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Talik
A talik, from a Siberian word introduced to science by Siemon W. Muller in 1945, is ground that stays unfrozen year-round within permafrost, moving water and heat through frozen ground.
Talikizade Mehmed
Talikizade Mehmed (محمد بن رسول), more fully Talikizade Mehmed Subhi, was a sixteenth-century Ottoman chancery secretary and official court historiographer serving the sultans Murad III and Mehmed III.
Talim (weaving notation)
Talim is a symbolic notation used by South Asian handloom weavers, above all in Kashmir, to record the color sequence and knot counts of a textile.
Talimarjan power station
Talimarjan power station (Tallimarjon issiqlik elektr stansiyasi) is a gas-fired thermal power plant in southern Uzbekistan with 1,700 MW installed, plus a further 1,065 MW combined-cycle capacity commissioned in December 2025.
Talin power station
Talin power station (大林發電廠) is a thermal power plant at Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan, operated by Taiwan Power Company and built in the 1960s.
Talina Gantenbein
Talina Gantenbein, born 1998 in Scuol, is a Swiss ski cross racer on the Swiss-Ski national team: 2016 Youth Olympic gold medalist, three-time Olympian (12th 2018, 9th 2022, 5th 2026), with 8 World Cup podiums.
Talinga/Orana Gas Field
Talinga/Orana is a coal seam gas field in the Surat Basin of southeast Queensland, Australia, operated by Origin Energy, which began gas sales at Talinga in 2007.
Talinsky Oil and Gas Asset
The Talinsky Oil and Gas Asset, also known as Talinskoye, is an onshore oil field in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of West Siberia, Russia, producing since 1981.
Talinum
Talinum Adans. (fameflower) is a genus of about 28 accepted species of fleshy herbs in Talinaceae, Caryophyllales, native to the tropics and subtropics; includes waterleaf (T. fruticosum) and Javanese ginseng (T. paniculatum).
Talip Apaydın
Talip Apaydın (1926–2014) was a Turkish novelist and short-story writer whose plain-language fiction depicted the Anatolian village, winning the Madaralı and Orhan Kemal novel awards.
Taliparamba (തലപ്പറമ്പ)
Taliparamba (തലപ്പറമ്പ), also Thaliparamba, ancient Perinchellur/Chellur, is a municipality and taluk headquarters in Kannur district, Kerala, 25 km from Kannur, famed for the Rajarajeshwara Temple, spice trade, and 44,294-strong municipal population.
Talipes calcaneovalgus
Talipes calcaneovalgus, also called congenital talipes calcaneovalgus (ICD-10 Q66.4, ICD-11 LB98.22), is a flexible congenital foot deformity with the ankle dorsiflexed and forefoot deviated outward, affecting about 5 percent of newborns, treated with stretching, splinting, or casting, with an excellent prognosis.
Talipes calcaneovarus
Talipes calcaneovarus (ICD-10 Q66.1, HPO HP:0008124) is a congenital foot deformity combining talipes calcaneus and talipes varus: a dorsiflexed, inverted, adducted foot, a clubfoot form distinct from talipes equinovarus and calcaneovalgus.
Talis Capital
Talis Capital is a London-based venture capital firm investing at Seed and Series A in technology companies including Darktrace and iwoca, funded solely by private wealth rather than institutional investors.
Talisa Soto
Talisa Soto (Miriam Soto), American actress and model born 1967 in Brooklyn; Bond girl Lupe Lamora in Licence to Kill (1989) and Princess Kitana in Mortal Kombat (1995, 1997); married to Benjamin Bratt.
Talisca
Talisca (Anderson Souza Conceição), Brazilian attacking midfielder born 1994; played for Bahia, Benfica, Besiktas, Guangzhou, Al-Nassr, Fenerbahçe, now Al-Jazira; league titles in Portugal, Turkey, China; no senior Brazil caps.
Talisman
A talisman is an object made, inscribed, and activated for one specific purpose and user, believed to attract benefits such as love, victory, or fortune, unlike an amulet.
Talisman (board game)
Talisman: The Magical Quest Game, fantasy adventure board game by Robert Harris, Games Workshop 1983; five editions, Crown of Command endgame, Strength/Craft characters, Nomad Games digital versions.
Talita von Fürstenberg
Princess Talita Natasha von Fürstenberg, granddaughter of designer Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon, is an American designer. Named DVF muse in 2018, launched TVF for DVF in 2019, co-chairwoman of DVF since October 2021.
Talitha Bateman
Talitha Eliana Bateman (born 2001, Turlock, California) is an American actress known as Janice in Annabelle: Creation, Nora in Love, Simon, and Alexis in Netflix's Away, from a large acting family including brother Gabriel Bateman.
Talitha Getty
Talitha Getty, born Talitha Dina Pol (1940-1971), Dutch actress, model, and socialite; wife of John Paul Getty Jr.; late-1960s style icon of Marrakech bohemian fashion.
Talithia Williams
Talithia Williams is an American statistician and professor at Harvey Mudd College known for spatial statistics, the TED talk "Own Your Body's Data," and co-hosting NOVA Wonders.
Talk box
A talk box is an effects device that routes an instrument's sound through a tube into the performer's mouth, popular in the 1970s with Peter Frampton.
Talk Dirty (album)
Talk Dirty is a 2014 studio album by American singer Jason Derulo, a retitled U.S. edition of his 2013 album Tattoos, released April 15, 2014.
Talk on Corners
Talk on Corners is the 1997 second studio album by Irish band The Corrs, blending pop rock with Celtic folk. Released 17 October 1997, it topped the UK chart, sold about 9 million copies, and spawned the singles Only When I Sleep, I Never Loved You Anyway, and What Can I Do.
Talk radio
Talk radio, a broadcast format of host-led talk shows and listener call-ins, pioneered by Barry Gray and Jerry Williams, exploded after the 1987 Fairness Doctrine repeal and Rush Limbaugh's 1988 syndication, becoming a conservative political medium now challenged by podcasts.
Talk show
Talk show: a radio, television, or streamed program (also chat show) in which a host guides unscripted conversation with guests and an audience. Roots in early radio; Meet the Press (1947) and The Tonight Show (1954) established the TV genre; now spans daytime, late-night, and podcast formats.
Talk Talk
Talk Talk, English rock band formed 1981 by Mark Hollis, Lee Harris, Paul Webb, and Simon Brenner, moved from synth-pop hits to Spirit of Eden (1988) and Laughing Stock (1991), foundations of post-rock; split 1991.
Talk Talk (Charli XCX song)
"Talk talk" is a Charli XCX song, track 5 on her 2024 album Brat, about her hesitation toward George Daniel of The 1975; a Troye Sivan remix with uncredited Dua Lipa vocals peaked at UK number 24.
Talk That Talk
Talk That Talk is Rihanna's sixth studio album, released November 18, 2011 on Def Jam; recorded in under two months on tour, led by "We Found Love" with Calvin Harris, ten weeks at US No. 1.