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- List of glossaries (glossaries are also included in this list)
- List of themed timelines (also included in this list)
- List of trivia lists (also included here)
- Lists by country (general lists by country not included here)
- Lists of people (not included here)
Astronomy
- Asteroids
- Constellation listing
- List of astronomers
- List of astronomical topics
- List of astrophysicists
- List of meteor showers
- List of stars
- List of telescope types
- Moons of the solar system
- Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys
- Timeline of cosmic microwave background astronomy
- Timeline of cosmology
- Timeline of galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure
- Timeline of planetary exploration
- Timeline of solar astronomy
- Timeline of solar system astronomy
- Timeline of stellar astronomy
- Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology
- Timeline of the Big Bang
- Timeline of the interstellar medium and intergalactic medium
- Timeline of the Universe
- Timeline of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae
- Zodiac
Biology
- Amino acids
- Flower album
- Genetic code
- List of Acer species (maple)
- List of Arecaceae Genera (palm tree family)
- List of birds
- List of cat breeds
- List of common species names
- List of dog breeds
- List of genera in Caesalpinioideae
- List of genera in Faboideae
- List of genera in Mimosoideae
- List of flowers
- List of forests
- List of fruit
- List of herbs
- List of horse breeds
- List of Quercus species (oak)
- List of Smilax species
- List of vegetables
- Timeline of evolution
Business and finance
- List of accounting topics
- List of banks
- List of currency codes
- List of employer associations
- List of labor unions
- List of strikes
- List of stock exchanges
- List of stock market indices
- List of U.S. states by unemployment rate
- Lists of companies (by nationality and industry)
- Timeline of the Enron scandal
Chemistry
Cinema
- List of movies
- List of film festivals
- List of film institutes
- List of 'years in film'
- List of films
- List of 1970s, 1980s, 1990s movies
- List of cult films
- List of devil-child movies
- List of films noir
- List of films preserved in the United States National Film Registry
- List of gay movies
- List of highest-grossing films see also: List of major flops
- List of musical films
- List of remakes
- List of Stephen King films
- List of war films
- List of Westerns
Computing, Internet, and Technology
- Character sets and encodings
- List of algorithms
- List of data structures
- List of basic computer science topics
- List of calculators
- List of computer bugs
- List of computing and IT acronyms
- List of graphics file format
- List of IBM products
- List of internet slang
- List of Intel microprocessors
- List of machines running CP/M
- List of newsgroups
- List of operating systems
- List of programming languages: alphabetical, categorical, chronological, generational
- List of Univac products
- List of Unix commands
- Timeline of computing
- Timeline of microscope technology
- Timeline of materials technology
Events and History
- General tables
- List of famous archaeological discoveries
- List of famous archaeological sites
- List of contemporary civil wars
- List of diplomatic doctrines
- List of disasters
- List of earthquakes
- List of explorations
- List of extinct countries, empires, etc.
- List of firsts
- Major cases of genocide
- List of guerrilla movements
- List of historians
- List of hurricanes
- Timeline of invention
- List of famous kidnappings
- List of massacres
- List of musical events
- List of Roman sites: UK
- List of strikes
- List of terrorist groups
- List of terrorist incidents
- List of treaties
- List of United States Supreme Court cases
- List of world records in chess
Foods and drinks
- Commercial brands of beers
- List of recipes
- List of cocktails
- List of diets
- List of French cheeses
- List of food additives
- List of wine producing regions
- List of restaurant chains
- List of Fast-food restaurant chains
- List of Vegan recipes
Geography and Places
- List of abbeys and priories: Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
- List of botanical gardens
- List of castles
- List of famous cemeteries
- List of cities
- List of countries - see also: lists by country
- List of dams
- List of deserts
- List of extinct countries, empires, etc.
- List of flags
- List of gardens
- List of historic houses
- List of islands
- List of lakes
- List of micronations
- List of mountains
- List of museums
- List of museum ships
- List of non-independent areas
- List of oceanic ridges
- List of oceanic trenches
- List of popular tourist regions
- List of public outdoor nudist areas
- List of rivers: Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas
- List of spa towns
- List of states in the Holy Roman Empire
- List of straits
- List of tributaries of Hudson Bay
- List of tributaries of the Aar river
- Toponymy lists (place names)
- List of United States military bases
- List of walls
- List of waterfalls
- List of World Heritage Sites
- List of zoos
Geology
Government, law and politics
- List of abbreviations used in CIA World Factbook
- List of committees of the United States Senate
- List of intelligence agencies
- List of international declarations
- List of legal topics
- List of literature on political science
- List of national anthems
- List of political parties
- List of Uniform Acts (United States)
- List of United Nations Member States
- List of United States Federal Legislation
- List of U.S. federal agencies
- List of Taliban members
- List of treaties
Higher education
Language and words
- List of languages
- Alphabets (and list of alphabets)
- Arabic alphabet
- Aramaic alphabet
- Braille
- Coptic alphabet
- Cyrillic alphabet
- Gothic alphabet
- Hangul (Korean alphabet)
- Hebrew alphabet
- Kannada language (and alphabet)
- Hiragana, Katakana (Japanese alphabet)
- Morse code
- NATO phonetic alphabet
- Phoenician alphabet
- Runic alphabet
- SAMPA Chart
- SAMPA Chart for English
- Shavian alphabet
- Thai alphabet
- American and British English Differences
- Auxiliary verb
- Basic English (includes list of the 850 core words)
- Common phrases in different languages
- Greek language/Lexicon
- Irregular verb
- Latin language/Lexicon
- List of archaic English words and their modern equivalents
- List of collective nouns
- List of common misspellings
- List of general acronyms
- List of kennings
- List of Latin phrases
- List of slogans
- List of strange words in the English language
- List of TLAs
- Pronunciation
- Proverbs: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
- Wikipedia:Common words, searching for which is not possible (with the Wikipedia search engine)
- Word length
- Word endings
Literature
Literature: General
- List of fiction genres
- List of books usually included in the Western canon
- List of banned books
- List of books
- List of comic books
- List of comic strips
- List of fairy tales
Literature: Major themes
Mathematics
- List of mathematical topics
- List of statistical topics
- Classification of finite simple groups
- List of mathematical functions
- List of matrices
- List of numbers
- List of relativistic equations
- List of small groups
- Mathematical constants
- Table of integrals
- Table of mathematical symbols
- Taylor series
- Timeline of mathematics
- Trigonometric identities
- Truth table
Medicine
- Glossaries and acronmys
- List of human anatomical features
- List of diseases
- List of rare diseases (6000+ diseases)
- List of notifiable diseases (USA, from CDC document)
- List of infectious diseases
- List of genetic disorders
- List of disabilities
- List of mental illnesses
- List of neurological disorders
- List of surgical procedures
Military
- List of battles: chronological, alphabetical, geographic
- List of guerrilla movements
- List of military aircraft: Luftwaffe, Soviet Union and CIS, USA
- List of military missions, operations, and projects
- List of missiles
- List of NATO reporting names
- List of ships
- Lists of navy ships: UK, USA
- List of Naval Vessels of World War II
- List of aircraft carriers
- List of swords
- List of tanks
- List of terrorist groups
- List of terrorist incidents
- List of US Army acronyms
- List of United States military bases
- List of wars
- List of weapons
Music
- List of compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach
- List of Cover versions of pop songs
- List of famous operas
- Types of folk music
- List of indie labels
- List of musical events
- List of musical genres
- List of musical instruments
- List of musical topics
- List of opera houses
- List of operettas
- Punk music
People
For many different lists of people see list of people. This includes lists by surname, nationality, occupation, office held, and belief.
Physics
Psychology
Religion
Size, measurement and conversions
- SI base units
- SI derived units
- SI prefix
- Unit conversions
- Orders of magnitude
- Specific measures
Sociology
Space exploration
Sports and Games
- List of sports
- List of games
- List of football teams
- Olympic medalists
- IOC country codes
- List of chess openings
- List of world records in chess
- List of computer puzzle games
- List of defunct sports leagues
- List of Dreamcast games
- List of Mancala variants
- List of NES games
- List of Pokemon characters
- List of Atari 2600 games
Standards
- ISO 639 language names
- ISO 3166 country codes
- IOC country codes
- FIPS two-letter country codes
- US postal abbreviations
- Time zones
- List of country calling codes
- List of Internet TLDs
- Federal Standard 1037C (Glossary of telecommunication terms)
Structures
- List of notable Irish buildings
- List of lighthouses and lightvessels: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, USA
- List of windmills: UK
- List of watermills: UK
- List of World's Tallest Structures
- See also: Transportation, Geography and Places
Television
- List of 'years in television'
- List of television networks
- List of television stations
- Lists of television channels
- List of television programs
- Episode lists
- List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes
- List of Firefly episodes
- List of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys episodes
- The Simpsons episode list
- List of Sliders episodes
- List of Yes, (Prime) Minister episodes
- List of Star Trek episodes: The Original Series (1966-1969), The Next Generation (1987-1994), Deep Space Nine (1993-1999), Voyager (1995-2001), Enterprise (2001- )
- List of The Twilight Zone episodes
- List of Xena: Warrior Princess episodes
- List of characters from The Simpsons
Transportation
- List of aircraft
- List of airports
- List of automobiles
- List of aviation, aerospace and aeronautical terms
- List of famous trains
- List of heritage railways
- List of bridges: UK, USA
- List of suspension bridges
- List of light-rail transit systems (tram)
- List of metro systems (subway)
- List of roads and highways: US interstates, UK motorways
- List of spacecraft
- List of tunnels: NL, NZ, UK
Other
- List of almanacs
- List of Artificial Radiation Belts
- List of bibliographies
- List of bicycle parts
- List of BSA local councils and districts
- List of Celtic mythological beings
- List of clichés
- List of Conservation topics
- List of digital library projects
- List of encyclopedias
- List of famous elephants
- List of festivals
- List of fictional ..
- List of Greek mythological characters
- List of historical cats
- List of historical dogs
- List of hobbies
- List of items for which possession is restricted
- List of knots
- List of lightbulb jokes
- List of magazines
- List of major flops
- List of newspapers
- List of Number of the beast
- List of plastic recycling codes
- List of prizes, medals, and awards
- List of professions
- List of schools: UK, US
- List of sex positions
- List of sex related topics
- List of ways to skin a cat
- List of world's fairs
- List of worldcons
- List of You have two cows
- List of HowTos
- List of unsolved problems