• The term Persian powder can also refer to a type of dry snow in the Zagros Mountains. Persian powder is an insecticide powder with natural pyrethrin as...
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    Gunpowder (redirect from Black powder)
    Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of...
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  • Pyrethrum Pyrethrum daisy Painted daisy Persian chrysanthemum Persian insect flower Persian pellitory Caucasian insect powder plant Chrysanthemum List of companion...
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    this purpose since the 1900s. In the 1800s, it was known as "Persian powder", "Persian pellitory", and "zacherlin". Pyrethrins delay the closure of voltage-gated...
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    Sherbet is a fizzy, sweet powder, usually eaten by dipping a lollipop or liquorice, using a small spoon, or licking it from a finger. The word "sherbet"...
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  • Persian architecture Persian art Persian Bayán Persian calendar Persian Canadians Persian carpet Persian Christians Persian column Persian Corridor Persian...
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    for destructive pests, such as leafminer flies including L. trifolii. Persian powder is an example of industrial product of chrysanthemum insecticide. Chrysanthemum...
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    Talc (redirect from Talcum powder)
    Talc in powdered form, often combined with corn starch, is used as baby powder. This mineral is used as a thickening agent and lubricant. It is an ingredient...
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    floods into the powder room, nearly drowning Raoul and the Persian. The novel concludes 30 years after these events, with the Persian - now old and sick...
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    Halva (category Articles containing Persian-language text)
    made from flour, butter, liquid oil, saffron, rosewater, milk, turmeric powder, and sweetened with sugar. Look up halva in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
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    jamun gets its brownish red colour because of the sugar content in the milk powder (khoya). In other types of gulab jamun, sugar is added in the batter, and...
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  • The Persian Princess or Persian Mummy is a mummy of an alleged Persian princess who surfaced in Pakistani Baluchistan in October 2000. After considerable...
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    to Iran in the Western world, it is alternatively known as Persian cuisine, despite Persians being only one of a multitude of Iranian ethnic groups who...
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    Iranian pizza (redirect from Persian pizza)
    spices that are used in Persian Style pizza are Avishan (Oregano), Red pepper powder, black pepper, and Dried Garlic Powder. [citation needed] Some pizzerias...
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    A powder flask is a small container for gunpowder, which was an essential part of shooting equipment with muzzle-loading guns, before pre-made paper cartridges...
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  • entered the Persian language since the early modern period. The following is a partial list of these loanwords: Iran portal Languages portal Persian vocabulary...
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    Taftan (bread) (category Articles containing Persian-language text)
    It is sometimes flavoured with saffron and a small amount of cardamom powder, and may be decorated with seeds such as poppy seeds. Barbari bread Lavash...
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    Holi (redirect from Holi Powder)
    and youth spray coloured powder solutions (gulal) at each other, laugh, and celebrate, while adults smear dry coloured powder (abir) on each other's faces...
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    Zanzurne, Chaitanya (2012). "Effect of addition of gulkand and rose petal powder on chemical composition and organoleptic properties of Shrikhand". Recent...
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    and fireworks. It is one of the major constituents of gunpowder (black powder). In processed meats, potassium nitrate reacts with hemoglobin and myoglobin...
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    Saffron (redirect from Persian saffron)
    which comes from the Latin word safranum, from the Persian (زعفران, za'farān), from the Persian word zarparān (زرپران) meaning "gold strung" (implying...
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    Mīnākārī (category Articles containing Persian-language text)
    Minakari or Meenakari (Persian: میناکاری) is the process of painting and colouring the surfaces of metals and ceramic tiles through enameling, originating...
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    diminished due to the invention of smokeless powder. Gunpowder is often referred to today as "black powder" to distinguish it from the propellant used...
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    The powder keg of Europe or Balkan powder keg was the Balkans in the early part of the 20th century preceding World War I. There were many overlapping...
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  • Pavilion - Perennial plant - Pergola - Peristyle - Permaculture - Persian gardens - Persian powder - Pest control - Pesticide - Pesticide application - Pesticide...
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  • Upon an Alp (1962) Stars in the Snow (1963) Catch a Skiing Star (1964) Persian Powder (1965) Silver Skis (1966) An Evening with John Jay (1966) Head for the...
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  • Sugaring, sugar waxing, or Persian waxing is a method of hair removal that has been in use since 1900 BC. Historically, sugar was confined to the regions...
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    The Persian famine of 1917–1919 (Persian: قحطی ۱۲۹۶-۱۲۹۸ ایران) was a period of widespread mass starvation and disease in Iran under the rule of the Qajar...
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    1880 as the Picatinny Powder Depot. Soon afterward, the Navy acquired a portion of the arsenal to establish the Lake Denmark Powder Depot, later known as...
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    Mummia (redirect from Mummy powder)
    the bones and other parts of the mummy together, so that the resulting powder has more solidity and is less fusible than the asphalt alone would be. A...
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