Terminology of the Imperium-Glossary of Terms in the book Glossary of terms used in Dune. Use this glossary if you get stuck on any of the terms. 1 0 dictionary 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 SUBAKH UL KUHAR "Are you well?": a Fremen greeting. 1 1 0 1 1 STILLSUIT Body-enclosing garment invented on Arrakis. Its fabric is a microsandwich performing functions of heat dissipation and filter for bodily wastes. Reclaimed moisture is made available by tube from catchpockets. 1 1 0 1 1 TAHADDI AL-BURHAN An ultimate test from which there can be no appeal (usually because it brings death or destruction). 1 1 0 1 1 SUBAK UN NAR "I am well. And you?": traditional reply. 1 1 0 1 1 SUSPENSOR Secondary (low-drain) phase of a Holtzman field generator. It nullifies gravity within certain limits prescribed by relative mass and energy consumption. 1 1 0 1 1 TAQWA "The price of freedom." Something of great value. That which a deity demands of a mortal (and the fear provoked by the demand). 1 1 0 1 1 SPICE See Melange. 1 1 0 1 1 TAHADDI CHALLENGE Fremen challenge to mortal combat, usually to test some primal issue. 1 1 0 1 1 TIDAL DUST BASIN Any of the extensive depressions in the surface of Arrakis which have been filled with dust over the centuries and in which actual dust tides (see Sandtides) have been measured. 1 1 0 1 1 TRUTHTRANCE Semihypnotic trance induced by one of several "awareness spectrum" narcotics in which the petit betrayals of deliberate falsehood are apparent to the truthtrance observer. (Note: "awareness spectrum" narcotics are frequently fatal except to desensitized individuals capable of transforming the poison-configuration within their own bodies.) 1 1 0 1 1 TROOP CARRIER Any Guild ship designed specifically for transport of troops between planets. 1 1 0 1 1 TRAINING When applied to Bene Gesserit, this otherwise common term assumes special meaning, referring to that conditioning of nerve and muscle (see Bindu and Prana) which is carried to the last possible notch permitted by natural function. 1 1 0 1 1 TLEILAX Lone planet of Thalim, noted as renegade training center for Mentats; source of "twisted" Mentats. 1 1 0 1 1 T-P Idiomatic for telepathy. 1 1 0 1 1 TAU, THE In Fremen terminology, that oneness of a sietch community enhanced by spice diet and especially the tau orgy of oneness elicited by drinking the Water of Life. 1 1 0 1 1 THUMPER Short stake with spring-driven clapper at one end. The purpose: to be driven into the sand and set "thumping" to summon shai-hulud. (See Maker hooks.) 1 1 0 1 1 TRUTHSAYER A Reverend Mother qualified to enter truthtrance and detect insincerity or falsehood. 1 1 0 1 1 TUPILE So-called "sanctuary planet" (probably several planets) for defeated Houses of the Imperium. Location(s) known only to the Guild and maintained inviolate under the Guild Peace. 1 1 0 1 1 UMMA One of the brotherhood of prophets. (A term of scorn in the Imperium, meaning any "wild" person given to fanatical prediction.) 1 1 0 1 1 USUL "The base of the pillar." 1 1 0 1 1 VOICE That combined training originated by the Bene Gesserit which permits an adept to control others merely by selected tone shadings of the voice. 1 1 0 1 1 UROSHNOR One of several sounds empty of general meaning and which Bene Gesserit implant within the psyches of selected victims for purposes of control. The sensitized person, hearing the sound, is temporarily immobilized. 1 1 0 1 1 STILLTENT Small, scalable enclosure of micro-sandwich fabric designed to reclaim as potable water the ambient moisture discharged within it by the breath of its occupants. 1 1 0 1 1 SLIP-TIP Any thin, short blade (often poison-tipped) for left-hand use in shield fighting. 1 1 0 1 1 SNOOPER, POISON Radiation analyzer within the olfactory spectrum and keyed to detect poisonous substances. 1 1 0 1 1 SOLARI Official monetary unit of the Imperium, its purchasing power set at quatricentennial negotiations between the Guild, the Landsraad, and the Emperor. 1 1 0 1 1 SOO-SOO SOOK! Water-seller's cry on Arrakis. Sook is a market place. (See Ikhut-eigh!) 1 1 0 1 1 SPACING GUILD See Guild. 1 1 0 1 1 SINK A habitable lowland area on Arrakis surrounded by high ground that protects it from the prevailing storms. 1 1 0 1 1 SINKCHART Map of the Arrakis surface laid out with reference to the most reliable paracompass routes between places of refuge. (See Paracompass.) 1 1 0 1 1 SIHAYA Fremen: the desert springtime with religious overtones implying the time of fruitfulness and "the paradise to come." 1 1 0 1 1 SHIELD WALL A mountainous geographic feature in the northern reaches of Arrakis which protects a small area from the full force of the planet's coriolis storms. 1 1 0 1 1 SHIGAWIRE Metallic extrusion of a ground vine. (Narvi narviium) grown only on Salusa Secundus and III Delta Kaising. It is noted for extreme tensile strength. 1 1 0 1 1 SHAITAN Satan. 1 1 0 1 1 SHIELD, DEFENSIVE The protective field produced by a Holtzman generator. This field derives from Phase One of the suspensor-nullification effect. A shield will permit entry only to objects moving at slow speeds (depending on setting, this speed ranges from six to nine centimeters per second) and can be shorted out only by a shire-sized electric field. (See Lasgun.) 1 1 0 1 1 SIETCH Fremen: "Place of assembly in time of danger. "Because the Fremen lived so long in peril, the term came by general usage to designate any cave warren inhabited by one of their tribal communities. 1 1 0 1 1 SHADOUT Well-dipper, a Fremen honorific. 1 1 0 1 1 SHARI-A That part of the panoplia propheticus which sets forth the superstitious ritual. (See Missionaria Protectiva.) 1 1 0 1 1 SHAI-HULUD Sandworm of Arrakis, the "Old Man of the Desert," "Old Father Eternity," and "Grandfather of the Desert." Significantly, this name, when referred to in a certain tone or written with capital letters, designates the earth deity of Fremen hearth superstitions. Sandworms grow to enormous size (specimens longer than 400 meters have been seen in the deep desert) and live to great age unless slain by one of their fellows or drowned in water, which is poisonous to them. Most of the sand on Arrakis is credited to sandworm action. (See Little Maker.) 1 1 0 1 1 SEMUTA The second narcotic derivative (by crystal extraction) from burned residue of elacca wood. The effect (described as timeless, sustained ecstasy) is elicited by certain atonal vibrations referred to as semuta music. 1 1 0 1 1 SAYYADINA Feminine acolyte in the Fremen religious hierarchy. 1 1 0 1 1 SECOND MOON The smaller of the two satellites of Arrakis, noteworthy for the kangaroo mouse figure in its surface markings. 1 1 0 1 1 SANDCRAWLER General term for machinery designed to operate on the Arrakis surface in hunting and collecting melange. 1 1 0 1 1 SANDWORM See Shai-Hulud. 1 1 0 1 1 SARDAUKAR The soldier-fanatics of the Padishah Emperor. They were men from an environmental background of such ferocity that it killed six out of thirteen persons before the age of eleven. Their military training emphasized ruthlessness and a near-suicidal disregard for personal safety. They were taught from infancy to use cruelty as a standard weapon, weakening opponents with terror. At the apex of their sway over the affairs of the Universe, their swordsmanship was said to match that of the Ginaz tenth level and their cunning abilities at in-fighting were reputed to approach those of a Bene Gesserit adept. Any one of them was rated a match for any ten ordinary Landsraad military conscripts. By the time of Shaddam IV, while they were still formidable, their strength had been sapped by overconfidence, and the sustaining mystique of their warrior religion had been deeply undermined by cynicism. 1 1 0 1 1 SANDRIDER Fremen term for one who is capable of capturing and riding a sandworm. 1 1 0 1 1 SANDMASTER General superintendent of spice operations. 1 1 0 1 1 SALUSA SECUNDUS Third planet of Gamma Waiping; designated Imperial Prison Planet after removal of the Royal Court to Kaitain. Salusa Secundus is homeworld of House Corrino, and the second stopping point in migrations of the Wandering Zensunni. Fremen tradition says they were slaves on S.S. for nine generations. 1 1 0 1 1 YA! YA! YAWM! Fremen chanting cadence used in time of deep ritual significance. Ya carries the root meaning of "Now pay attention!" The yawm form is a modified term calling for urgent immediacy. The chant is usually translated as "Now, hear this!" 1 1 0 1 1 WINDTRAP A device placed in the path of a prevailing wind and capable of precipitating moisture from the air caught within it, usually by a sharp and distinct drop in temperature within the trap. 1 1 0 1 1 YA HYA CHOUHADA "Long live the fighters!" The Fedaykin battle cry. Ya (now) in this cry is augmented by the hya form (the ever-extended now). Chouhada (fighters) carries this added meaning of fighters against injustice. There is a distinction in this word that specifies the fighters are not struggling for anything, but are consecrated against a specific thing -- that alone. 1 1 0 1 1 YALI A Fremen's personal quarters within the sietch. 1 1 0 1 1 RIMWALL Second upper Step of the protecting bluffs on the Shield Wall of Arrakis. (See Shield Wall.) 1 1 0 1 1 RUH-SPIRIT In Fremen belief, that part of the individual which is always rooted in (and capable of sensing) the metaphysical world. (See Alam al-Mithal.) 1 1 0 1 1 ZENSUNNI Followers of a schismatic sect that broke away from the teachings of Maometh (the so-called "Third Muhammed") about 1381 B.G. The Zensunni religion is noted chiefly for its emphasis on the mystical and a reversion to "the ways of the fathers." Most scholars name Ali Ben Ohashi as leader of the original schism but there is some evidence that Ohashi may have been merely the male spokesman for his second wife, Nisai. 1 1 0 1 1 RICHESE Fourth planet of Eridani A, classed with Ix as supreme in machine culture. Noted for miniaturization. (For a detailed study on how Richese and lx escaped the more severe effects of the Butlerian Jihad, see The Last Jihad by Sumer and Kautman.) 1 1 0 1 1 QANAT An open canal for carrying irrigation water under controlled conditions through a desert. 1 1 0 1 1 QUIZARA TAFWID Fremen priests (after Muad'Dib). 1 1 0 1 1 RAZZIA A semipiratical guerrilla raid. 1 1 0 1 1 REVEREND MOTHER Originally, a proctor of the Bene Gesserit, one who has transformed an "illuminating poison" within her body, raising herself to a higher state of awareness. Title adopted by Fremen for their own religious leaders who accomplished a similar "illumination." (See also Bene Gesserit and Water of Life.) 1 1 0 1 1 PROCTOR SUPERIOR A Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother who is also regional director of a B.G. school. (Commonly: Bene Gesserit with the Sight.) 1 1 0 1 1 PRE-SPICE MASS The stage of fungusoid wild growth achieved when water is flooded into the excretions of Little Makers. At this stage, the spice of Arrakis forms a characteristic "blow," exchanging the material from deep underground for the matter on the surface above it. This mass, after exposure to sun and air, becomes melange (See also Melange and Water of Life.) 1 1 0 1 1 PLASTEEL Steel which has been stabilized with stravidium fibers grown into its crystal structure. 1 1 0 1 1 POLING THE SAND The art of placing plastic and fiber poles in the open desert wastes of Arrakis and reading the patterns etched on the poles by sandstorms as a clue to weather prediction. 1 1 0 1 1 PRANA (Prana-musculature): the body's muscles when considered as units for ultimate training. (See Bindu.) 1 1 0 1 1 PARACOMPASS Any compass that determines direction by local magnetic anomaly; used where relevant charts are available and where a planet's total magnetic field is unstable or subject to masking by severe magnetic storms. 1 1 0 1 1 ORNITHOPTER (Commonly: 'thopter): any aircraft capable of sustained wing-beat flight in the manner of birds. 1 1 0 1 1 OUT-FREYN Galach for "immediately foreign," that is: not of your immediate community, not of the select. 1 1 0 1 1 PAN On Arrakis, any low-lying region or depression created by the subsiding of the underlying basement complex. (On planets with sufficient water, a pan indicates a region once covered by open water. Arrakis is believed to have at least one such area, although this remains open to argument.) 1 1 0 1 1 PANOPLIA PROPHETICUS Term covering the infectious superstitions used by the Bene Gesserit to exploit primitive regions. (See Missionaria Protectiva.) 1 1 0 1 1 ORANGE CATHOLIC BIBLE The "Accumulated Book," the religious text produced by the Commission of Ecumenical Translators. It contains elements of most ancient religions, including the Maometh Saari, Mahayana Christianity, Zensunni Catholicism and Buddislamic traditions. Its supreme commandment is considered to be: "Thou shall not disfigure the soul." 1 1 0 1 1 NA- A prefix meaning "nominated" or "next in line." Thus: na-Baron means heir apparent to a barony. 1 1 0 1 1 NAIB One who has sworn never to be taken alive by the enemy; traditional oath of a Fremen leader. 1 1 0 1 1 MUDIR NAHYA The Fremen name for Beast Rabban (Count Rabban of Lankiveil), the Harkonnen cousin who was siridar governor on Arrakis for many years. The name is often translated as "Demon Ruler." 1 1 0 1 1 MUAD'DIB The adapted kangaroo mouse of Arrakis, a creature associated in the Fremen earth-spirit mythology with a design visible on the planet's second moon. This creature is admired by Fremen for its ability to survive in the open desert. 1 1 0 1 1 MUSKY A poison in a drink. (See Chaumurky.) 1 1 0 1 1 MU ZEIN WALLAH! Mu zein literally means "nothing good," and wallah is a reflexive terminal exclamation. In this traditional opening for a Fremen curse against an enemy, Wallah turns the emphasis back upon the words Mu zein, producing the meaning: "Nothing good, never good, good for nothing." 1 1 0 1 1 MENTAT That class of Imperial citizens trained for supreme accomplishments of logic. "Human computers." 1 1 0 1 1 MISSIONARIA PROTECTIVA The arm of the Bene Gesserit order charged with sowing infectious superstitions on primitive worlds, thus opening those regions to exploitation by the Bene Gesserit. (See Panoplia propheticus.) 1 1 0 1 1 MAKER HOOKS The hooks used for capturing, mounting, and steering a sandworm of Arrakis. 1 1 0 1 1 MATING INDEX The Bene Gesserit master record of its human breeding program aimed at producing the Kwisatz Haderach. 1 1 0 1 1 MAULA PISTOL Spring-loaded gun for firing poison darts; range about forty meters. 1 1 0 1 1 MELANGE The "spice of spices," the crop for which Arrakis is the unique source. The spice, chiefly noted for its geriatric qualities, is mildly addictive when taken in small quantities, severely addictive when imbibed in quantities above two grams daily per seventy kilos of body weight. (See Ibad, Water of Life, and Pre-spice Mass.) Muad'Dib claimed the spice as a key to his prophetic powers. Guild navigators make similar claims. Its price on the Imperial market has ranged as high as 620,000 Solaris the decagram. 1 1 0 1 1 LITTLE MAKER The half-plant-half-animal deep-sand vector of the Arrakis sandworm. The Little Maker's excretions form the pre-spice mass. 1 1 0 1 1 MAHDI In the Fremen messianic legend, "The One Who Will Lead Us to Paradise." 1 1 0 1 1 MAKER See Shai-hulud. 1 1 0 1 1 LITERJON a one-liter container for transporting water on Arrakis; made of highdensity, shatterproof plastic with positive seal. 1 1 0 1 1 LISAN AL-GAIB "The Voice from the Outer World." In Fremen messianic legends, an off-world prophet. Sometimes translated as "Giver of Water." (See Mahdi.) 1 1 0 1 1 LA, LA, LA Fremen cry of grief. (La translates as ultimate denial, a "no" from which you cannot appeal.) 1 1 0 1 1 LASGUN Continuous-wave laser projector. Its use as a weapon is limited in a field-generator-shield culture because of the explosive pyrotechnics (technically, subatomic fusion) created when its beam intersects a shield. 1 1 0 1 1 LEGION, IMPERIAL Ten brigades (about 30,000 men). 1 1 0 1 1 KWISATZ HADERACH "Shortening of the Way." This is the label applied by the Bene Gesserit to the unknown for which they sought a genetic solution: a male Bene Gesserit whose organic mental powers would bridge space and time. 1 1 0 1 1 JUDGE OF THE CHANGE an official appointed by the Landsraad High Council and the Emperor to monitor a change of fief, a kanly negotiation, or formal battle in a War of Assassins. The Judge's arbitral authority may be challenged only before the High Council with the Emperor present. 1 1 0 1 1 JIHAD, BUTLERIAN (see also Great Revolt) -- the crusade against computers, thinking machines, and conscious robots begun in 201 B.G. and concluded in 108 B.G. Its chief commandment remains in the O.C. Bible as "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." 1 1 0 1 1 KULL WAHAD! "I am profoundly stirred!" A sincere exclamation of surprise common in the Imperium. Strict interpretation depends on context. (It is said of Muad'Dib that once he watched a desert hawk chick emerge from its shell and whispered: "Kull wahad!") 1 1 0 1 1 KINDJAL Double bladed short sword (or long knife) with about 20 centimeters of slightly curved blade. 1 1 0 1 1 KANLY Formal feud or vendetta under the rules of the Great Convention carried on according to the strictest limitations. (See Judge of the Change.) Originally the rules were designed to protect innocent bystanders. 1 1 0 1 1 IX See Richese. 1 1 0 1 1 JIHAD A religious crusade; fanatical crusade. 1 1 0 1 1 IMPERIAL CONDITIONING A development of the Suk Medical Schools: the highest conditioning against taking human life. Initiates are marked by a diamond tattoo on the forehead and are permitted to wear their hair long and bound by a silver Suk ring. 1 1 0 1 1 INKVINE A creeping plant native to Giedi Prime and frequently used as a whip in the slave cribs. Victims are marked by beet-colored tattoos that cause residual pain for many years. 1 1 0 1 1 ICHWAN BEDWINE The brotherhood of all Fremen on Arrakis. 1 1 0 1 1 IKHUT-EIGH! Cry of the water-seller on Arrakis (etymology uncertain). See Soo- Soo Sook! 1 1 0 1 1 HOOKMAN Fremen with Maker hooks prepared to catch a sandworm. 1 1 0 1 1 HOUSE Idiomatic for Ruling Clan of a planet or planetary system. 1 1 0 1 1 HOUSES MAJOR Holders of planetary fiefs; interplanetary entrepreneurs. (See House above.) 1 1 0 1 1 HOUSES MINOR Planet-bound entrepreneur class (Galach: "Richece"). 1 1 0 1 1 HUNTER-SEEKER A ravening sliver of suspensor-buoyed metal guided as a weapon by a near-by control console; common assassination device. 1 1 0 1 1 IBAD, EYES OF Characteristic effect of a diet high in melange wherein the whites and pupils of the eyes turn a deep blue (indicative of deep melange addiction). 1 1 0 1 1 HAJRA Journey of seeking. 1 1 0 1 1 HAL YAWM "Now! At last!" a Fremen exclamation. 1 1 0 1 1 HARVESTER or HARVESTER FACTORY A large (often 120 meters by 40 meters) spice mining machine commonly employed on rich, uncontaminated melange blows. (Often called a "crawler" because of buglike body on independent tracks.) 1 1 0 1 1 HOLTZMAN EFFECT The negative repelling effect of a shield generator. 1 1 0 1 1 HIEREG Temporary Fremen desert camp on open sand. 1 1 0 1 1 HIGH COUNCIL The Landsraad inner circle empowered to act as supreme tribunal in House to House disputes. 1 1 0 1 1 HEIGHLINER Major cargo carrier of the Spacing Guild's transportation system. 1 1 0 1 1 HAJJ Holy journey. 1 1 0 1 1 HARJ Desert journey, migration. 1 1 0 1 1 GUILD The Spacing Guild, one leg of the political tripod maintaining the Great Convention. The Guild was the second mental-physical training school (see Bene Gesserit) after the Butlerian Jihad. The Guild monopoly on space travel and transport and upon international banking is taken as the beginning point of the Imperial Calendar. 1 1 0 1 1 GRABEN A long geological ditch formed when the ground sinks because of movements in the underlying crustal layers. 1 1 0 1 1 GREAT CONVENTION the universal truce enforced under the power balance maintained by the Guild, the Great Houses, and the Imperium. Its chief rule prohibits the use of atomic weapons against human targets. Each rule of the Great Convention begins: "The forms must be obeyed . . . " 1 1 0 1 1 GREAT REVOLT Common term for the Butlerian Jihad. (See Jihad, Butlerian.) 1 1 0 1 1 GOM JABBAR The high-handed enemy; that specific poison needle tipped with metacyanide used by Bene Gesserit Proctors in the death-alternative test of human awareness. 1 1 0 1 1 GREAT MOTHER The horned goddess, the feminine principle of space (commonly: Mother Space), the feminine face of the male-female-neuter trinity accepted as Supreme Being by many religions within the Imperium. 1 1 0 1 1 GLOWGLOBE Suspensor-buoyed illuminating device, self-powered (usually by organic batteries). 1 1 0 1 1 GHAFLA Giving oneself up to gadfly distractions. Thus: a changeable person, one not to be trusted. 1 1 0 1 1 GIEDI PRIME The planet of Ophiuchi B (36), homeworld of House Harkonnen. A median-viable planet with a low active-photosynthesis range. 1 1 0 1 1 GEYRAT Straight ahead; a worm steersman's call. 1 1 0 1 1 FREMKIT Desert survival kit of Fremen manufacture. 1 1 0 1 1 FREMEN The free tribes of Arrakis, dwellers in the desert, remnants of the Zensunni Wanderers. ("Sand Pirates" according to the Imperial Dictionary.) 1 1 0 1 1 GALACH Official language of the Imperium. Hybrid Inglo-Slavic with strong traces of cultural-specialization terms adopted during the long chain of human migrations. 1 1 0 1 1 FEDAYKIN Fremen death commandos; historically: a group formed and pledged to give their lives to right a wrong. 1 1 0 1 1 FREE TRADERS Idiomatic for smugglers. 1 1 0 1 1 EL-SAYAL The "rain of sand." A fall of dust which has been carried to medium altitude (around 2,000 meters) by a coriolis storm. El-sayals frequently bring moisture to ground level. 1 1 0 1 1 ERG An extensive dune area, a sea of sand. 1 1 0 1 1 FAI The water tribute, chief specie of tax on Arrakis. 1 1 0 1 1 FAUFRELUCHES The rigid rule of class distinction enforced by the Imperium. "A place for every man and every man in his place." 1 1 0 1 1 DUNE MEN Idiomatic for open sand workers, spice hunters and the like on Arrakis. Sandworkers. Spiceworkers. 1 1 0 1 1 ELACCA DRUG Narcotic formed by burning blood-grained elacca wood of Ecas. Its effect is to remove most of the will to self-preservation. Druggee skin shows a characteristic carrot color. Commonly used to prepare slave gladiators for the ring. 1 1 0 1 1 DRUM SAND Impaction of sand in such away that any sudden blow against its surface produces a distinct drum sound. 1 1 0 1 1 DOORSEAL A portable plastic hermetic seal used for moisture security in Fremen overday cave camps. 1 1 0 1 1 DISTRANS A device for producing a temporary neural imprint on the nervous system of Chiroptera or birds. The creature's normal cry then carries the message imprint which can be sorted from that carrier wave by another distrans. 1 1 0 1 1 DEW GATHERERS Workers who reap dew from the plants of Arrakis, using a scythelike dew reaper. 1 1 0 1 1 DEW COLLECTORS or DEW PRECIPITATORS Not to be confused with dew gatherers. Collectors or precipitators are egg-shaped devices about four centimeters on the long axis. They are made of chromoplastic that turns a reflecting white when subjected to light, and reverts to transparency in darkness. The collector forms a markedly cold surface upon which dawn dew will precipitate. They are used by Fremen to line concave planting depressions where they provide a small but reliable source of water. 1 1 0 1 1 CRYSKNIFE The sacred knife of the Fremen on Arrakis. It is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken from dead sandworms. The two forms are "fixed" and "unfixed." An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's electrical field to prevent disintegration. Fixed knives are treated for storage. All are about 20 centimeters long. 1 1 0 1 1 CIELAGO Any modified Chiroptera of Arrakis adapted to carry distrans messages. 1 1 0 1 1 CORIOLIS STORM Any major sandstorm on Arrakis where winds across the open flatlands are amplified by the planet's own revolutionary motion to reach speeds up to 700 kilometers per hour. 1 1 0 1 1 CHOAM acronym for Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles -- the universal development corporation controlled by the Emperor and Great Houses with the Guild and Bene Gesserit as silent partners. 1 1 0 1 1 CHEOPS Pyramid chess; nine-level chess with the double object of putting your queen at the apex and the opponent's king in check. 1 1 0 1 1 CHAUMAS (Aumas in some dialects): poison in solid food as distinguished from poison administered in some other way. 1 1 0 1 1 CHAUMURKY (Musky or Murky in some dialects): poison administered in a drink. 1 1 0 1 1 CHAKOBSA the so-called "magnetic language" derived in part from the ancient Bhotani (Bhotani Jib -- jib meaning dialect). A collection of ancient dialects modified by needs of secrecy, but chiefly the hunting language of the Bhotani, the hired assassins of the first Wars of Assassins. 1 1 0 1 1 CALADAN Third planet of Delta Pavonis; birthworld of Paul-Muad'Dib. 1 1 0 1 1 CARRYALL A flying wing (commonly "wing"), the aerial workhorse of Arrakis, used to transport large spice mining, hunting, and refining equipment. 1 1 0 1 1 CATCHPOCKET Any stillsuit pocket where filtered water is caught and stored. 1 1 0 1 1 BURSEG A commanding general of the Sardaukar. 1 1 0 1 1 BUTLERIAN JIHAD see Jihad, Butlerian (also Great Revolt). 1 1 0 1 1 BI-LA KAIFA Amen. (Literally: "Nothing further need be explained.") 1 1 0 1 1 BLED Flat, open desert. 1 1 0 1 1 BENE GESSERIT The ancient school of mental and physical training established primarily for female students after the Butlerian Jihad destroyed the so-called "thinking machines" and robots. 1 1 0 1 1 BATTLE LANGUAGE Any special language of restricted etymology developed for clear-speech communication in warfare. 1 1 0 1 1 BALISET A nine-stringed musical instrument, lineal descendant of the zither, tuned to the Chusuk scale and played by strumming. Favorite instrument of Imperial troubadours. 1 1 0 1 1 BASHAR An officer of the Sardaukar a fractional point above Colonel in the standardized military classification. Rank created for military ruler of a planetary subdistrict. (Bashar of the Corps is a title reserved strictly for military use.) 1 1 0 1 1 AUMAS Poison administered in food. (Specifically: poison in solid food.) In some dialects: Chaumas. 1 1 0 1 1 ARRAKEEN First settlement on Arrakis; long-time seat of planetary government. 1 1 0 1 1 ARRAKIS The planet known as Dune; third planet of Canopus. 1 1 0 1 1 AMTAL RULE A common rule on primitive worlds under which something is tested to determine its limits or defects. Commonly: testing to destruction. 1 1 0 1 1 ABA A loose robe worn by Fremen women; usually black. 1 1 0 1 1 ALAM AL-MITHAL The mystical world of similitudes where all physical limitations are removed. 1 1 0 1 1 ADAB The demanding memory that comes upon you of itself. 1 1 0 1 1