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Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvice Lakes National Park, or Nacionalni park, is Croatia's oldest national park and a UNESCO World Heritage site located in mountainous central Croatia, known for its 16 cascading lakes.
PLK1
PLK1 (polo-like kinase 1) is a serine/threonine kinase regulating mitosis, overexpressed in many cancers. At least 10 inhibitors, including volasertib, rigosertib, and onvansertib, have entered clinical trials.
PLK4
PLK4 (polo-like kinase 4, SAK/STK18) is a centriole-localized serine/threonine kinase, master regulator of centriole duplication, an oncogene target inhibited by CFI-400945 in cancer trials, and a microcephaly gene when mutated.
Ploceidae
Ploceidae, the weaverbird family (weavers, bishops, widowbirds), is an Old World passerine family of about 122 species in 16-18 genera across Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, and Asia, defined by molecular phylogenies showing Ploceus non-monophyly and a mid-Miocene origin.
Ploceus
Ploceus, typical weavers, is a genus of Old World weaverbird (family Ploceidae) established by Cuvier in 1816 with the baya weaver as type. Molecular phylogenies show the traditional genus is polyphyletic, with Asian species retaining the name.
Plöckenpass
Plöckenpass (Passo di Monte Croce Carnico), a 1,357 m pass in the Carnic Alps on the Austrian-Italian border, with a Roman road and inscriptions, WWI history, and a 2023 rockfall closure reopened in 2026.
Plod Kittisophano (สมเด็จพระสังฆราช (ปลด กิตฺติโสภโณ))
Plod Kittisophano (ปลด กิตฺติโสภโณ), also known as Plot Kittisophano, was a Thai Mahanikaya monk who served as the 14th Supreme Patriarch of the Rattanakosin era from 1960 until his death in 1962.
PLOD2
PLOD2 (LH2, TLH, BRKS2), gene at 3q24 encoding lysyl hydroxylase 2, the ER enzyme that hydroxylates collagen telopeptide lysines; biallelic mutations cause Bruck syndrome 2, and overexpression drives cancer metastasis.
Ploidy
Ploidy is the number of chromosome sets in a cell: haploid (n), diploid (2n), or polyploid (3+ sets) from whole-genome duplication. Common in plants, it also occurs in animal tissues and cancer, followed by diploidization.
Ploieşti
Ploiești is a city in southern Romania, the capital of Prahova County about 60 km north of Bucharest, known as the historic center of the Romanian oil industry.
Plok!
Plok! is a 1993 Super Nintendo platformer by Software Creations and the Pickford brothers, starring a flag-wearing hero who throws detachable limbs at fleas on Akrillic Island, with a Tim and Geoff Follin soundtrack.
Ploom
Ploom is a heated tobacco device brand owned by Japan Tobacco, first sold online in Japan in December 2013 and later expanded to devices like Ploom X and Ploom AURA.
PLOS
PLOS, or the Public Library of Science, is a nonprofit open access scientific publisher based in San Francisco, founded in 2001 by Harold Varmus, Pat Brown, and Michael Eisen.
PLOS One
PLOS One (PLOS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203) is the Public Library of Science's multidisciplinary open access mega-journal, launched December 2006, publishing rigor-screened research regardless of novelty, funded by a $2,382 article processing charge under CC BY.
Plosive
Plosive, also called occlusive or stop, is a pulmonic consonant made by blocking the vocal tract and releasing air with a burst; English has /p b t d k g/ plus the glottal stop /ʔ/.
Plot (narrative)
Plot (narrative), also called mythos, intrigue, or sjuzhet, is the arrangement of story events and their causal connections in a narrative, defined by Aristotle, theorized via fabula/sjuzhet by the Russian formalists, and central to narratology.
Plot armor
Plot armor (plot armour) is informal fandom slang for a fictional character's implausible immunity to harm because the story needs them alive; first recorded 2005–10, defined on Urban Dictionary in 2008, and extended jokingly to real people.
Plot device
Plot device: a narrative element, object, character, or situation introduced to advance a story's plot or resolve a complication. Includes MacGuffin, deus ex machina, flashback, montage, red herring, cliffhanger, and criteria for effective versus contrived use.
Plot sampling
Plot sampling is a field survey method that counts or measures vegetation inside plots of known area, typically square quadrats, to estimate density, biomass, and species diversity.
Plot twist
Plot twist: an unexpected turn in a story's narrative that changes its direction or outcome; a twist ending concludes the tale. Associated with O. Henry, Maupassant, Hitchcock, and puzzle films.
Plotinus (Πλωτῖνος)
Plotinus (Πλωτῖνος, c. 204–270 CE), founder of Neoplatonism, Greek-Egyptian philosopher of the Enneads; system of the One, Intellect, and Soul; critically incorporated Aristotle into a Platonic framework, influencing Porphyry, Islamic philosophy, and the Renaissance.
Plotiště
Plotiště (Plotiště nad Labem), a village near Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, is a major multi-period archaeological site: Neolithic rondel, Únětice culture Early Bronze Age cemeteries, and a Roman period to Migration Period cremation necropolis of over 1,300 urn graves.
PlotJuggler
PlotJuggler is a free, open-source desktop application for visualizing time-series data from log files and live streams with a drag-and-drop interface, widely used in robotics.
Plott Hound
Plott Hound, an American coonhound-type scenthound from German Hanoverian Schweisshund stock brought to North Carolina in 1750 by Johannes (George) Plott; developed by Henry Plott, North Carolina's state dog since 1989, brindle big-game bear hunter.
Plotter
A plotter is a computer output device that produces drawings by moving a pen across paper under computer control, traditionally used for precise vector graphics such as maps, plans, and blueprints.
Plotto
Plotto is a 1995 abstract strategy board game by David L. Smith of Christchurch, New Zealand: players drop four-colored stones on a hexagonal board, no same-color adjacency, winning with a 4-in-a-row capped by own color at both ends; distinct from Cook's 1928 Plotto and the AI roleplay platform.
Plötzensee Prison
Plötzensee Prison (Strafgefängnis Berlin-Plötzensee) is a Berlin prison built 1869–1879, Prussia's largest prison complex. Under the Nazis it was the largest civilian execution site, with 2,891 executions 1933–1945; part is now the Plötzensee Memorial Center.
Plough
A plough (plow in North American usage) is an agricultural implement drawn through the soil to cut, lift, and turn over a furrow, burying weeds before sowing.
Plough Lane
Plough Lane (Cherry Red Records Stadium) is AFC Wimbledon's 9,300-capacity stadium in Wimbledon, London, opened 3 November 2020 on the site of the old Wimbledon greyhound stadium, near the 1912–1991 home of Wimbledon FC.
Ploughman's lunch
Ploughman's lunch: a cold British pub meal of bread, cheese, pickle and salad. Named by the Cheese Bureau in 1957 to sell cheese after rationing, though bread, cheese and ale were field workers' food for centuries.