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List of planetary nebulae
The list of planetary nebulae covers the roughly 3,000 known clouds of gas ejected by dying sun-like stars, including the Dumbbell, Ring, and Helix Nebulae and their catalogs.
List of planned cities
Planned cities are master-planned settlements built from scratch; 353 projects were announced 1945-2021, mostly in the Global South, including Brasília, Canberra, Sejong, India's 12 greenfield industrial cities, Tatu City, and Neom's The Line.
List of plants used in herbalism
Plants used in herbalism, also called medicinal plants, are species whose parts serve as herbal medicines under WHO definitions; best-studied examples include echinacea, garlic, ginger, ginkgo, St John's wort, and valerian, and about 30% of modern drugs derive from plants.
List of Playboy Playmates of 2011
List of Playboy Playmates of 2011: the twelve U.S. Playmates of the Month, from Anna Sophia Berglund (January) to Rainy Day Jordan (December), following 2010 Playmate of the Year Hope Dworaczyk.
List of Playboy Playmates of 2015
The Playboy Playmates of 2015 were the twelve models named Playmate of the Month in 2015, with Dani Mathers chosen Playmate of the Year for the June issue.
List of Playboy Playmates of 2016
Playboy Playmates of 2016: the twelve Playmates of the Month (Amberleigh West through Enikő Mihalik) in the magazine's last nude issues and first non-nude era, with Eugena Washington as 2016 Playmate of the Year.
List of Playboy Playmates of the Year
Playboy Playmate of the Year, also called PMOY, was Playboy magazine's annual honor chosen from the prior year's Playmates of the Month, first awarded to Ellen Stratton in 1960; the classic format ran through Jordan Emanuel (2019), with Gillian Nation named 2025 winner.
List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts: over 475 total inductees; Class of 2025 players Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Dwight Howard, Maya Moore; 24 selectors, 75% vote threshold.
List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in One Day International cricket
ODI 10,000-run club: 15 men's ODI batters led by Sachin Tendulkar (18,426) and Virat Kohli (15,080); Rohit Sharma 15th member; no woman has reached 10,000.
List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket
Only 15 batters in over 148 years of Test cricket have scored 10,000 or more runs, beginning with Sunil Gavaskar in 1987; Sachin Tendulkar leads with 15,921 runs.
List of players who have won the most NFL championships
Players with the most NFL championships: Tom Brady leads with 7 Super Bowls in 10 appearances, ahead of Charles Haley's 5; 22 Steelers players and others have 4. Counts differ by ring versus game-participation rules.
List of players with five or more goals in an NHL game
Five-or-more-goal NHL games: Joe Malone's record seven goals (Jan 31, 1920), seven six-goal games, and rare modern five-goal games by Laine, Fedorov, Zibanejad, and Thompson.
List of playing-card nicknames
Playing-card nicknames: French court-card names (David, La Hire, Argine, Pallas), rank slang (knave, jack, bower, joker), and card and poker-hand nicknames such as Suicide King, Black Maria, ladies, and dead man's hand.
List of poets
A list of poets is a reference compilation that enumerates poets, including biographical directories, working listings, and scholarly indexes. The International Who's Who in Poetry 2025 carries nearly 4,000 entries.
List of poisonous plants
Poisonous plants contain toxic compounds in some or all parts; notable examples include poison hemlock, water hemlock, oleander, chokecherry, cocklebur, brackenfern, and lycorine-containing amaryllis and daffodil.
List of Pokémon
List of Pokémon: the franchise's creatures enumerated chiefly by National Pokédex number, from Kanto's #001 Bulbasaur onward. 1,025 species across nine generations (some sources say 1,028 as of Pokémon Day 2026); regional forms share their base species' number.
List of Pokémon anime characters
List of Pokémon anime characters: Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) and Pikachu, companions Misty, Brock, Dawn, Goh, Serena, Team Rocket, and the Horizons leads Liko and Roy, with cast, roles, and continuities.
List of Pokémon characters
The list of Pokémon characters covers the human cast and creatures of the Pokémon franchise, including Ash Ketchum, his partner Pikachu, and Team Rocket's Jessie and James.
List of Pokémon episodes (seasons 1–13)
List of Pokémon episodes (seasons 1–13): the first thirteen English-dub seasons of the Pokémon anime, covering Indigo League through DP Sinnoh League Victors, 1997 onward, matching Japanese series Pocket Monsters, Advanced Generation, and Diamond & Pearl.
List of Pokémon episodes (seasons 10–19)
Pokémon anime seasons 10–19: Diamond and Pearl (10–13), Black & White (14–16), and XY/XYZ (17–19), covering Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos, English episodes 469–930, 2006–2016.
List of Pokémon films
The Pokémon films are a series of 23 animated movies released annually in Japan from 1998 to 2020, usually starring Ash Ketchum, Pikachu, and a Legendary Pokémon.
List of Pokémon rivals
List of Pokémon rivals (ライバル): recurring opponent characters in the core series games, from Blue and Silver through Brendan, May, Wally, Barry, Cheren, Bianca, N, Hugh, Hop, and Nemona.
List of Pokémon Trading Card Game sets
List of Pokémon Trading Card Game sets, also called Pokémon TCG expansions: chronological releases since Japan's October 1996 debut and English Base Set (January 9, 1999), covering Wizards of the Coast and Pokémon USA eras, JP–EN set mapping, and the 2026 30th Celebration.
List of Pokémon video games
List of Pokémon video games: the core RPG series from Pokémon Red/Green (1996, Game Boy) through Sword/Shield, plus spin-offs like Mystery Dungeon and mobile apps like Pokémon GO, UNITE, and TCG Pocket, with upcoming titles Legends Z-A, Champions, and Winds/Waves.
List of poker hands
List of poker hands: the ten standard five-card categories from royal flush to high card, with tie-break rules, 2,598,960 possible hands, probabilities, and exceptions in lowball, short deck, and wild-card games.
List of poker variants
List of poker variants: draw, stud, and community-card forms of poker, including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Razz, Badugi, short deck, HORSE, and home games, with mechanics, WSOP history, and betting structures.
List of Police Academy characters
The List of Police Academy characters details the fictional recruits, officers, and commandants from the comedy franchise, which included seven films from 1984 to 1994, an animated series, and a live-action series.
List of police firearms in the United Kingdom
The list of police firearms in the United Kingdom covers weapons carried by authorized firearms officers, chiefly Glock pistols, SIG and Heckler & Koch carbines, and shotguns.
List of police television dramas
Police television dramas, also called police procedurals, are fictional TV series about law enforcement work. Key series include Dragnet, Hill Street Blues, Law & Order, CSI, The Wire, The Bill, and Line of Duty, spanning US, British, and international television.
List of police-related slang terms
Police-related slang terms: informal names for police across languages, including cop (from 'to cop,' to seize), five-o, 12, Babylon, and Hong Kong Cantonese hākgíng ('black cops'), plus police internal jargon.