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Parminder Nagra
Parminder Nagra (born 1975, Leicester), British actress of Indian Punjabi Sikh heritage; Jess Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Dr. Neela Rasgotra on NBC's ER (2003–2009); later Meera Malik in The Blacklist and ITV's DI Ray.
Parmish Verma
Parmish Verma is a Punjabi singer, rapper, actor, and video director from Patiala, India, active since 2017 and known for "Gaal Ni Kadhni" and "Rubicon Drill".
Parmo
Parmo, or Teesside Parmesan, is a Middlesbrough takeaway dish: a breadcrumbed fried chicken or pork cutlet topped with bechamel sauce and cheddar, grilled, and served in a pizza box with chips and garlic sauce.
Parnacandra Rasa
Parnacandra Rasa, also spelled Purnachandra or Poornachandra Rasa, is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasa yoga from Bhaishajya Ratnavali containing rasa sindura, abhraka, lauha, and swarnamakshika bhasmas, shilajatu, and vidanga, used as a rasayana and vajikarana tonic.
Parnaco
Parnaco (Parnac) was an ancient villa settlement in Gallia Aquitania, modern Parnac, Lot, Occitania, France; the name, from Perna plus -acon, first appears around 630 in the diocese of Cahors.
Parnaíba (landform)
The Parnaíba (Rio Parnaíba) is a river of northeastern Brazil that flows about 1,500 km to the Atlantic, where it forms the Parnaíba Delta on the Piauí–Maranhão border.
Parnaiba power station
Parnaiba power station is a complex of six natural gas-fired power plants at Santo Antônio dos Lopes, Maranhão, Brazil, owned by Eneva with 1.9 GW of capacity.
Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte
Parnamirim is a municipality in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, just south of Natal, the state's third most populous city with 252,716 people at the 2022 census.
Parnaparin sodium
Parnaparin sodium (Fluxum) is a low-molecular-weight heparin from porcine intestinal mucosa, mean MW about 4.5–5 kDa, anti-Xa/anti-IIa ratio above 4, used for thromboprophylaxis, superficial vein thrombosis, and vascular disorders.
Parnassia
Parnassia, the grass of Parnassus genus, is a group of about 56–61 species of glabrous perennial herbs in Celastraceae, Pan-Himalayan center, solitary white flowers with five nectar-mimicking staminodes.
Parnassia palustris
Parnassia palustris, marsh grass-of-Parnassus or bog star (梅花草), a circumpolar perennial herb of Celastraceae with white five-petaled flowers and nectar-mimicking staminodes, pollinated deceptively by flies, IUCN least concern.
Parnassianism
Parnassianism (French: le Parnasse) was a mid-nineteenth-century French poetic school led by Leconte de Lisle that rejected Romantic lyricism and pursued beauty through perfect form.
Parnassianism in Brazil
Parnassianism in Brazil was a poetic movement transplanted from France that dominated Brazilian verse from about 1880 to the early 1920s, defending art for art's sake and formal perfection.
Parnassius apollo
Parnassius apollo, the Apollo butterfly, is a 50–80 mm white swallowtail butterfly with scarlet hindwing spots, found from the Iberian Peninsula to Lake Baikal and protected under CITES.
Parndorf
Parndorf (Croatian: Pandrof) is a village in the district of Neusiedl am See in northern Burgenland, Austria, best known for its large late Roman villa at Bruckneudorf, among the most important archaeological monuments in Austria.
Parni
The Parni were an Iranian tribe of the Dahae confederation living east of the Caspian Sea, whose leader Arsaces conquered Parthia around 238 BC and founded the Parthian empire.
PARO (robot)
PARO is a therapeutic social robot shaped like a baby harp seal, developed by Japan's Takanori Shibata and used since 2003 to comfort people with dementia in care settings.
Paro Pinaki Ki Kahani
Paro Pinaki Ki Kahani (पारो पिनाकी की कहानी) is a 2026 Hindi-language drama and romance film directed by Rudra Jadon, starring Sanjay Bishnoi and Eshita Singh as secret lovers.
Paro Taktsang (སྤ་རོ་སྟག་ཚང)
Paro Taktsang (Tiger's Nest, Taktsang Palphug) is a cliffside Bhutanese monastery above Paro Valley at about 3,120 m, linked to the Padmasambhava tigress legend, founded as a temple complex in 1692 by Tendzin Rabgye, and rebuilt by 2005 after fires.
Parochial elementary education in the United States
Parochial elementary education in the United States is elementary schooling run by religious bodies, chiefly Catholic parishes, that peaked in the mid-1960s and has declined since.
Parodia
Parodia (Spegazzini, 1923), including the old genus Notocactus, is a South American globular cactus genus in Cactaceae with 33-76 accepted species, funnel-shaped yellow to red flowers, and many threatened species.
Parody
Parody imitates a creative work in exaggerated, comedic fashion as criticism or commentary. From Greek parōidia; distinguished from pastiche and satire; protected under US fair use and Canadian fair dealing.
Parody film
Parody film (also spoof film, spoof movie): a comedy that comically imitates serious films by exaggerating their conventions, from silent-era send-ups and Brooks's 1974 reinvention to ZAZ's Airplane! and the Scary Movie franchise.
Paroemiography
Paroemiography is the ancient Greek scholarly genre of collecting proverbs into ordered books, beginning with Aristotle and carried on by compilers such as Zenobius and Diogenianus.
Parokya ni Edgar
Parokya ni Edgar: Filipino comedy-rock band formed 1993 at Ateneo de Manila (originally Comic Relief), known for Khangkhungkherrnitz, Buruguduystunstugudunstuy, parodies like 'Order Taker,' and 30-plus years in OPM.
Parol
The parol is a star-shaped Filipino Christmas lantern symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem, traditionally made of bamboo and paper, with its giant-lantern home in San Fernando, Pampanga.
Parole
Parole is conditional release from prison to serve the remaining sentence in the community under supervision, distinct from probation. Covers release boards, conditions, revocation, US and international systems, and effectiveness evidence.
Parole Examiner Lee (가석방 심사관 이한신)
가석방 심사관 이한신 (Parole Examiner Lee) is a 2024 tvN Monday-Tuesday legal thriller, 12 episodes, starring Go Soo as parole examiner Lee Han-shin, directed by Yoon Sang-ho, written by Park Chi-hyung, which aired 18 November to 24 December 2024 and ended at 5.8% Nielsen ratings.
Paromomycin
Paromomycin (aminosidine, monomycin) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic from Streptomyces rimosus used against visceral leishmaniasis (approved 2006) and giardiasis, given intramuscularly at 11-20 mg/kg daily, with injection site pain and ototoxicity as main adverse effects.
Paronychia
Paronychia, inflammation of the nail folds, acute (6 weeks, irritant dermatitis with Candida); the most common hand infection, treated by drainage, soaks, and irritant avoidance rather than routine antibiotics.