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Pisões
Roman villa of Pisões (Villa romana de Pisões), a 1st-4th century AD villa rustica near Beja, Alentejo, Portugal, with 48 rooms, mosaics, baths, a 40 m tank, and a Roman dam, supplying Pax Julia.
Piss Christ
Piss Christ (Immersion (Piss Christ)), Andres Serrano's 1987 Cibachrome photograph of a crucifix in urine; NEA controversy, 1997 Melbourne and 2011 Avignon attacks, $314,500 sale.
Piss in the Wind
Piss in the Wind is Joji's (George Miller's) fourth studio album, released February 6, 2026 on his label Palace Creek via Virgin Music after leaving 88 Rising; 21 short tracks with guests GIVĒON, Yeat, Don Toliver, and 4batz.
Pistachio
Pistachio, the nut of Pistacia vera, a dioecious wind-pollinated Anacardiaceae tree native to Central Asia and northeast Iran; alternate-bearing crop led by the United States, with mandatory aflatoxin testing and about 3 acre-feet water per acre in California.
Pistacia atlantica
Pistacia atlantica (Atlas pistachio, Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Bétoum) is an Anacardiaceae tree native from the Canary Islands and Mediterranean to the W. Himalaya, drought-tolerant, resin- and gall-producing, IUCN near threatened.
Pistacia lentiscus
Pistacia lentiscus, the mastic tree or lentisk, a Mediterranean Anacardiaceae shrub; source of mastic resin, Chios mastic gum (var. chia), EMA traditional herbal medicine for dyspepsia and minor wounds.
Pistacia terebinthus
Pistacia terebinthus, the terebinth or turpentine tree, is a Mediterranean Anacardiaceae shrub or tree; fruit eaten as snack or coffee-like drink, resin used medicinally, IUCN Least Concern.
Piste
Piste: a marked, groomed ski run at a resort, from French piste (Latin pista, beaten track, 1727 in English). Four-color difficulty grading (green, blue, red, black); off-piste is unmarked natural terrain.
Pisti
Pişti (Pishti, Pişpirik) is Turkey's national fishing card game, played with a 52-card deck by 2-4 players; capture the pile by rank match or jack, with 10-point pişti bonuses, scored to 151 points.
Pistia
Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce, jalkumbhi), sole species of genus Pistia in Araceae, is a free-floating pantropical aquatic herb that forms dense invasive mats and is widely used in wastewater phytoremediation.
PISTIAS-3 trial
PISTIAS-3 (NCT07466251) is a Phase 4 double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Peking Union Medical College Hospital testing early recaticimab, a PCSK9 inhibitor, in 1,212 Chinese patients with acute ischemic stroke and 50-99% intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis, with mRS 0-2 at 90 days as the primary outcome.
Pistis Sophia
Pistis Sophia is a Coptic Gnostic text in four books recounting the risen Jesus's teachings over eleven years, centered on Pistis Sophia's fall into chaos and restoration.
Pistoia
Pistoia (Pistoriae), Tuscan provincial capital 32 km from Florence; Roman-origin, Lombard stronghold, 12th–13th-century peak, Italian Capital of Culture 2017, city of art with Romanesque churches and 90,908 inhabitants (2020).
Pistol
A pistol is a firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand, with its chamber fixed to or aligned with the barrel, distinct legally from a revolver.
Pistol (miniseries)
Pistol is a 2022 six-episode FX on Hulu and Disney+ limited series directed by Danny Boyle, created by Craig Pearce from Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones's memoir Lonely Boy, starring Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, and Louis Partridge; it holds 64% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Pistol Annies
Pistol Annies is an American country music trio formed in 2011 by singer-songwriters Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley, known for blunt, witty songwriting in three-part harmony.
Pistol-whipping
Pistol-whipping is the use of a handgun as a blunt weapon, striking a victim with the grip, butt, or muzzle end of the firearm rather than firing it.
Piston
A piston is a reciprocating machine element that slides in a cylinder, transmitting combustion pressure through the connecting rod while piston rings seal the working space.
Piston effect
The piston effect is the airflow a moving train forces through a railway tunnel, pushing air ahead of it and drawing air behind; it ventilates subway stations without fans.
Piston pump
A piston pump is a positive-displacement pump in which a reciprocating piston draws fluid in through an inlet valve and forces it out through an outlet valve.
Piston ring
A piston ring, or packing ring, is a split metal ring on an engine piston that seals gas, controls oil, and conducts heat to the cylinder.
Pistsovye knigi (cadastral books)
Pistsovye knigi (Писцовые книги) were Russian cadastral books of the 15th to 17th centuries, used as the basis of state taxation and as legal proof of landholding.
Pisurgia
Pisurgia (Greek τὰ Πισούργια) was a minor coast-town of ancient Cilicia, placed by the Stadiasmus Maris Magni between Celenderis and Seleucia and identified today with Sipahili, formerly Babadil, in Turkey.
Pit Babe (พิษเบ๊บ) (TV series)
Pit Babe (พิษเบ๊บ) is a 2023 Thai BL series by CHANGE2561, adapted from alittlebixth's Omegaverse web novel, starring Pavel as racer Babe and Pooh as Charlie; 13 episodes on One31 and iQIYI, with a second season in 2025.
Pit bull
Pit bull, also called American Pit Bull Terrier or pit bull-type dog, is a type of dog rather than a single breed, covering American Staffordshire Terrier and Staffordshire Bull Terrier relatives; known for bull-baiting origins, inconsistent visual identification, longer shelter stays, and breed-specific legislation.
Pit Bulls & Parolees
Pit Bulls & Parolees is an Animal Planet reality series (2009-2022, 19 seasons) following Tia Maria Torres, her family, and paroled felons rehabilitating pit bulls at Villalobos Rescue Center, the largest pit bull rescue in the USA, now in New Orleans.
Pit latrine
Pit latrine, also called pit toilet or ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine: an on-site sanitation facility of a slab over a pit storing excreta; used by about 1.77 billion people, with 15 m well-separation and twin-pit humus cycles as key practices.
PIT maneuver
The PIT maneuver, or precision immobilization technique, is a police pursuit tactic in which a pursuing vehicle strikes a fleeing car's rear corner to spin it to a stop.
Pit of despair
Pit of despair: vertical chamber apparatus designed by Harry Harlow and Stephen Suomi at Wisconsin–Madison; 30 days of total isolation induced depression in rhesus monkeys, aiming at an animal model of depression.
Pit stop
Pit stop: scheduled halt in a team's pit box during a motor race for tyre changes, repairs, or refuelling. F1 mandates at least one stop per Grand Prix; refuelling banned since 2010; average F1 stationary time about 2.5 seconds.