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List of clock manufacturers

A list of clock manufacturers spanning the 1631 London Clockmakers' Company, Eli Terry's American factories, and German and Japanese makers like Hermle, Kieninger, and Seiko.

List of cloud types

The list of cloud types is the World Meteorological Organization's classification of clouds into ten genera, from cirrus to cumulonimbus, published in the International Cloud Atlas.

List of colors by shade

The list of colors by shade organizes named colors into groups by tint, tone, and shade, from Werner's 1774 system to Pantone and CSS web colors.

List of colors: A–F

List of colors: A–F is the first of three alphabetical segments organizing the CSS named colors, running from aliceblue and aqua through the dark family to darkred.

List of colors: G–M

List of colors: G–M covers CSS named colors from gray through maroon, including their VGA and X11 origins and their role as basic color terms.

List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics

A list of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics, such as the myth of one scientific method, theories becoming laws, misread p-values, and division by zero.

List of common physics notations

The list of common physics notations, also known as physics symbols, collects the symbols for quantities, units, operators, and constants, from F for force to c for the speed of light.

List of commonly used taxonomic affixes

Taxonomic affixes are prefixes and suffixes from Latin and Greek used in scientific names of organisms, with suffixes such as -idae and -aceae signaling the taxon's rank.

List of components of oil drilling rigs

The list of components of oil drilling rigs describes the four systems of a rotary rig: power, hoisting, rotating, and circulating, along with well control equipment and instrumentation.

List of computer simulation software

The list of computer simulation software covers programs that model physical, chemical, biological, and engineered systems, from OpenFOAM and Geant4 to COMSOL and Ansys Fluent.

List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes

The list of costliest Atlantic hurricanes ranks storms by estimated U.S. damage adjusted for inflation, led by Katrina (2005) at $201.3 billion, ahead of Harvey and Ian.

List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions

The list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions ranks countries by yearly CO2 output; in 2024 China led with 32% of global fossil emissions, ahead of the United States and India.

List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita

The list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita, also called per capita CO2 emissions, ranks countries by annual CO₂ per person, with Qatar highest and DR Congo lowest in 2024.

List of countries by minimum wage

List of countries by minimum wage: statutory minimum wage rates worldwide, also called national minimum wage or salaire minimum. Covers 189 countries with minimum wages, highest (Switzerland) and lowest (Burundi) rates, pay periods, and datasets like ILOSTAT, Eurostat, OECD, WageIndicator.

List of dates for Easter

The list of dates for Easter, also known as Upcoming Easters, covers the 35 possible dates, March 22 to April 25, set by church rules from Nicaea in 325.

List of designer drugs

The list of designer drugs covers psychoactive substances created by slightly modifying controlled drugs so they mimic the originals while falling outside drug control laws, a term used since the 1980s.

List of diamond mines

The list of diamond mines covers the world's major producing mines by country, led in 2024 by Russia, Botswana, Angola, Canada, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

List of diamonds

The list of diamonds catalogs notable named stones, including the 3,106-carat Cullinan, the Hope Diamond, the Koh-i-Noor, and record Botswana rough finds, by weight, color, and ownership.

List of digital camera brands

The list of digital camera brands covers interchangeable-lens makers such as Canon, Nikon, and Sony, plus medium-format specialists, action camera brands like GoPro, and licensed or discontinued names.

List of earthquakes in 2026

The list of earthquakes in 2026 covers notable worldwide quakes, led by a June magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 doublet in Venezuela that killed thousands and caused $19.6 billion in damage.

List of earthquakes in New Zealand

The list of earthquakes in New Zealand covers notable events in a country recording over 20,000 earthquakes a year, including the deadly 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

List of earthquakes in the Levant

The list of earthquakes in the Levant covers earthquakes recorded in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan, most generated by the roughly 1,000-km-long Dead Sea Transform fault.

List of elements by stability of isotopes

This list describes which nuclides of each chemical element undergo no radioactive decay: 254 stable isotopes across 80 elements, with lead-208 the heaviest stable nucleus known.

List of eponymous laws

The list of eponymous laws, also called list of adages named after people, covers laws, principles, and adages named after people, from Ohm's law to Murphy's law.

List of European countries by average wage

A ranked list of European countries by average gross wage: in 2024 Luxembourg topped the EU at €83,000 and Bulgaria was lowest at €15,400, against an EU average of €39,800.

List of European tornadoes in 2026

A list of confirmed European tornadoes in 2026, documenting events including the August tornado that damaged about 300 houses in Pomas, France, and an October tornado in western Sicily.

List of exoplanets discovered in 2026

A list of the exoplanets discovered in 2026 as recorded by the NASA Exoplanet Archive, including Beta Pictoris d, Gaia23braL b, and the habitable-zone Gl 725 B c.

List of extreme weather records in Pakistan

The list of extreme weather records in Pakistan covers the country's verified temperature and rainfall extremes, led by Turbat's 53.7 °C heat record and the record 2022 monsoon.

List of F3, EF3, and IF3 tornadoes (2020–present)

The list of F3, EF3, and IF3 tornadoes (2020–present) covers tornadoes rated in the third-strongest category of the Fujita scales, with EF3 winds of 136–165 mph.

List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes

The list of F5 and EF5 tornadoes catalogs tornadoes rated the highest intensity on the Fujita and Enhanced Fujita scales, 53 in the United States since 1950.