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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Iranian cuisine (redirect from Persian cuisine)
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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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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Potassium nitrate (redirect from Vesta powder)
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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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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gold Azure Azure (X11/web color) Baby blue Baby blue eyes Baby pink Baby powder Baker-Miller pink Banana Mania Barbie pink Barn red Battleship grey Beau...
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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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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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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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Kashk (category Articles containing Persian-language text)
Kashk (Persian: کشک Kašk, Turkish: keş), (Sorani Kurdish: کەشک) qurut (Tuvan and Kyrgyz: курут, Kazakh: құрт, Turkmen: gurt, Uzbek: qurt, Azerbaijani:...
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History of gunpowder (redirect from Black-powder pistols)
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 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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English that derive from Persian, either directly, or more often, from one or more intermediary languages. Many words of Persian origin have made their...
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