for "feather". A similar term is pectinate, which refers to a comb-like arrangement of parts (arising from one side of an axis).
Pinneberg (district) Pinneberg is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the districts of Steinburg and Segeberg, the city of Hamburg and the state of Lower Saxony (district Stade).
Pinned down "Pinned down" is a common military term for a unit that is currently being suppressed by enemy fire. A suppressed unit has lost its ability to move, lost all or most of its ability to return fire, and lost much of its ability to gather real-time intelligence on the enemy position, as it is concerned with staying under cover.
Pinnekjøtt Pinnekjøtt (literally "stick meat") is a traditional Christmas dish in the western parts of Norway. Pinnekjøtt is salted, dried and sometimes smoked lamb's ribs which are steamed, usually, but not necessarily, over birch branches, and served with potato, mashed swede.
Pinner reaction The Pinner reaction is an organic reaction of a nitrile with an alcohol under acid catalysis for instance hydrochloric acid. The product formed is the hydrochloric acid salt of an imino ester or an alkyl imidate, which sometimes is called a Pinner salt.
Pinning force Pinning force is a force acting on a pinned object from a pinning center. In solid state physics, this most often refers to the vortex pinning, the pinning of the magnetic vortices (magnetic flux quanta, Abrikosov vortices) by different kinds of the defects in a type II superconductor.
Pinobee: Wings of Adventure Pinobee: Wings of Adventure is a platformer for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Artoon and published by Hudson Soft. The game was released at the same time as the system, on March 21, 2001 in Japan and June 11, 2001 in North America.
Pinocchio The Adventures of Pinocchio (original title Le avventure di Pinocchio) is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi. The first half was originally a serial between 1881 and 1883, and then later completed as a book for children in February 1883.
Pinocchio (Fables) Pinocchio is a character in the comic book series Fables. The wooden boy magically brought to life in the story by Carlo Collodi, he was among those Fables who fled to the mundane world and formed a community in New York City.
Pinocchio 3000 Pinocchio 3000 (or P3K, Pinocchio the Robot) is a French/French Canadian/Spanish computer-animated film by Christal Films. It is a futuristic science fiction interpretation of the classic tale Pinocchio where Pinocchio is a robot brought to life by tapping into a city's power surge, rather than a puppet animated by magic.
Pinocchio's Daring Journey Pinocchio's Daring Journey is a dark ride at the Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris theme parks. Located in Fantasyland, this ride is based on Disney's animated film version of the classic story, which was the studio's second animated feature film.
Pinocytosis In cellular biology, pinocytosis ("cell-drinking") is a form of endocytosis, a process in which small particles are taken in by a cell by splitting into smaller particles. The particles then form small vesicles which subsequently fuse with lysosomes to hydrolyze, or to break down, the particles.
Pinochle Pinochle (sometimes Pinocle or Penuchle), is a trick-taking game typically for two or four players and played with a 48 card deck. Derived from the card game Bezique, players score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds.
Pinole (staple) Pinole is an Uto-Aztecan word for a kind of gritty flour made from maize mixed with the seeds of mustard greens, chia, and various other grasses and annual herbs. Pinole is mixed with water in a beverage form or else mixed to make an edible mush.
Pinophyta The conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. They are cone-bearing seed plants with vascular tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants, the great majority being trees with just a few being shrubs.

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