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*'''[[Aba]]''' ~ Loose, usually black robe worn by [[Fremen]] women.
 
*'''[[Aba]]''' ~ Loose, usually black robe worn by [[Fremen]] women.
*'''Abu 'd Dhur''' or '''Abu Dhur''' ~the Father of the Indefinite Roads of Time, possibly in Fremen mythology or Orange Catholicism.
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*'''Abu 'd Dhur''' or '''Abu Dhur''' ~ the Father of the Indefinite Roads of Time, possibly in Fremen mythology or Orange Catholicism.
*'''Ach''' ~ is a worm-steersman's term for a left turn.
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*'''Ach''' ~ a worm-steersman's term for a left turn.
 
*'''[[Abomination]]''' ~ [[Bene Gesserit]] term for one who acquires full consciousness in the womb as a result of being exposed to the [[spice agony]].
 
*'''[[Abomination]]''' ~ [[Bene Gesserit]] term for one who acquires full consciousness in the womb as a result of being exposed to the [[spice agony]].
 
*'''Adab''' ~ the demanding memory that comes upon you itself.
 
*'''Adab''' ~ the demanding memory that comes upon you itself.
*'''Adept''' ~ a person who has entered one of the [[Great School]]s, for example [[Bene Gesserit]] or [[Ginaz Swordmasters]]s and is very skilled or has obtained a lot of training or knowledge but is not yet necessarily a [[Reverend Mother]] or master.
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*'''Adept''' ~ a person who has entered one of the [[Great School]]s, for example [[Bene Gesserit]] or [[Ginaz Swordmasters]] and is very skilled or has obtained a lot of training or knowledge but is not yet necessarily a [[Reverend Mother]] or master.
 
*'''Advocate General''' ~ an officer of the imperial court who oversees the admission of audiences and similar tasks.
 
*'''Advocate General''' ~ an officer of the imperial court who oversees the admission of audiences and similar tasks.
 
*'''[[Ajidamal]]''' (or '''[[Amal]]''') ~ Disastrously-flawed synthetic [[spice melange]] created by the [[Bene Tleilax|Tleilaxu's]] [[Project Amal]] before the process of producing spice in [[Axlotl Tanks|axlotl tanks]] was perfected.
 
*'''[[Ajidamal]]''' (or '''[[Amal]]''') ~ Disastrously-flawed synthetic [[spice melange]] created by the [[Bene Tleilax|Tleilaxu's]] [[Project Amal]] before the process of producing spice in [[Axlotl Tanks|axlotl tanks]] was perfected.
*'''Akarso''' ~ a plant native to Sikun ( of 70 Ophiuchi A ) characterized by oblong leaves. Its green and white stripes indicate the constant multiple condition of parallel active and dormant chlorophyll regions.
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*'''[[Akarso]]''' ~ a plant native to Sikun ( of 70 Ophiuchi A ) characterized by oblong leaves. Its green and white stripes indicate the constant multiple condition of parallel active and dormant chlorophyll regions.
*'''Akkad''' ~ one of the months on Arrakis and the new Atreides Calendar
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*'''Akkad''' ~ one of the months on Arrakis and the new Atreides [[Calendar]].
 
*'''[[Alam al-Mithal]]''' ~ the mystical 'world of similitudes' where all physical limitations are removed.
 
*'''[[Alam al-Mithal]]''' ~ the mystical 'world of similitudes' where all physical limitations are removed.
*'''Al-Lat''' ~ mankind's original sun; by usage: any planet's primary.
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*'''[[Al-Lat]]''' ~ mankind's original sun; by usage: any planet's primary.
 
*'''Al-Mutakallim''' ~ one of the names of [[God]] in [[Zensunni]] faith.
 
*'''Al-Mutakallim''' ~ one of the names of [[God]] in [[Zensunni]] faith.
 
*'''[[Al Ourouba]]''' ~ the mythical home of the Zensunni on [[Earth]]
 
*'''[[Al Ourouba]]''' ~ the mythical home of the Zensunni on [[Earth]]
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*'''Amazons''' ~ a mythical tribe or warrior-women on old earth, later applied to Alias all female guard and Letos Fishspeakers.
 
*'''Amazons''' ~ a mythical tribe or warrior-women on old earth, later applied to Alias all female guard and Letos Fishspeakers.
 
*'''Ambiel''' ~ a light fabric used for fine clothing
 
*'''Ambiel''' ~ a light fabric used for fine clothing
*'''Ampoliros''' ~ the legendary "Flying Dutchman" of space.
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*'''[[Ampoliros]]''' ~ the legendary "Flying Dutchman" of space.
*'''Amtal''' or '''Amtal Rule''' ~ a common rule on primitive worlds under which something is tested to determine its limits or defects. Commonly: testing to destruction.
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*'''[[Amtal]]''' or '''Amtal Rule''' ~ a common rule on primitive worlds under which something is tested to determine its limits or defects. Commonly: testing to destruction.
 
*'''Anti-fatigue Pills''' ~ a potent stimulans used by the Military
 
*'''Anti-fatigue Pills''' ~ a potent stimulans used by the Military
 
*'''Aql''' ~ the test of reason. Originally, the "Seven Mystic Questions" beginning: "Who is it that thinks?"
 
*'''Aql''' ~ the test of reason. Originally, the "Seven Mystic Questions" beginning: "Who is it that thinks?"
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*'''Arcana''' ~ the Bene Gesserit secret inner teachings.
 
*'''Arifa''' ~ the fremen term for "Judge".Used as a title of their leaders by the tribe of [[Sietch Jacurutu]].
 
*'''Arifa''' ~ the fremen term for "Judge".Used as a title of their leaders by the tribe of [[Sietch Jacurutu]].
 
*'''Armored Screen''' ~ a defensive construction similar to a big protective shield.
 
*'''Armored Screen''' ~ a defensive construction similar to a big protective shield.
*'''[[Arrakeen]]''' ~ the first settlement on Arrakis; long-time seat of planetary government
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*'''[[Arrakeen]]''' ~ the first settlement on Arrakis; long-time seat of planetary government.
*'''[[Arrakis]] '''~ the planet known as Dune; third planet of Canopus.
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*'''[[Arrakis]] '''~ the planet known as Dune; third planet of [[Canopus]].
 
*'''[[Assassin's Handbook]]''' ~ third-century compilation of poisons commonly used in a War of Assassins. Later expanded to include those deadly devices permitted under the Guild Peace and the Great Convention.
 
*'''[[Assassin's Handbook]]''' ~ third-century compilation of poisons commonly used in a War of Assassins. Later expanded to include those deadly devices permitted under the Guild Peace and the Great Convention.
*'''Assyria''' ~ an ancielt realm on old earth.Home to the ancestors of the Bene Gesserit.
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*'''Assyria''' ~ an ancient realm on old earth.Home to enemies of the Bene Gesserit's ancestors.
*'''Auliya''' ~ in the Zensunni Wanderers' religion, the female at the left hand of God; God's handmaiden.
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*'''[[Auliya]]''' ~ in the Zensunni Wanderers' religion, the female at the left hand of God; God's handmaiden.
 
*'''Aumas''' ~ [[poison]] administered in food. ( Specifically: poison in solid food. ) In some dialects: [[Chaumas]].
 
*'''Aumas''' ~ [[poison]] administered in food. ( Specifically: poison in solid food. ) In some dialects: [[Chaumas]].
 
*'''Auqaf''' ~ the military arm of the [[Church of Muad'dib]] in opposition to the Hajj.
 
*'''Auqaf''' ~ the military arm of the [[Church of Muad'dib]] in opposition to the Hajj.
*'''[[Axlotl Tanks|Axlotl tank]] '''~ Biological tank in which [[ghola]]s and melange were be produced, primarily by the [[Bene Tleilax]].In truth the female variant of the Tleilaxu race.
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*'''[[Axlotl Tanks|Axlotl tank]] ''' ~ Biological tank in which [[ghola]]s and melange were be produced, primarily by the [[Bene Tleilax]].In truth the female variant of the Tleilaxu race.
 
*'''Ayat''' ~ the signs of life. ( See [[Burhan]]. )
 
*'''Ayat''' ~ the signs of life. ( See [[Burhan]]. )
*'''Ayil''' ~ the dqy of the first light on Arrakis and later the day of the [[Kwisatz Haderach]].
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*'''Ayil''' ~ the day of the first light on Arrakis and later the day of the [[Kwisatz Haderach]].
*'''Lake Azrak''' ~ a gypsum plain on Arrakis, west of Jacurutu.Thevremnant of a prehistoric ocean.
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*'''Lake Azrak''' ~ a gypsum plain on Arrakis, west of Jacurutu.The remnant of a prehistoric ocean.
   
 
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*'''Bahada''' ~ a great fissue or crack in rock
 
*'''Bahada''' ~ a great fissue or crack in rock
 
*'''Bahr bela ma''' ~ “the ocean without water” a name of the open desert of Arrakis
 
*'''Bahr bela ma''' ~ “the ocean without water” a name of the open desert of Arrakis
*'''Bakka''' ~ in [[Fremen legend]], the weeper who mourns for all mankind.
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*'''[[Bakka]]''' ~ in [[Fremen legend]], the weeper who mourns for all mankind.
*'''Baklawa''' ~ A type of pastry made with date syrup.
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*'''[[Baklawa]]''' ~ A type of pastry made with date syrup.
*'''[[Baliset]]''' ~ Nine-stringed musical instrument, lineal descendant of the zithra, tuned to the [[Chusuk]] scale and played by strumming. A favorite instrument of Imperial troubadours.
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*'''[[Baliset]]''' ~ Nine-stringed musical instrument, lineal descendant of the zithra, tuned to the [[Chusuk]] scale and played by strumming. A favorite instrument of Imperial [[troubadour]]s.
*'''Barachan''' ~ an elevated shifting sand dune
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*'''[[Barachan]]''' ~ an elevated shifting sand dune.
 
*'''[[Baradye Pistol]]''' ~ a static-charge dust gun developed on Arrakis for laying down a large dye marker area on sand.
 
*'''[[Baradye Pistol]]''' ~ a static-charge dust gun developed on Arrakis for laying down a large dye marker area on sand.
*'''Baraka''' ~ a living holy man.
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*'''[[Baraka]]''' ~ a living holy man.
*'''[[Bashar]]''' ~ (often Colonel Bashar): an officer of the [[Sardaukar]] a fractional point above [[Colonel]] in the standard military classification. Rank created for military ruler of a planetary subdistrict. ( Bashar of the Corps is a title reserved strictly for military use.)
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*'''[[Bashar]]''' ~ (often Colonel Bashar): an officer of the [[Sardaukar]] a fractional point above [[Colonel]] in the standard [[military]] classification. Rank created for military ruler of a planetary subdistrict. ( Bashar of the Corps is a title reserved strictly for military use.)
 
*'''[[Battle Language]]''' ~ any special language if restricted etymology developed for clear-speech communication in warfare.
 
*'''[[Battle Language]]''' ~ any special language if restricted etymology developed for clear-speech communication in warfare.
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*'''Bedwine''' ~ a nomadic desert-dweller; usually referring to the [[Ichwan Bedwine]], the brotherhood of all Fremen on Arrakis.
*'''Bedwine''' ~
 
*'''Behemoth''' ~ in Fremen belief a demon, a great Sandworm.Possibly also an archaic type of ship or sea-monster
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*'''Behemoth''' ~ in Fremen belief a demon, a great Sandworm.Possibly also an archaic type of ship or sea-monster.
*'''Bejato''' ~ a leaf-plant native to Arrakis
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*'''Bejato''' ~ a leaf-plant native to Arrakis.
 
*'''[[Bela Tegeuse]]''' ~ fifth planet of [[Kuentsing]]: third stopping place of the [[Zensunni]] forced migration.
 
*'''[[Bela Tegeuse]]''' ~ fifth planet of [[Kuentsing]]: third stopping place of the [[Zensunni]] forced migration.
 
*'''[[Bene Gesserit]]''' ~ the ancient school of mental and physical training established primarily for female students.
 
*'''[[Bene Gesserit]]''' ~ the ancient school of mental and physical training established primarily for female students.
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*'''Beret''' ~ a soft, round, flat-crowned woven-hat, worn by the Sardaukar and imperial ladies-in-waiting.
*'''Berserker''' ~ Death commandos of the fish-speakers.Usually Individuals which were punished for having made a mistake were ordered to commit Berserker or suicide missions.
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*'''Berserker''' ~ Death commandos of the [[fishspeaker]]s.Usually Individuals which were punished for having made a mistake were ordered to commit Berserker or suicide missions.
 
*'''B.G.''' ~ idiomatic for Bene Gesserit except when used with a date. With a date it signifies Before [[Guild]] and identifies the Imperial Dating system based on the genesis of the Spacing Guild's monopoly.
 
*'''B.G.''' ~ idiomatic for Bene Gesserit except when used with a date. With a date it signifies Before [[Guild]] and identifies the Imperial Dating system based on the genesis of the Spacing Guild's monopoly.
*'''Bene Sherk''' ~ a scattering of newer settlements east of Jacurutu and northeast of the [[Tanzerouft]].
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*'''Bene Sherk''' ~ a scattering of newer settlements east of [[Jacurutu]] and northeast of the [[Tanzerouft]].
 
*'''[[Bene Tleilax]]''' (or '''Tleilaxu''') ~ Secretive and powerful patriarchal race known for their genetic manipulation technologies.
 
*'''[[Bene Tleilax]]''' (or '''Tleilaxu''') ~ Secretive and powerful patriarchal race known for their genetic manipulation technologies.
 
*'''Bhotani Jib''' ~ see [[Chakobsa]].
 
*'''Bhotani Jib''' ~ see [[Chakobsa]].
*'''Bi-La Kaifa''' ~ Amen. (Literally: "Nothing further need be explained.")
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*'''[[Bi-La Kaifa]]''' ~ Amen. (Literally: "Nothing further need be explained.")
*'''Bicouros of Shaitan''' - "a lazy missionary of the devil".Somebody who serves an evil purpose out of lazyness or to achieve privileges.
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*'''Bicouros of Shaitan''' ~ "a lazy missionary of the devil".Somebody who serves an evil purpose out of lazyness or to achieve privileges.
*'''biological invasions''' - in context of [[military]], biological warfare agents.Used during the [[Jihad]] by both sides.Caused post-war maladies such as the "spitting disease".
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*'''biological invasions''' ~ in context of [[military]], biological warfare agents.Used during the [[Jihad]] by both sides.Caused post-war maladies such as the "[[spitting disease]]".
*'''Bindu''' ~ relating to the human nervous system, especially to nerve training. Often expressed as Bindu-nervature.
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*'''[[Bindu]]''' ~ relating to the human nervous system, especially to nerve training. Often expressed as Bindu-nervature.
 
*'''Bindu Suspension''' ~ a special form of catalepsis, self-induced.
 
*'''Bindu Suspension''' ~ a special form of catalepsis, self-induced.
*'''Biyan''' ~"White Lands", another name for the great Gypsum plain south of the Habbanya Erg.
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*'''Biyan''' ~ "White Lands", another name for the great Gypsum plain south of the Habbanya Erg.
*'''Bled''' ~ the flat and open desert of Arrakis
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*'''[[Bled]]''' ~ the flat and open desert of Arrakis.
*'''Body temperature pills''' - pills used by Outworlders on Arrakis to hold the body temperature low, especially people who did use cheap stillsuit imitates instead of fremen ones.
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*'''Body temperature pills''' ~ pills used by Outworlders on Arrakis to hold the body temperature low, especially people who did use cheap stillsuit imitates instead of fremen ones.
*'''Book of Kreos''' ~ a Fremen collection of Zensunni Sayings
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*'''[[Book of Kreos]]''' ~ a Fremen collection of Zensunni Sayings.
*'''Book Leto''' ~ a collection of sayings and comments by Leto II ascribed to Harq al-Ada
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*'''[[Book Leto]]''' ~ a collection of sayings and comments by Leto II ascribed to [[Harq al-Ada]].
 
*'''[[Bourka]]''' ~ insulated mantle worn by Fremen in the open desert.
 
*'''[[Bourka]]''' ~ insulated mantle worn by Fremen in the open desert.
*'''Bravos''' -
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*'''Bravos''' ~ a houses armed retainers or Assassins.
*'''Bu Ji''' ~ Zensunni Philosopher from Fremen tradition.
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*'''[[Bu Ji]]''' ~ Zensunni Philosopher from Fremen tradition.
*'''Burhan''' ~ the proofs of life. (Commonly: the [[ayat]] and burhan of life.)
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*'''[[Burhan]]''' ~ the proofs of life. (Commonly: the [[ayat]] and burhan of life.)
*'''Bureau of faith''' - A name of the Royal inquisition under Leto II
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*'''Bureau of faith''' ~ A name of the Royal inquisition under Leto II.
 
*'''[[Burseg]]''' ~ Commanding general of the [[Sardaukar]].
 
*'''[[Burseg]]''' ~ Commanding general of the [[Sardaukar]].
 
*'''[[Butlerian Jihad]]''' ~ The epic crusade by mankind against [[Thinking Machines]]. Also called The [[Great Revolt]].
 
*'''[[Butlerian Jihad]]''' ~ The epic crusade by mankind against [[Thinking Machines]]. Also called The [[Great Revolt]].
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*'''Cadelam''' ~ originally a Fremen tribe from [[Sietch Abbir]], during the shortlived reign of Alia an uprising Family on the verge of becoming a [[House Minor]].
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*'''[[Cadelam]]''' ~ originally a Fremen tribe from [[Sietch Abbir]], during the shortlived reign of Alia an uprising Family on the verge of becoming a [[House Minor]].
 
*'''[[Caid]]''' ~ Sardaukar officer rank given to a military official whose duties call mostly for dealings with civilians. Officers of this rank often commanded as military [[governor]]s over a full planetary district. The rank was above the rank of Bashar but not equal to a [[Burseg]].
 
*'''[[Caid]]''' ~ Sardaukar officer rank given to a military official whose duties call mostly for dealings with civilians. Officers of this rank often commanded as military [[governor]]s over a full planetary district. The rank was above the rank of Bashar but not equal to a [[Burseg]].
*'''Caliph''' -  a ruler of the Muslim world on Old Earth.
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*'''Caliph''' ~  a ruler of the Muslim world on Old Earth, later used by the [[Desposyny]], the descendants of Leto II.
*'''Canto and Respondu''' ~an invocation rite, part of the panoplia prphetheticus of the Missionaria Protectiva.
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*'''[[Canto and Respondu]]''' ~ an invocation rite, part of the [[panoplia Propheticus]] of the [[Missionaria Protectiva]].
*'''Carryall''' ~ [[Aircraft]] used on [[Arrakis]] to transport large [[spice melange|spice]] mining, hunting and refining equipment.
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*'''[[Carryall]]''' ~ [[Aircraft]] used on [[Arrakis]] to transport large [[spice melange|spice]] mining, hunting and refining equipment.
*'''Caseri''' - ruler title, possibly from the times of the Old Empire.
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*'''Caseri''' ~ ruler title, possibly from the times of the [[Old Empire]].
 
*'''Catchtube''' ~ tube of a [[Stillsuit]], connected to the suits [[catch-pockets]].
 
*'''Catchtube''' ~ tube of a [[Stillsuit]], connected to the suits [[catch-pockets]].
 
*'''Caveat''' ~ a warning or condition.
 
*'''Caveat''' ~ a warning or condition.
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*'''Cellular restructuring''' ~ Tleilaxu and Ixian term and technique describing the creation of a new human being from another humans basic genetic information, different from a Ghola or a clone.[[Hwi Noree]] was created via Cellular restructuring of genetic base material gained from [[Malky]].
*'''Cellular restructuring''' ~
 
 
*'''[[Chakobsa]]''' ~ The Language of the Fremen of Arrakis.
 
*'''[[Chakobsa]]''' ~ The Language of the Fremen of Arrakis.
 
*'''[[Catchpocket]]''' ~ Integral part of [[Stillsuit]] and [[Stilltent]] that used to contain reclaimed water.
 
*'''[[Catchpocket]]''' ~ Integral part of [[Stillsuit]] and [[Stilltent]] that used to contain reclaimed water.
*'''[[Cave of Birds]]''' ~
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*'''[[Cave of Birds]]''' ~ a cave in the [[Habbanya ridge]].During the War on arrakis briefly Paul Muad'dibs base of operations.
*'''[[Chaumas]]''' ~ Poison in solid food as distinguished from poison administered in some other way.
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*'''[[Chaumas]]''' ~ Poison in solid [[food]] as distinguished from poison administered in some other way.
 
*'''[[Chaumurky]]''' ~ Poison administered in a drink.
 
*'''[[Chaumurky]]''' ~ Poison administered in a drink.
*'''[[Cheops]]'''
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*'''[[Cheops]]''' ~ a game, also known as pyramid-chess.
*'''Cherem'''
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*'''[[Cherem]]''' ~ a brotherhood of hate.
 
*'''[[CHOAM]]''' ~ A corporation which essentially controlled the economy of the [[Known Universe]], with shares and directorships determining each House's income and financial leverage.
 
*'''[[CHOAM]]''' ~ A corporation which essentially controlled the economy of the [[Known Universe]], with shares and directorships determining each House's income and financial leverage.
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*'''Church of Muad'dib''' ~ The Church or political Organisation of Priests which revered Paul'Muad Dib as [[Mahdi]], [[Messiah]] and quasi-godhead, developed from fremen Religion after Paul Atreides supposed death and active until tne reign of Leto II.
*'''Church of Muad'dib''' ~
 
*'''[[Chusuk]]'''
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*'''[[Chusuk]]''' ~ the "Music planet".
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*'''[[Cibus hood]]''' ~ a shapeless mask of ixian design, not really making it's wearer invisible, but completely hiding his features, making him fully unrecognizale.
*'''Cibus hood'''
 
*'''[[Cielago]]'''
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*'''[[Cielago]]''' ~ a species of [[bat]] indigenous to Arrakis.
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*'''Coan-teen''' ~ The female deathspirit who walks without feet of Fremen mythology.Also a diffaming name used for Alia by her political enemies.
*'''Coan-teen''' ~
 
*'''Code Atreides''' ~
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*'''Code Atreides''' ~ The House Atreides laws and codex of honor and conduct.
 
*'''[[Cogitor]]''' ~ One of several ancient philosophers whose brains were transplanted into fluid-filled canisters so that they could analyze the universe indefinitely.
 
*'''[[Cogitor]]''' ~ One of several ancient philosophers whose brains were transplanted into fluid-filled canisters so that they could analyze the universe indefinitely.
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*'''Coif''' ~ a close-fitting cap worn by the Bene Gesserit.
*'''Cold Air Walls''' ~
 
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*'''Cold Air Walls''' ~ artificial boundary created by ixian machines, enclosing the [[Sareer]].
*'''ComNet''' ~
 
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*'''ComNet''' or '''Communinet''' ~ planetary communications network.
*'''Cone of silence'''
 
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*'''[[Cone of silence]]''' ~ a field or zone wherein the sound of the human voice was electronically distorted so that recording and amplifying devices could not reproduce it effectively or clearly.
*'''Coriolis storm''' ~ Sandstorms on Arrakis in which winds across the open flatlands were amplified by the planet's own revolutionary motion to reach speeds up to 700 kilometres per hour.
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*'''[[Coriolis]] storm''' ~ Sandstorms on Arrakis in which winds across the open flatlands were amplified by the planet's own revolutionary motion to reach speeds up to 700 kilometres per hour.
*'''Corrin'''
 
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*'''[[Corrin]]''' ~ a planet near the star [[Sigma Draconis]] which gave the name the Battle of Corrin and the [[House Corrino]].
*'''Corrin, Battle of '''
 
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*'''[[Corrin, Battle of]] ''' ~ the Battle which led to House Corrino ascending to the Throne.
*'''Cousines'''
 
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*'''[[Cousines]]''' or '''[[Imperial Cousines]]''' ~ Household members related to the emperor.
*'''Crusher'''
 
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*'''[[Crusher]]''' ~ Military [[space vessel]]s composed of many smaller vessels locked together and designed to fall on an enemy position, crushing it.
*'''Cryologic tank''' ~
 
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*'''Cryologic tank''' ~ containers for cryptoprezervation of dead human flesh.
*'''The Crypt'''
 
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*'''The Crypt''' ~ a section of [[Leto Atreides II]] citadel in which his [[Duncan Idaho]] [[ghola]]s and deceased members of his Atreides-breeding program were entombed.
 
*'''[[Crysknife]]''' ~ [[Weapon]] made from the tooth of a [[sandworm]] from Arrakis.
 
*'''[[Crysknife]]''' ~ [[Weapon]] made from the tooth of a [[sandworm]] from Arrakis.
 
*'''Cueshma''' ~ fremen term for a "twenty-klick wind".
 
*'''Cueshma''' ~ fremen term for a "twenty-klick wind".
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*'''[[Dao]]''' ~ the [[terra]]n predecessor of the [[Tau]].Also referring to the Bene gesserit [[prana-bindu]] dormancy-trance.
*'''Dao''' ~
 
*'''[[Dar-es-Balat]] '''~ Ancient, one of the first, [[no-chamber]] which contains the Lost Journey of [[Leto Atreides II]] the [[God-Emperor]]. Later in [[Heretics of Dune]] it became a museum in the care of [[Priest]]hood of the [[Divided God]].
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*'''[[Dar-es-Balat]] ''' ~ Ancient place, one of the first [[no-chamber]]s which contained the Lost Journey of [[Leto Atreides II]] the [[God-Emperor]]. Later in [[Heretics of Dune]] it became a museum in the care of [[Priest]]hood of the [[Divided God]].
*'''Dar al-hikman'''~a School of religious translation or interpretation.
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*'''[[Dar al-hikman]]''' ~ a School of religious translation or interpretation.
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*'''Dark things''' ~ referring to discarded pre-ecumenic thoughts and writings.Also the Bene Gesserit [[Arcana]].
*'''Dark things'''~
 
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*'''Death Commandos''' ~ a type of military who is alltime ready and prepared to give up his life in a suicidal mission or attack.Especially referring to the [[Sardaukar]] and [[Fedaykin]].
*'''Death Commandos'''~
 
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*'''Death tripod''' ~ originally, the tripod upon which desert executioners hanged their victims. By usage: the three members of a [[cherem]] sworn to destroy their enemy.
*'''Death tripod'''~
 
 
*'''[[Deathstill]]''' ~ Fremen device used to extract all moisture from a living or dead human or creature.
 
*'''[[Deathstill]]''' ~ Fremen device used to extract all moisture from a living or dead human or creature.
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*'''[[Demibrother]]s''' ~ Demibrothers are the biological sons of different Concubines in the same household and certified as having the same father.
*'''Demibrothers'''~
 
*'''Demiurge''' ~ a person who stands next to God.In Fremen mythology the Shai-Huludh was identified with the Demiurge.Paul Atreides likened himself to the Demiurge, while Leto seems to have adressed or intwrpreted his father's reign as the Demiurge.
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*'''Demiurge''' ~ a person who stands next to [[God]].In Fremen mythology the [[Shai-Hulud]] was identified with the Demiurge.Paul Atreides likened himself to the Demiurge, while Leto seems to have adressed or interpreted his father's reign as the Demiurge.
*'''Derch'''~
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*'''Derch''' ~ "right turn".A command among the Sandriders.
*'''Desert of Zan''' ~ a place from Zenzunni Mythology, place of their Zensunni ancestors legendary first trial.
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*'''Desert of [[Zan]]''' ~ a place from Zenzunni Mythology, place of their Zensunni ancestors legendary first trial.
*'''Desposyni''' ~ the Desposyni were the descendants of Paul Atreides and tneir caliphate in zhe oral tradition of Arrakis.
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*'''[[Desposyni]]''' ~ the Desposyni were the descendants of Paul Atreides and their [[caliph]]ate in the oral tradition of Arrakis.
*'''Dew collector''' or '''dew precipitator'''~
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*'''Dew collector''' or '''dew precipitator''' ~ A small, egg-shaped device that uses a special surface to collect morning dew on the desert planet of Arrakis.
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*'''Dew gatherer''' ~ workers who reap dew from the plants of Arrakis, using a scythelike ''dew reaper''.
*'''Dew gatherer'''~
 
*'''Dhyana''' ~ Dhyana was a term for a spice-induced internal reality such as that grasped by Leto Atreides on his flighth through the Trenzerouft.
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*'''[[Dhyana]]''' ~ Dhyana was a term for a spice-induced internal reality such as that grasped by Leto Atreides on his flight through the [[Tanzerouft]].
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*'''[[Dictum familia]]''' ~ the rule of the [[Great Convention]] which prohibited the slaying of a royal person or member of a [[Great House]] by informal treachery. The rule set up the formal outline, limits the means of assassination.
*'''Dictum familia'''~
 
*'''Digit mill''' ~ an Ixian apparition used to sensitize and strenghthen fingers or toes.
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*'''Digit mill''' ~ an Ixian apparition used to sensitize and strenghten fingers or toes.
*'''Dishdasha''' ~ a öong-sleeved garment similar to a robe worn ober a still-suit
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*'''Dishdasha''' ~ a long-sleeved garment similar to a robe worn over a [[stillsuit]].
*'''Disputation of Armistead and Leandgrah'''~
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*'''Disputation of Armistead and Leandgrah''' ~ a [[mummer]]'s play popular in Arrakeen in 10,216.
*'''Distrans''' ~ Device for producing a temporary neural imprint on the nervous system of Chiroptera ([[bats]]) or birds. The creature's normal cry then carried the message imprint which could be sorted from that carrier wave by another distrans.
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*'''[[Distrans]]''' ~ Device for producing a temporary neural imprint on the nervous system of Chiroptera ([[bats]]) or [[birds]]. The creature's normal cry then carried the message imprint which could be sorted from that carrier wave by another distrans.
*'''Divan''' ~a piece of couch-like sitting furniture or box-spring based bed.
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*'''Divan''' ~ a piece of couch-like sitting furniture or box-spring based bed.
 
*'''Djeballa''' ~ a kind of hooded robe of the Fremen worn with a mouth-seal.
 
*'''Djeballa''' ~ a kind of hooded robe of the Fremen worn with a mouth-seal.
*'''Djedida''' ~ the Djedidas were new-towns built after the rise of Muad'dib.They were built on foundations of exposed basalt and consisted of a townhall, lesser buildings, mushtamal-gardens and walls of brick or mud.
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*'''Djedida''' ~ the Djedidas were new-towns built after the rise of [[Muad'dib]].They were built on foundations of exposed basalt and consisted of a townhall, lesser buildings, [[mushtamal]]-gardens and walls of brick or mud.
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*'''Doorseal''' ~ A portable plastic seal used in temporary camps to keep moisture from escaping.
*'''Doorseal''' ~
 
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*'''[[Drugs]]''' ~ all substances which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
*'''Drugs''' ~
 
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*'''Drum sand''' ~ a composition of sand compaction producing a rhythmical beat after being impacted.
*'''Drum sand'''~
 
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*'''[[Dump box]]''' ~ unpiloted cargo containers designed to dump material directly from low orbit onto a [[planet]]'s surface.
*'''Dump box'''~
 
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*'''Dune hawk''' ~ a type of [[Desert hawk]] native to Arrakis.Also a type of [[Flyer]] or [[Ornithopter]].
*'''Dune hawk'''~
 
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*'''Dune men''' ~ a colloquial term used to describe men who worked among the sand dunes of the planet Arrakis collecting the Spice Melange, the sand workers and [[spice hunter]]s.
*'''Dune men'''~
 
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*'''[[Dur]]''' ~ a jungle planet in the [[Scattering]].
*'''Dust chasm'''~
 
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*'''Dust chasm''' ~ any deep crevasse or depression on the desert of Arrakis that has been filled with dust.Also a weather phenomenon.
 
*'''[[D-Wolf]]''' ~ Wolf-like creatures bred by [[God Emperor]] to guard the [[Forbidden Forest]] around his [[Keep]]. The creatures were said to be a hybrid of [[gaze hound]]s and [[wolves]].
 
*'''[[D-Wolf]]''' ~ Wolf-like creatures bred by [[God Emperor]] to guard the [[Forbidden Forest]] around his [[Keep]]. The creatures were said to be a hybrid of [[gaze hound]]s and [[wolves]].
   
 
==E==
 
==E==
   
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*'''[[Ecaz]]''' ~ the fourth [[planet]] orbiting [[Alpha centauri B]].Home to several exotic [[plants]] such as [[Sapho]], [[Elacca]] , [[Fogwood]], and of the [[hufuf]] vine .
*'''Ecaz'''~
 
*'''Ecumenism'''~
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*'''Ecumenism''' ~ the unity among [[religion]]s.
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*'''[[Ego-likeness]]''' ~ An extremely detailed portrait played through a [[shigawire]] projector capable of showing subtle movements said to convey the ego essence of a one or more persons. 
*'''Ego-likeness'''~
 
*'''Egret''' ~
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*'''[[Egret]]''' ~ a long extinct species of bird with pink plumage.
*'''[[Elacca drug]] '''~ Narcotic formed by burning the blood-grained [[elacca wood]] of [[Ecaz]]. The drug's effect was to remove most of the will to self-preservation; commonly used to prepare [[slave]] [[gladiator]]s for the ring.
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*'''[[Elacca drug]]''' ~ Narcotic formed by burning the blood-grained [[elacca wood]] of [[Ecaz]]. The drug's effect was to remove most of the will to self-preservation; commonly used to prepare [[slave]] [[gladiator]]s for the ring.
*'''Elacca rope'''~
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*'''[[Elacca]] rope''' ~ rope made of the fine fibres of elacca wood.
*'''Elacca whip'''~
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*'''Elacca whip''' ~ a weapon made of Elacca rope, used by the [[fishspeakers]].
*'''El-sayal'''~fremen term meaning "the 'rain of sand".
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*'''El-sayal''' ~ fremen term meaning "the 'rain of sand".
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*'''Elf-silk''' ~ a very fine and exquisite silk such as preferred by the great houses for clothing.
*'''Elf-silk''' ~
 
*[[Enfeil]] ~
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*[[Enfeil]] ~ a Planet conquered during Muad'dib's Jihad.
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*'''Engineering''' ~ The complex manipulation of human society.Genetic,Political or Religious engineering.
*'''Engineering''' ~
 
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*'''[[Erg]]''' ~ a broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover.
*'''[[Erg]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Evermind]]''' ~ Pseudonym of [[Omnius]]
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*'''[[Evermind]]''' ~ Pseudonym of [[Omnius]].
   
 
==F==
 
==F==
   
*'''[[Face dancer]]s '''~ Tleilaxu created creatures able to mimic other humans exactly and go undetected by all known means.
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*'''[[Face dancer]]s''' ~ Tleilaxu created creatures able to mimic other humans exactly and go undetected by all known means.
*'''Face flaps''' ~
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*'''Face flaps''' ~ parts of a stillsuit's face mask, protecting it's wearer from fine dust.
*'''Fai''' ~ the "water tribute", or principal form of taxation on Arrakis in the 102nd century BG.
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*'''[[Fai]]''' ~ the "water tribute", or principal form of taxation on Arrakis in the 102nd century BG.
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*'''[[False Wall West]]''' ~ a curving arm of rock that formed a barrier between the [[Habanya Erg]] to the east and the great sink of the [[Cielago Depression]] to the west.
*'''[[False Wall West]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Famine Times]] '''~ The centuries following the death of [[Leto Atreides II]], the [[God Emperor]]. Marked by chaos and famine on many worlds, and led to [[The Scattering]].
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*'''[[Famine Times]]''' ~ The centuries following the death of [[Leto Atreides II]], the [[God Emperor]]. Marked by chaos and famine on many worlds, and led to [[The Scattering]].
*'''Fanmetal'''~ a kind of metalformed by the growing of [[jasmium]] crystals in [[duraluminum]]; noted for extreme tensile strength in relationship to weight
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*'''Fanmetal''' ~ a kind of metal formed by the growing of [[jasmium]] crystals in [[duraluminum]]; noted for extreme tensile strength in relationship to weight.
*'''[[Faufreluches]]'''~
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*'''[[Faufreluches]]''' ~ the rigid imperial system of class stratification.
*'''Favrashi'''~ a term used by Leto II to descrine the soul, collective unconscious, source of archetypes and repository of all trauma and joy.
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*'''Favrashi''' ~ a term used by Leto II to describe the soul, collective unconscious, source of archetypes and repository of all trauma and joy.
 
*'''[[Fedaykin]]''' ~ Fremen death commandos, personally trained by [[Paul Atreides]]; historically: a group formed and pledged to give their lives to right a wrong.
 
*'''[[Fedaykin]]''' ~ Fremen death commandos, personally trained by [[Paul Atreides]]; historically: a group formed and pledged to give their lives to right a wrong.
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*'''[[Filmbook]]''' ~ an apparatus used mainly for training consisting of a [[shigawire]] imprint carrying a mnemonic pulse.
*'''[[Filmbook]]'''~
 
*'''Filt-plug'''~
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*'''Filt-plug''' ~ part of a stillsuit worn to collect moisture from exhaled air.
*'''Fiqh'''~ a Chakobsa term meaning "law" or "knowledge".In Fremen Belief "Fiqh" was one of the mystical origins of their Zensunni forefathers faith.
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*'''[[Fiqh]]''' ~ a [[Chakobsa]] term meaning "law" or "knowledge".In Fremen Belief "Fiqh" was one of the mystical origins of their [[Zensunni]] forefathers faith.
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*'''[[Fire, pillar of]]''' ~ a simple pyrocket for signaling across the open desert. Also a manifestation of [[god]].
*'''Fire, pillar of'''~
 
*'''First moon'''~
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*'''[[First moon]]''' ~ the major satellite of Arrakis:[[Krelln]].
 
*'''[[Fish Speaker]]s''' ~ All-female military force created by [[Leto Atreides II]] to enforce his rule over the [[Known Universe]].
 
*'''[[Fish Speaker]]s''' ~ All-female military force created by [[Leto Atreides II]] to enforce his rule over the [[Known Universe]].
 
*'''Floater Chair''' ~ a piece of furniture which was part of a sietch- quarter, presumably a chair which floated via suspensor-technology.
 
*'''Floater Chair''' ~ a piece of furniture which was part of a sietch- quarter, presumably a chair which floated via suspensor-technology.
 
*'''[[Fogwood]]''' ~ Wood native to [[Ecaz]], capable of being shaped in situ by thought alone.
 
*'''[[Fogwood]]''' ~ Wood native to [[Ecaz]], capable of being shaped in situ by thought alone.
*'''Foum al-hout'''~ the southern pole-star of Arrakis.
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*'''Foum al-hout''' ~ the southern pole-star of Arrakis.
*'''Franzk''' ~ an old-terran language which presumably had contributed some to Galach, notably terms and names such as "melange".
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*'''[[Franzk]]''' ~ an old-terran language which presumably had contributed some to [[Galach]], notably terms and names such as "melange".
*'''Free traders'''~
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*'''[[Free traders]]''' ~ idiomatic term for [[Smuggler]]s.
 
*[[Fremen]] ~ 'Native' inhabitants of Arrakis.
 
*[[Fremen]] ~ 'Native' inhabitants of Arrakis.
*'''Fremen robe'''~
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*'''Fremen robe'''~ a loose, patched type of robe worn by the Fremen over a stillsuit.
*'''Fremkit''' ~ Desert survival kit of Fremen manufacture.
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*'''[[Fremkit]]''' ~ Desert survival kit of Fremen manufacture.
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*'''[[Frigate]]''' ~ a class of [[Starship]].The largest space-faring vessel that could successfully land and take off from a planet's surface in one piece.
*'''[[Frigate]]'''~
 
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*'''[[Funeral plain]]s''' ~ the empty lifeless wilderness south of [[Sietch Tabr]].
*'''Funeral plains'''~
 
 
*[[Futar]] ~ Primitive and fierce artificial humanoid creatures created by the [[Bene Tleilax]], a genetic mix of [[man]] and [[cat]].
 
*[[Futar]] ~ Primitive and fierce artificial humanoid creatures created by the [[Bene Tleilax]], a genetic mix of [[man]] and [[cat]].
   
 
==G==
 
==G==
   
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*'''Gabriel''' ~ the herald of [[God]] who blows his horn to announce [[Judgment Day]].
*'''Gabriel''' ~
 
 
*'''[[Galach]]''' ~ Official language of the [[Padishah Emperor|Imperium]].
 
*'''[[Galach]]''' ~ Official language of the [[Padishah Emperor|Imperium]].
*'''[[Galacia]]''' ~
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*'''[[Galacia]]''' ~ a Planet of the [[empire]].
 
*'''[[Gamont]]''' ~ The third planet of the [[Niushe]] system.
 
*'''[[Gamont]]''' ~ The third planet of the [[Niushe]] system.
*'''Gara Rulen''' ~
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*'''[[Gara Rulen]]''' ~ a settlement on Arrakis.
*'''Gare''' ~
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*'''Gare''' or '''Gara''' ~ [[Fremen]] for a peak or height.
*'''Gare Ruden''' ~
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*'''Gare Ruden''' ~ a [[rebel]] sietch on Arrakis.
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*'''[[Gathering]]''' ~ 1.the formal convocation of Fremen leaders to witness a combat that determines tribal leadership.2. A Zensunni practice of introspection. 3. The formal council of a Bene Gesserit School. 4.The Bene Gesserit Practice of concentrating inner strength.
*'''Gathering '''~
 
*'''Gehenna'''~ the realm of [[Shaitan]].
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*'''Gehenna''' ~ the realm of [[Shaitan]].
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*'''[[Generalist]]''' ~ Rank of a [[Mentat]] who had acknowledged to understand that anything which we can identify as our universe is merely part of larger phenomena.
*'''Generalist''' ~
 
*'''Geyrat'''~straight ahead; a worm steersman's call.
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*'''Geyrat''' ~ straight ahead; a worm steersman's call.
*'''Ghafla''' ~giving oneself up to gadfly distractions. Thus; a changeable person, one not to be trusted..
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*'''[[Ghafla]]''' ~ giving oneself up to gadfly distractions. Thus; a changeable person, one not to be trusted..
*'''Ghanima'''~
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*'''[[Ghanima]]''' ~ Fremen term for a spoil of war.
*[[Ghola]] ~ Clone grown in an [[Axlotl tanks]] from genetic material retrieved from the cells of a deceased subject.
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*[[Ghola]] ~ Clone grown in an [[Axlotl tanks]] from genetic material retrieved from the cells of a deceased subject.In Fremen Mythology an undead Demon , a Ghoul.
*'''Giedi prime'''~
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*'''[[Giedi prime]]''' ~ Planet orbiting [[Ophiuchi B]].Home of [[House Harkonnen]].
 
*'''Gila Woodpecker''' ~ a bird home to Arrakis.
 
*'''Gila Woodpecker''' ~ a bird home to Arrakis.
*'''Ginaz, house'''~
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*'''[[Ginaz, house]]''' ~ A [[House]] and [[school]] of [[Swordmaster]]s.
*'''giudichar'''~a holy truth. (Commonly seen in the expression Giudichar mantene: an original and supporting truth.)
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*'''Giudichar''' ~ a holy truth. (Commonly seen in the expression Giudichar mantene: an original and supporting truth.)
*'''Gladiator''' -
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*'''[[Gladiator]]''' - a [[Slave]] trained for [[arena fighting]].
 
*'''[[Glowglobe]]''' ~ [[Holtzman effect#Holtzman Suspensor|Suspensor]]-buoyed illuminating device, self-powered by harnessing the extra energy channeled by the [[Holtzman effect]].
 
*'''[[Glowglobe]]''' ~ [[Holtzman effect#Holtzman Suspensor|Suspensor]]-buoyed illuminating device, self-powered by harnessing the extra energy channeled by the [[Holtzman effect]].
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*'''[[God]]''' ~ the Highest being or will of the [[Universe]] , or any entity revered by the various [[religions]] of the [[empire]] as likeness of the Highest Being.
*'''God'''~
 
*'''Golden Age of Earth''' ~
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*'''[[Golden Age of Earth]]''' ~ a time of Myth in which Mankind still inhabited only their native homeworld [[Earth]].
*'''Golden Elixir of life''' ~
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*'''[[Golden Elixir of life]]''' ~ the [[religion]] of [[Emperor]] [[Paul Muad'Dib]].
 
*'''[[Golden Path]]''' ~ [[Paul Atreides]] and [[Leto Atreides II|Leto II's]] strategy to prevent humanity's ultimate extinction.
 
*'''[[Golden Path]]''' ~ [[Paul Atreides]] and [[Leto Atreides II|Leto II's]] strategy to prevent humanity's ultimate extinction.
 
*'''[[Gom Jabbar]]''' ~ Specific poison needle tipped with [[meta-cyanide]] used by the Bene Gesserit in their 'death-alternative test of human awareness.' It was called 'the high-handed enemy.'
 
*'''[[Gom Jabbar]]''' ~ Specific poison needle tipped with [[meta-cyanide]] used by the Bene Gesserit in their 'death-alternative test of human awareness.' It was called 'the high-handed enemy.'
*'''Goygoa'''~ small pastoral village built on former [[Jacurutu]].
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*'''[[Goygoa]]''' ~ small pastoral village built on former [[Jacurutu]].
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*'''[[Graben]]''' ~a long geological ditch formed when the ground sinks because of movements in the underlying crustal layers.
*'''Graben'''~
 
*'''Great Belief''' ~ [[Tleilaxu]] religion consists from two ancient religious sects, [[Zensunni]] and Sufi.
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*'''[[Great Belief]]''' ~ [[Tleilaxu]] religion consists from two ancient religious sects, [[Zensunni]] and [[Sufi]].
 
*'''[[Great Convention]]''' ~ Universal truce enforced under the power balance maintained by the [[Spacing Guild]], the [[House|Great Houses]], and the [[Imperium]]. Its chief rule prohibits the use of [[atomics]] against human targets.
 
*'''[[Great Convention]]''' ~ Universal truce enforced under the power balance maintained by the [[Spacing Guild]], the [[House|Great Houses]], and the [[Imperium]]. Its chief rule prohibits the use of [[atomics]] against human targets.
*'''Great Hall''' ~
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*'''Great Hall''' ~ the imperial audience chamber of Arrakeen palace.
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*'''[[Great mother]]'''~ 1. The female principle of space 2. In Bene Gesserit terminology a lead gene-carrier.
*'''Great mother'''~
 
*'''Great revolt'''~
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*'''[[Great revolt]]''' ~ the [[Butlerian Jihad]].
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*'''Greeks''' ~ an ancient culture of [[old earth]], supposedly ancestors of [[House Atreides]].
*'''Greeks''' ~
 
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*'''Gridex plane''' ~ a differential-charge separator used to remove sand from the [[melange]] spice mass; a device of the second stage in spice refining. 
*'''Gridex plane'''~
 
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*'''[[Grumman]]''' ~ a planet of the [[Imperium]], home to [[House Moritani]].
*'''Grumman'''~
 
  +
*'''the Guard Bible''' - a religious book preserved by the Bene Gesserit.
*'''Guild'''~
 
*'''Guild Bank''' ~
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*'''[[Guild]]''' ~ the [[Spacing Guild]].
*'''Guild courier'''~
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*'''[[Guild Bank]]''' ~ the financial arm of the Spacing Guild.
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*'''Guild courier''' ~ a Guild agent trained and authorized to deliver personal shipments.Usually a person with some lesser-level Mentat-training.
*'''Guild Key''' ~
 
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*'''Guild Key''' ~ a cypher used by the Guild go translate the [[Stolen Journals]] and later the [[Dar-es-Balat]] hoard.
 
*'''[[Guild Navigator]]''' ~ [[Melange]]-mutated humans safely able to navigate interstellar space in [[Heighliner]]s through [[prescience]].
 
*'''[[Guild Navigator]]''' ~ [[Melange]]-mutated humans safely able to navigate interstellar space in [[Heighliner]]s through [[prescience]].
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*'''[[Guild Ship]]''' ~ any [[spacecraft]] maintained by the spacing guild, but usually large starships meant to transport smaller inter-planetary vessels.
*'''Guild Ship''' ~
 
   
 
==H==
 
==H==
   
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*'''[[Habbanya]]''' ~ a region on Arrakis northern hemisphere including both a mountain ridge and an a part of the [[Erg]].
*'''Habbanya''' ~
 
*'''Hadith''' ~a placename on Arrakis.
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*'''[[Hadith]]''' ~a type of Song in Fremen Culture.Also a placename on Arrakis, a location of a Harkonnen spice-hoard as well as a Sietch name.
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*'''Hadji''' ~ religious pilgrims travelling to Arrakis to visit the home of the [[messiah]] [[Muad'Dib]].
*'''Hadji''' ~
 
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*'''[[Hagal]]''' ~ also known as the "Jewel Planet", the second planet of the [[Theta Shaowei]] star system.
*'''Hagal'''~
 
*'''Haiiiii-Yoh!'''~
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*'''Haiiiii-Yoh!''' ~ command to action; worm-steersman's call.
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*'''Hajj''' ~ originally the spiritual journey of the Fremen, later the missionary arm of thr [[Church of Muad'dib]].Hajj would refer to Fremen reaching out from Arrakis into the [[known Universe]] as well as to [[Out-freyn]] Pilgrims from other worlds coming to Arrakis.
*'''Hajj''' ~
 
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*'''Hajra''' ~ the Zensunni journey of seeking; a migration to find a place to live as well as a holy journey of mind, body, and spirit to find wisdom and or enlightenment.
*'''Hajra''' ~
 
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*'''Hal yawm''' ~ A Fremen exclamation loosely translated as "Now! At last!".
*'''Hal yawm'''
 
 
*'''[[Handler]]s''' ~ Humanoid race who bred and trained [[Futar]]s to hunt [[Honored Matres]].
 
*'''[[Handler]]s''' ~ Humanoid race who bred and trained [[Futar]]s to hunt [[Honored Matres]].
*'''Harj'''~fremen term for a desert journey or migration.
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*'''Harj''' ~ fremen term for a desert journey or migration.
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*'''[[Harmonthep]]''' ~ a planet orbiting the [[star]] [[Delta Pavonis]]. According to legend the sixth stop in the [[Zensunni Wanderers]]' migration.
*'''Harmonthep'''~
 
*'''Harpies''' ~
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*'''Harpies''' ~ mythical shadow demons lying in ambush.
*'''[[Harvester]]''' (also Harvester Factory or Crawler) ~ Large (often 120 metres by 40 metres) [[spice mining]] machine with a buglike body on independent tracks.
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*'''[[Harvester]]''' (also Harvester Factory or [[Crawler]]) ~ Large (often 120 metres by 40 metres) [[spice mining]] machine with a buglike body on independent tracks.
*'''Headband of mourning''' ~
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*'''Headband of mourning''' ~ a ceremonial haedpiece made of braided [[spice-fibre]] worn by the Fremen for funeral and memorial ceremonies.
 
*'''[[Heighliner]]''' ~ Enormous carrier [[starship|spaceships]] used by the Spacing Guild for interstellar travel.
 
*'''[[Heighliner]]''' ~ Enormous carrier [[starship|spaceships]] used by the Spacing Guild for interstellar travel.
 
*'''Heinali''' ~ the "manpusher", a hundred-klick wind.
 
*'''Heinali''' ~ the "manpusher", a hundred-klick wind.
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*'''[[Heretic]]''' - anyone neglecting the dogmas of the [[Qizarate]], the [[Fish Speaker]] or the [[Rakian Priesthood]].Among the Bene Gesserit:anyone who does not follow the Orders of a [[Mother Superior]].
*'''Hiereg'''~Fremen term for a desert camp.
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*'''Hiereg''' ~ Fremen term for a desert camp.
*'''High council'''~
 
*'''High Monitors''' ~
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*'''[[High council]]''' ~ the [[Landsraad]] inner circle.
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*'''[[High Monitor]]s''' ~ ixian observance satellites used to supervise the [[Sareer]].
 
*[[Holtzman Effect]] ~ Scientific phenomenon that makes (among other things) instantaneous space travel and defensive force shields possible.
 
*[[Holtzman Effect]] ~ Scientific phenomenon that makes (among other things) instantaneous space travel and defensive force shields possible.
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*'''the Holy Book of the divided God''' - the holy book of the church of the divided god and the [[Rakis Priesthood]].
*'''The Holy Metamorphosis''' ~
 
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*'''The Holy Metamorphosis''' ~ a [[Book]] by [[Harq al-Harba]], also a doctrine of the [[Rakian Priesthood]] considering the two transformations of the [[God-Emperor]].
*[[Honored Matres]] ~ Matriarchal order formed in [[The Scattering]], by Bene Gesserit and Female Tleilaxu, who used sexual imprinting and violence to subdue and control their enemies.
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*[[Honored Matres]] ~ Matriarchal order formed in [[The Scattering]], by Bene Gesserit,[[Fishspeaker]]s and Female [[Tleilaxu]], who used sexual imprinting and violence to subdue and control their enemies.
*'''Hookman'''~
 
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*'''[[Hookman]]''' ~ Any Fremen with [[Maker hooks]] prepared to catch a sandworm.
*'''Horns-of-the-Worm''' ~
 
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*'''Horns-of-the-Worm''' ~ a Fremen handsign used to ward off [[Rihani]] magic.
*'''Hour of Assassins''' ~
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*'''Hour of Assassins''' ~ the first hour before dawn.
 
*'''Houri''' ~ a virgin of god.
 
*'''Houri''' ~ a virgin of god.
*'''House'''~
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*'''[[House]]''' ~ a Noble imperial or planetary family.
*'''House major'''~
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*'''[[House major]]''' ~ an imperial House ruling a Planet.
*'''House minor'''~
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*'''[[House minor]]''' ~ planet-bound families subject to a House major.
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*'''House Proctor''' ~ a lawyer or other official in service of a House or a Reverend Mother in service of a specific House.
*'''House Ferrets'''~
 
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*'''House Ferrets''' ~ watchful small animals held by the planetary houses to Alert from any intruders and ward off harmful vermin, especially 'infectious Agents'.
*'''Huanui-nau''' ~a [[Deathstill]]
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*'''Huanui-nau''' ~a [[Deathstill]].
 
*'''Hulasikali Wala''' ~ fremen name for the [[Coriolis storm]].
 
*'''Hulasikali Wala''' ~ fremen name for the [[Coriolis storm]].
 
*'''[[Hunter-seeker]]''' ~ Ravening sliver of [[suspensor]]-buoyed metal guided as a weapon by a nearby control console, commonly used for assassination. Floating in mid-air, it kills by entering the body and following nerve pathways to vital organs.
 
*'''[[Hunter-seeker]]''' ~ Ravening sliver of [[suspensor]]-buoyed metal guided as a weapon by a nearby control console, commonly used for assassination. Floating in mid-air, it kills by entering the body and following nerve pathways to vital organs.
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*'''[[hydraulic despotism]]''' - or "Water-despotism".The Use of water monopoly to control a population. Also used figuratively for Leto II's concept of "[[Syaksa]]".
*'''hydraulic despotism'''
 
 
   
 
==I==
 
==I==
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*'''[[Ibad]]''' ~ "Lost ones"; originally a tribe of the [[Nilotic al-Ourouba]], later used figuratively for the deep blue eyes of the Fremen or other Melange adicts, caused by the spice-saturation of the adicts blood.
*'''Ibad''' ~
 
*'''Ibn qirtaiba'''~see qirtaiba
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*'''Ibn qirtaiba''' ~ see qirtaiba
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*'''[[Ichwan]]''' ~ a band of brothers.Used for the brotherhood of the Ichwan-Bedwines, the tribal communion of all Fremen on Arrakis.
*'''Ichwan''' ~
 
*'''Idaho river''' ~
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*'''[[Idaho river]]''' ~ a river on Rakis, in the place of the former [[Mount Idaho]].
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*'''[[Iduali]]''' ~ blood drinking "water-insects"; a mythical Fremen tribe once outlawed for taking the water of fellow Fremen.
*'''Iduali''' ~
 
 
*'''Ijaz '''~ Described as "The inimitibility of the prophecy". A term used by the [[Missionaria Protectiva]] to describe a prophecy they have planted on a planet as unique, and unable to be copied. [[Jessica Atreides|Lady Jessica]] uses this term to describe the [[Fremen]] prophecy of the [[Mahdi]] that was planted on [[Arrakis]].
 
*'''Ijaz '''~ Described as "The inimitibility of the prophecy". A term used by the [[Missionaria Protectiva]] to describe a prophecy they have planted on a planet as unique, and unable to be copied. [[Jessica Atreides|Lady Jessica]] uses this term to describe the [[Fremen]] prophecy of the [[Mahdi]] that was planted on [[Arrakis]].
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*'''[[Ikhut-eigh!]]''' ~ the cry of the [[water-seller]]s on Arrakis.The etymology is uncertain.
*'''Ikhut-eigh!'''~
 
*'''Imperial Citadel'''~
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*'''Imperial Citadel''' ~ Leto II's great dwelling in the [[Sareer]].
*'''Ilm'''~fremen term for theology.
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*'''[[Ilm]]''' ~ fremen term for theology.
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*'''[[Imperial conditioning]]''' ~ a development of the [[Suk Medical School]]s.The highest conditioning against taking human life, which meant that a [[Suk Doctor]] who had this conditioning could even serve an Emperor.
*'''Imperial conditioning'''~
 
*'''Imprinter''' ~ A [[Reverend Mother]], who achieved to master three hundred steps of orgasmic amplification, assigned to condition any potential or important male via sexual imprinting.
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*'''[[Imprinter]]''' ~ A [[Reverend Mother]], who achieved to master three hundred steps of orgasmic amplification, assigned to condition any potential or important male via sexual imprinting.
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*'''Infectious agent''' ~ a Virus or microscopic one-celled organism aimed intended as a biological weapon against a specific Victim or group of human Targets.Also figuratively the human or animal carrier of such a biological weapon.
*'''Infectious agent'''
 
*'''[[Inkvine]] '''~ Creeping plant native to [[Giedi Prime]] and frequently used as a whip in its slave pens. Victims were marked by beet-colored tattoos that cause residual pain for many years.
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*'''[[Inkvine]] ''' ~ Creeping plant native to [[Giedi Prime]] and frequently used as a whip in its slave pens. Victims were marked by beet-colored tattoos that caused residual pain for many years.
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*'''[[Inquisitor]]''' ~ A judge or official inquisiting heresies.During and after the [[butlerian Jihad]] Inquisitors were represetants of the [[Orange-Catholic]] Orthodoxy who pursued violations of the [[great Convention]].During the [[Atreides empire]] the Inquisitors usually were Members of the [[Qizarate]] who persecuted dissenters from the [[Golden Elixir of Life]] [[religion]]. Under [[Leto II]] similar tasks were performed by the Fishspeakers of the [[Bureau of Faith]].
*'''Inquisitor'''~
 
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*'''Isis Cult''' ~ an ancient [[terra]]n [[religion]] revering the demon-goddess of death.The Cult was revived by a group of Heretics during the reign of Leto II.
*'''Isis Cult''' ~
 
*'''Isnad''' ~ amonf the Fremen a convention of a tribe in whixh was hold justice on another member of the tribe.
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*'''[[Isnad]]''' ~ among the Fremen a convention of a tribe in which was hold justice on another member of the tribe.
*'''Istislah '''~ The [[Fremen]] rule of general interest. Everything is done in the general interest of the tribe, not the individual.
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*'''[[Istislah]] ''' ~ The [[Fremen]] rule of general interest. Everything is done in the general interest of the tribe, not the individual.
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*'''Itinerant priest''' ~ a member of the [[Church of Muad'dib]] travelling with a group of [[Pilgrim]]s, settlers,[[Suks]] or [[Jihadi]]s , spreading the [[golden Elixir of life]] [[religion]] throughout the [[known Universe]].
*'''Itinerant priest'''~
 
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*'''[[Ix]]''' ~ the ninth planet in the [[star]] system [[Alkalurops]],ruled by the [[Ixian Technocracy]].Ixian economy depended on manufacturing complex machinery, sometimes flouting the moral-juridical proscriptions of the [[great convention]].
*'''Ix'''~
 
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*'''Ixian amplifyer''' ~ microscopic amplifiers of ixian make used by Leto II on his royal cart to amplify his voice on processions.
*'''Ixian amplifyer''' ~
 
*'''Ixian Core''' ~
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*'''Ixian Core''' ~ the heartland of the technological federation goverened by Ix. 
 
*'''[[Ixian damper]]''' ~ Device used to prevents eavesdropping from outside functioning area.
 
*'''[[Ixian damper]]''' ~ Device used to prevents eavesdropping from outside functioning area.
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*'''Ixian dictatel''' ~ a microscopic voice- and thought-recording printer, imprinting on [[ridulian crystal-paper]].
*'''Ixian dictatel''' ~
 
  +
*'''[[Ixian globe]]''' ~ a precursor or early type of [[no-room]].A mechanical device ,invisible, emitting radiation and absorbing radiation to simulate the natural character of its surroundings, 
*'''Ixian globe''' ~
 
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*'''Ixian mask''' ~ 1. A type of ixian-made black gauze-mask, presumably mechanical, enabling a blind man to see. 2. A movable transparent type of slide-wall used to keep insects away.
*'''Ixian mask''' ~
 
*'''Ixian Masters''' ~
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*'''Ixian Masters''' ~ the Ixian-confederacy's ruling class or technocrat-elite.
 
*'''Ixian navigator''' ~ Mechanical substitution for a [[Guild Navigator]]. It was used in every [[no-ship]]s and in some of Guild [[heighliner]]s.
 
*'''Ixian navigator''' ~ Mechanical substitution for a [[Guild Navigator]]. It was used in every [[no-ship]]s and in some of Guild [[heighliner]]s.
 
*'''[[Ixian probe]]''' ~ Device used to capture the thoughts of a person (living or dead) for analysis; could be blocked by the substance [[List of Dune terminology#S|shere]].
 
*'''[[Ixian probe]]''' ~ Device used to capture the thoughts of a person (living or dead) for analysis; could be blocked by the substance [[List of Dune terminology#S|shere]].
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*'''Ixian tools''' ~ otherwisely unnamed type of specific ixian machinery used for detection and tunneling of underground-facilities.
*'''Ixian tools''' ~
 
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*'''Ixian tube-lift''' ~ large transportation systems, similar to vacuum elevators, used by Leto II for traveling his imperial Citadel.
*'''Ixian tube-lift'''~
 
   
 
==J==
 
==J==
   
  +
*'''Jacob Broom''' ~ a Politician and Businessman of [[Old Earth]].He was one of the many historical personalities who were alive in Leto II Consciousness.The sentence "Control the courts and the coinage -let the rabble have the rest" was attributed to him.
*'''Jacob Broom''' ~
 
*'''Jadacha''' ~ The Legs ot thights.A Jadacha-hermaphrodit as the [[Face Dancer]]s was a person who is of no physical or mental sex and gender who could willingly change it's physics to imitate a person of any sex and gender.
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*'''Jadacha''' ~ 'The Legs of thights'.A Jadacha-hermaphrodit as the [[Face Dancer]]s was a person who was of no physical or mental sex and gender who could willingly change it's physics to imitate a person of any sex and gender.
*'''Jalalud-Din''' ~
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*'''Jalalud-Din''' ~ a settlement on Arrakis near the great gap in the [[shield wall]].
  +
*'''Janus''' ~ a bearded two-faced roman [[god]] from old earth.During Alia's reign Atreides Statues depicting Leto and Alia were designed to resemble images of Janus in Style.
*'''Janus'''~
 
  +
* '''[[Jihad]]''' ~ the ultimate goal or strife.Often referring to the [[Butlerian Jihad]] or the Fremen Holy war.
* '''Jihad''' ~
 
*'''Jihad, butlerian'''~
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*'''[[Jihad, butlerian]]''' ~ the great revolt against [[thinking machines]] and machine culture.
  +
*'''John Baptist''' ~ a [[prophet]] of old earth revered in [[Christianity]] and [[First Islam]] and remembered in [[Orange Catholicism]].
*'''John Baptist''' ~
 
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*'''John Bartlett''' ~ a componist from Old Earth remembered by Alia's ancestor [[Agamemnon]] and likened by him to Ovid.
*'''John Bartlett''' ~
 
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* '''Johnnies''' ~ an arrakisian term for "Outsiders" or inexperienced people from off-world.
* '''Johnnies''' ~
 
*'''Jowf''' ~ a place on old earth , possibly near Assyria.The priestesses of Youth were ancestors of the [[Bene Gesserit]].
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*'''Jowf''' ~ a place on old earth ,possibly near Assyria,Conquered by Sennacherib, .The priestesses of Jowf were ancestors of the [[Bene Gesserit]].
 
* '''[[Jubba]]''' ~ an all-purpose cloak commonly worn over a stillsuit on Arrakis.
 
* '''[[Jubba]]''' ~ an all-purpose cloak commonly worn over a stillsuit on Arrakis.
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*'''[[Judge of the change]]''' ~  an Imperial officer who was charged with presiding over a change of planetary Fief, declarations and forms of [[kanly]], or [[War of Assassins]] during the days of the Imperium. A Judge's authority could only be challenged before the [[High Council]].
*'''Judge of the change'''
 
   
 
==K==
 
==K==
   
*'''Kadesh''' ~ a planet, home of [[Tagir Mohandis]], the [[troubadour]]].
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*'''[[Kadesh]]''' ~ a planet, home of [[Tagir Mohandis]], the [[troubadour]].
*'''Kadrish''' ~ a planet far from Arrakis where it had become fashion to wear imitated stillsuits.
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*'''[[Kadrish]]''' ~ a planet far from Arrakis where it had become fashion to wear imitated stillsuits.
 
*'''Kagga Basin''' ~
 
*'''Kagga Basin''' ~
 
*'''Kairitis''' ~
 
*'''Kairitis''' ~
*'''Leb Kamai''' ~ a mythical place.
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*'''[[Leb Kamai]]''' ~ "Heart of the uprise" .A mythical place, possibly originally referring to Chaldea or Babylonia on old Earth.
*[[Kanly]] ~ Formal feud or vendetta under the rules of the [[Great Convention]] carried on according to the strictest limitations. Originally the rules were designed to protect innocent bystanders.
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*'''[[Kanly]]''' ~ Formal feud or vendetta under the rules of the [[Great Convention]] carried on according to the strictest limitations. Originally the rules were designed to protect innocent bystanders.
*'''Karakul''' ~ a black wool made from the wool of the Karakul sheep.
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*'''Karakul''' ~ a black wool made from the wool of the [[Karakul sheep]].
*'''Karama''' ~ A miracle; an action intiated by the [[spirit world]].
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*'''[[Karama]]''' ~ A miracle; an action intiated by the [[spirit world]].
*'''Kaymakam''' ~  title for a political governor during Paul Muad'dib and Alia's rule  
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*'''[[Kaymakam]]''' ~  title for a political governor during Paul Muad'dib and Alia's rule  
*'''Kaza''' ~fremen term for the appointed leader of a group
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*'''Kaza''' ~ fremen term for the appointed leader of a group
*'''Kedem''' or '''Kadem'''~ the Fremen word for Arrakis' inner desert.
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*'''Kedem''' or '''Kadem''' ~ the Fremen word for Arrakis' inner desert.
*'''Keeper of Jessica's Light'''~
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*'''Keeper of Jessica's Light''' ~
*'''Keffiya''' ~the knotted headdress worn by a Fremen Naib.
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*'''Keffiya''' ~ the knotted headdress worn by a Fremen [[Naib]].
 
*'''Ke'leb''' ~
 
*'''Ke'leb''' ~
*'''Ketman'''~ fremen term for the concept of Taquiyya.
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*'''Ketman''' ~ fremen term for the concept of [[Taquiyya]].
 
*'''Khala''' ~ Traditional invocation to still the angry spirits of a place you mention.
 
*'''Khala''' ~ Traditional invocation to still the angry spirits of a place you mention.
 
*'''Killer medic''' ~
 
*'''Killer medic''' ~
*'''Kindjal'''~
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*'''[[Kindjal]]''' ~
 
*'''Kiswa''' ~ Any figure or design from [[Fremen mythology]].
 
*'''Kiswa''' ~ Any figure or design from [[Fremen mythology]].
*'''Kitab Al-Ibar''' ~ The combined survival handbook/religious manual developed by the Fremen on Arrakis
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*'''[[Kitab Al-Ibar]]''' ~ The combined survival handbook/religious manual developed by the Fremen on Arrakis
*'''Kontar''' ~ a unit of measure.Once one and a half kontar limited a camel load.
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*'''Kontar''' ~ a unit of measure.Once one and a half kontar limited a [[camel]] load.
*'''Kralizec''' ~ Long-foretold final battle or 'typhoon struggle at the end of the [[universe]].'
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*'''[[Kralizec]]''' ~ Long-foretold final battle or 'typhoon struggle at the end of the [[universe]].'
*'''Krimskell fibre'''~
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*'''[[Krimskell]] fibre''' ~
*'''Krimskell rope'''~
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*'''Krimskell rope''' ~
*'''Kull wahad'''~
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*'''[[Kull wahad]]''' ~
*'''Kulon'''~
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*'''[[Kulon]]''' ~
*'''[[Kwisatz Haderach]]''' ~ "The Shortening of the Way." This is the label applied by the Bene Gesserit to the unknown for which the sought a genetic solution: a male Bene Gesserit whose organic mental powers would bridge space and time. After the reign of [[Leto II]], the Tyrant, this label became applied to all persons whom the Bene Gesserit thought to be of unnatural/supernatural power that could drastically change the balance of power in the known universe. ( See also Leto Atreides II, [[Paul Atreides]], [[Hasimir Fenring]], [[Duncan Idaho]], [[Miles Teg]])
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*'''[[Kwisatz Haderach]]''' ~ "The Shortening of the Way." This is the label applied by the Bene Gesserit to the unknown for which the sought a genetic solution: a male Bene Gesserit whose organic mental powers would bridge space and time. After the reign of [[Leto II]], the Tyrant, this label became applied to all persons whom the Bene Gesserit thought to be of unnatural/supernatural power that could drastically change the balance of power in the [[known universe]]. ( See also Leto Atreides II, [[Paul Atreides]], [[Hasimir Fenring]], [[Duncan Idaho]], [[Miles Teg]])
 
*'''Kynes Sea''' ~
 
*'''Kynes Sea''' ~
   
 
==L==
 
==L==
   
*'''La,la,la'''~
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*'''La,la,la''' ~
 
*'''Landing-lip''' ~
 
*'''Landing-lip''' ~
 
*[[Landsraad]] ~ The Assembly of all nobles in the Imperium.
 
*[[Landsraad]] ~ The Assembly of all nobles in the Imperium.
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*'''L-ray''' ~ The ray emitted from the explosion of [[stone burner]] that can cause blindness with direct contact to the eye.
 
*'''L-ray''' ~ The ray emitted from the explosion of [[stone burner]] that can cause blindness with direct contact to the eye.
 
*[[Laza tiger]] ~ Big hybrid feline on [[Salusa Secundus]]
 
*[[Laza tiger]] ~ Big hybrid feline on [[Salusa Secundus]]
*'''Legion, imperial'''~
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*'''Legion, imperial''' ~
*'''Liban'''~
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*'''[[Liban]]''' ~
 
*'''Lida''' ~
 
*'''Lida''' ~
 
*'''Life scanner''' ~
 
*'''Life shield blanket''' ~ Device used to shield life signal inside the shielding area from life tracing.
 
*'''Life shield blanket''' ~ Device used to shield life signal inside the shielding area from life tracing.
*'''Lisan al-gaib'''~
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*'''[[Lisan al-gaib]]''' ~
 
*'''Lisanu L'haqq''' ~
 
*'''Lisanu L'haqq''' ~
*'''Literjon'''~
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*'''[[Literjon]]''' ~
*'''Little Citadel'''~
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*'''Little Citadel''' ~
*'''Little maker'''~
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*'''[[Little maker]]''' ~
 
*'''Long Koan''' ~
 
*'''Long Koan''' ~
 
*'''[[Lost Tleilaxu]]''' ~ Offshoot race of the [[Bene Tleilax]], formed in The Scattering.
 
*'''[[Lost Tleilaxu]]''' ~ Offshoot race of the [[Bene Tleilax]], formed in The Scattering.
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==M==
 
==M==
   
*'''Machinery inspector'''~
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*'''Machinery inspector''' ~
*'''Mahdi'''~
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*'''[[Mahdi]]''' ~
 
*'''Mahdi religion''' ~
 
*'''Mahdi religion''' ~
 
*'''Mahdi spirit cultists''' ~
 
*'''Mahdi spirit cultists''' ~
 
*'''Mahdinate''' ~
 
*'''Mahdinate''' ~
*'''Majordomus''' ~
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*'''[[Majordomus]]''' ~
*'''Maker'''~
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*'''[[Maker]]'''~
*'''Maker Hook''' ~
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*'''[[Maker Hook]]''' ~
 
*'''Maku''' ~
 
*'''Maku''' ~
*'''Management bureaucracy'''~
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*'''Management bureaucracy''' ~
*'''Mantene'''~
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*'''Mantene''' ~
*'''Maometh'''~
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*'''[[Maometh]]''' ~
*'''Masshad''' ~ fremen term for a spiritual-test.
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*'''[[Masshad]]''' ~ fremen term for a spiritual-test.
 
*'''Master of the Deathstills''' ~
 
*'''Master of the Deathstills''' ~
*'''Mating index'''~
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*'''Mating index''' ~
*'''Maula'''~
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*'''[[Maula]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Maula pistol]]''' ~ Spring-loaded gun for firing poison darts, with a range of about 40 metres.
 
*'''[[Maula pistol]]''' ~ Spring-loaded gun for firing poison darts, with a range of about 40 metres.
*'''Maulana''' ~ aa rank or office among the [[Qizarate]]
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*'''[[Maulana]]''' ~ a rank or office among the [[Qizarate]].
 
*'''Medic''' ~
 
*'''Medic''' ~
 
*'''[[Spice Melange|Melange]]''' ~ Drug that was essential to space travel and extended life, and therefore to the survival of the universe.
 
*'''[[Spice Melange|Melange]]''' ~ Drug that was essential to space travel and extended life, and therefore to the survival of the universe.
 
*'''Melange Wafers''' ~
 
*'''Melange Wafers''' ~
*'''Memerase paper'''~
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*'''[[Memerase paper]]''' ~
*'''Memocorder''' ~
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*'''[[Memocorder]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Mentat]]''' ~ Individuals trained as human computers, their minds developed to staggering heights of cognitive and analytical ability.
 
*'''[[Mentat]]''' ~ Individuals trained as human computers, their minds developed to staggering heights of cognitive and analytical ability.
 
*'''Merchant-priests''' ~
 
*'''Merchant-priests''' ~
 
*'''Message-Capsule''' ~
 
*'''Message-Capsule''' ~
*'''Metaglass'''~
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*'''[[Metaglass]]''' ~
*''' microbubble'''~
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*''' microbubble''' ~
*'''Mihna'''~the season for testing Fremen youths who wish admittance to manhood. 
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*'''Mihna''' ~ the season for testing Fremen youths who wish admittance to manhood. 
*'''Minimic film'''~
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*'''[[Minimic film]]''' ~
*'''Mirabhasa''' ~ principles of the [[Bhotani]] philosophy, meaning "rationalism".Also mirabhasa languages, created after the Mirabhasa principles, honed phlange consonants and joined vowels used as an instrument for conveying fine emotional subtleties.
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*'''[[Mirabhasa]]''' ~ principles of the [[Bhotani]] philosophy, meaning "rationalism".Also mirabhasa languages, created after the Mirabhasa principles, honed phlange consonants and joined vowels used as an instrument for conveying fine emotional subtleties.
 
*'''Mirzabah''' ~ the Iron Hammer with which the dead are beaten who cannot reply satisfactorily to the questions they must answer before entry into paradise.
 
*'''Mirzabah''' ~ the Iron Hammer with which the dead are beaten who cannot reply satisfactorily to the questions they must answer before entry into paradise.
 
*'''Mish-Mish''' ~ Apricots.
 
*'''Mish-Mish''' ~ Apricots.
*'''Misr'''~
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*'''[[Misr]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Missionaria Protectiva]]''' ~ An arm of the [[Bene Gesserit]] charged with spreading contrived myths, prophecies and superstition on primitive worlds so that the Bene Gesserit may later exploit those regions.
 
*'''[[Missionaria Protectiva]]''' ~ An arm of the [[Bene Gesserit]] charged with spreading contrived myths, prophecies and superstition on primitive worlds so that the Bene Gesserit may later exploit those regions.
 
*'''Mjeed''' ~ a ruling-title from old Terra.
 
*'''Mjeed''' ~ a ruling-title from old Terra.
 
*'''Mnemonic amplifier''' ~
 
*'''Mnemonic amplifier''' ~
 
*'''Mnemonic flutter-system''' ~
 
*'''Mnemonic flutter-system''' ~
*'''Mohalata''' ~ among the Fremen the term for a protective partnership.Among the Bene Gesserit the partnership one of the pre-born can have with benign ancestors to protect him from malignant ancestors.
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*'''[[Mohalata]]''' ~ among the Fremen the term for a protective partnership.Among the Bene Gesserit the partnership one of the [[pre-born]] can have with benign ancestors to protect him from malignant ancestors.
 
*'''Moisture seal''' ~
 
*'''Moisture seal''' ~
 
*'''Moisture trap''' ~
 
*'''Moisture trap''' ~
*'''Molitor Victory''' ~
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*'''[[Molitor]] Victory''' ~
*'''Monitor'''~
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*'''[[Monitor]]''' ~
 
*'''Mother of moisture''' ~
 
*'''Mother of moisture''' ~
 
*'''Mouthseal''' ~
 
*'''Mouthseal''' ~
*'''Muad'dib'''~
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*'''[[Muad'dib]]'''~
 
*'''Muad'Dibs Cleft'''~
 
*'''Muad'Dibs Cleft'''~
*'''Mudir nahya'''~
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*'''[[Mudir nahya]]'''~
*'''Mufti''' ~ official garb of a Priest or [[House-trooper]].
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*'''Mufti''' ~ the garb, cap and gown, of a Priest or [[House-trooper]] off-duty.
*'''Muritan''' ~
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*'''[[Muritan]]''' ~
*'''Museum Fremen''' ~
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*'''[[Museum Fremen]]''' ~
*'''Mushtamal'''-a small garden annex to a Fremen [[djedida]], the term was imported from [[Ishkal]].
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*'''Mushtamal''' ~ a small garden annex to a Fremen [[djedida]], the term was imported from [[Ishkal]].
*'''Musky'''~
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*'''[[Musky]]''' ~
*'''Mu zein wallah!'''
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*'''Mu zein wallah!''' ~
   
 
==N==
 
==N==
   
*'''Na-Baron''' ~ Noble title given to a [[Baron|Baron's]] heir-apparent.
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*'''[[Na-Baron]]''' ~ Noble title given to a [[Baron|Baron's]] heir-apparent.
 
*[[Naib]] ~ Caretaker and Leader of [[Sietch]]. The word means 'Servant of Sietch' in [[Chakobsa]].
 
*[[Naib]] ~ Caretaker and Leader of [[Sietch]]. The word means 'Servant of Sietch' in [[Chakobsa]].
*'''Naraj Worlds''' ~
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*'''[[Naraj]] Worlds''' ~
 
*'''Navigation machines''' ~
 
*'''Navigation machines''' ~
*'''Nebiros''' ~
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*'''[[Nebiros]]''' ~
*'''Needle knife'''~
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*'''[[Needle knife]]''' ~
 
*'''Nezhoni scarf''' ~
 
*'''Nezhoni scarf''' ~
 
*'''Niazi''' ~ a place of saltmines on Arrakis.
 
*'''Niazi''' ~ a place of saltmines on Arrakis.
 
*'''Nightseal''' ~
 
*'''Nightseal''' ~
*[[No-chamber]] or '''No-room ''' ~ Construct that hid anything inside from prescient and ocular vision, as well as other methods of detection.
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*'''[[No-chamber]]''' or '''No-room ''' ~ Construct that hid anything inside from prescient and ocular vision, as well as other methods of detection.
 
*[[No-ship]] ~ No-chamber in spaceship form, with enough limited prescience to be capable of interstellar travel without a [[Guild Navigator]].
 
*[[No-ship]] ~ No-chamber in spaceship form, with enough limited prescience to be capable of interstellar travel without a [[Guild Navigator]].
*'''Noah Arkwright'''~
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*'''Noah Arkwright''' ~
*'''Non-absolutum''' ~
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*'''[[Non-absolutum]]''' ~
*'''Noukker '''~
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*'''[[Noukker]] ''' ~
 
*'''Novice''' ~
 
*'''Novice''' ~
*'''Nullentropy''' ~ Technology through which the natural processes of time, such as decomposition, were ceased. In this way, matter such as human cells was stored for millennia without damage.
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*'''[[Nullentropy]]''' ~ Technology through which the natural processes of time, such as decomposition, were ceased. In this way, matter such as human cells was stored for millennia without damage.
   
 
==O==
 
==O==
   
 
*'''Obliterators''' ~ [[Honored Matre]] weapons of mass destruction. They combusted the atmosphere of a planet and subsequently its surface.
 
*'''Obliterators''' ~ [[Honored Matre]] weapons of mass destruction. They combusted the atmosphere of a planet and subsequently its surface.
*'''Oil lens'''~
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*'''[[Oil lens]]''' ~
*'''Opafire'''~
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*'''[[Opafire]]''' ~
 
*'''Oracle''' ~
 
*'''Oracle''' ~
*[[Orange Catholic Bible]]~
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*[[Orange Catholic Bible]] ~
  +
*'''Orange catholic ritual''' ~ the rite of communion among the followers of the [[fourteen sages]] in which the believers shared a wafer sybolising the flesh of [[god]].
*'''Orange catholic ritual'''~
 
*'''Order of Hormu''' ~ An organization of [[Honored Matres]]' [[playfem]]s.
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*'''Order of [[Hormu]]''' ~ An organization of [[Honored Matres]]' [[playfem]]s.
 
*[[Other Memory]] ~ The combined ego and memories of all female ancestors that a Bene Gesserit was trained to access.
 
*[[Other Memory]] ~ The combined ego and memories of all female ancestors that a Bene Gesserit was trained to access.
*[[Ornithopter]] (or 'Thopter) ~ Aircraft capable of sustained wing-beat flight in the manner of birds.
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*[[Ornithopter]] (or 'Thopter) ~ [[Aircraft]] capable of sustained wing-beat flight in the manner of birds.
*'''Out-freyn'''~
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*'''[[Out-freyn]]''' ~
 
*'''Osiris''' ~
 
*'''Osiris''' ~
 
*'''Ovid''' ~
 
*'''Ovid''' ~
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*'''Pajama suit''' ~
 
*'''Pajama suit''' ~
 
*'''Palato''' ~ an ancient ruler-title from the [[Old Empire]] or even [[Old Earth]]
 
*'''Palato''' ~ an ancient ruler-title from the [[Old Empire]] or even [[Old Earth]]
*'''Palian Silk''' ~
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*'''[[Palia]]n Silk''' ~
 
*'''Palm lock''' ~ Lock or seal which could be opened only by contact with the palm of the human hand to which it has been keyed.
 
*'''Palm lock''' ~ Lock or seal which could be opened only by contact with the palm of the human hand to which it has been keyed.
*'''Pan'''~
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*'''[[Pan]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Panoplia Propheticus]]''' ~ Common term for superstitions planted through the [[Known Universe]] by [[Missionaria Protectiva]].
 
*'''[[Panoplia Propheticus]]''' ~ Common term for superstitions planted through the [[Known Universe]] by [[Missionaria Protectiva]].
*'''Paracompass'''~
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*'''[[Paracompass]]''' ~
*'''Paradan'''~
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*'''[[Paradan]]''' ~
 
*'''Parasilk''' ~
 
*'''Parasilk''' ~
 
*'''Parato Silk''' ~
 
*'''Parato Silk''' ~
*'''Parella'''~
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*'''Parella''' ~
 
*'''Pastaza''' ~ fremen term for a specific kind of breeze.
 
*'''Pastaza''' ~ fremen term for a specific kind of breeze.
 
*'''Perimeter Wall''' ~
 
*'''Perimeter Wall''' ~
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*'''[[Phibian]]''' ~ Primitive, amphibious humanoid creatures, a genetic mix of man and fish.
 
*'''[[Phibian]]''' ~ Primitive, amphibious humanoid creatures, a genetic mix of man and fish.
 
*'''Pilgrim''' ~
 
*'''Pilgrim''' ~
*'''Planets of Dan'''~
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*'''Planets of [[Dan]]''' ~
*'''Plasteel''' ~ Extremely tough form of steel, stabilized with stravidium fibers grown into its crystal structure.
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*'''[[Plasteel]]''' ~ Extremely tough form of steel, stabilized with stravidium fibers grown into its crystal structure.
*'''Playfem''' ~ Short for Play Female, a word used to call prostitute.
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*'''Playfem''' ~ Short for Play Female, a word used to designate a type or class of prostitute.
 
*'''Plasmeld''' ~
 
*'''Plasmeld''' ~
*'''Plasteel'''~
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*'''[[Plastone]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Plaz]]''' (or windowplaz) ~ Synthetic glass, used for windows (especially in aircraft and [[spaceships]]) due to its superior strength.
*'''Plastone''' ~
 
 
*'''Pleniscenta''' ~
*'''Plaz''' (or windowplaz) ~ Synthetic glass, used for windows (especially in aircraft and [[spaceships]]) due to its superior strength.
 
*'''Pleniscenta'''
 
 
*[[Poison snooper]] ~ Radiation analyzer within the olfactory spectrum and keyed to detect poisonous substances.
 
*[[Poison snooper]] ~ Radiation analyzer within the olfactory spectrum and keyed to detect poisonous substances.
*'''Poling the sand'''~
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*'''Poling the sand''' ~
 
*'''[[Ponji]] rice''' ~
 
*'''[[Ponji]] rice''' ~
*'''Poritrin''' -
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*'''[[Poritrin]]''' ~
*'''Portyguls''' ~ Oranges.
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*'''[[Portyguls]]''' ~ Oranges.
 
*'''Prajna''' ~ a Bene Gesserit meditation technique.
 
*'''Prajna''' ~ a Bene Gesserit meditation technique.
*'''Prana'''~
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*'''[[Prana]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Prana-bindu]]''' ~ Prana for nerve and bindu for fibers. Training that provided a Bene Gesserit with complete muscle control (''Prana nervature'' related to nervous system control), and the basis of the [[Weirding Way]]
 
*'''[[Prana-bindu]]''' ~ Prana for nerve and bindu for fibers. Training that provided a Bene Gesserit with complete muscle control (''Prana nervature'' related to nervous system control), and the basis of the [[Weirding Way]]
*'''[[Presciensce]]'''~
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*'''[[Presciensce]]''' ~
*'''Pre-spice mass'''~
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*'''[[Pre-spice mass]]''' ~
*'''[[Predator fish]]''' ~ Fishes that used to protect [[qanat]] from [[sandtrout]]s.
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*'''[[Predator fish]]''' ~ Fishes that used to protect [[qanat]] from [[sandtrout]].
 
*'''Priest-advocate''' ~
 
*'''Priest-advocate''' ~
 
*'''Priest-guards''' ~
 
*'''Priest-guards''' ~
 
*'''Priestess Amazons''' ~
 
*'''Priestess Amazons''' ~
*'''Priestesses of Jowf''' ~
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*'''Priestesses of [[Jowf]]''' ~
*'''Primito'''~
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*'''Primito''' ~
*'''Proces verbal''' ~
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*'''[[Proces verbal]]''' ~
*'''Proctor superior'''~
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*'''Proctor superior''' ~
 
*'''Propagandists''' ~
 
*'''Propagandists''' ~
*'''Pru-door''' '''prudence barrier'''~
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*'''Pru-door''' '''prudence barrier''' ~
*'''Pundi rice'''~
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*'''[[Pundi]] rice''' ~
*'''Punji Cotton'''~
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*'''Punji Cotton''' ~
*'''Pyons'''~
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*'''[[Pyon]]s''' ~
*'''Pyretic consciense'''~
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*'''[[Pyretic consciense]]''' ~
   
 
==Q==
 
==Q==
   
 
*'''Qadis as-Salaf''' ~ the holy fathers of Fremen mythology.
 
*'''Qadis as-Salaf''' ~the holy fathers of Fremen mythology.
 
 
*'''[[Qanat]]''' ~ Open canal for carrying irrigation water under controlled conditions through a desert.
 
*'''[[Qanat]]''' ~ Open canal for carrying irrigation water under controlled conditions through a desert.
*'''Qirtaiba'''~derived from ""Ibn Qirtauba, "Thus go the holy words...." the formal beginning to Fremen religious incantation (derived from panoplia propheticus).
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*'''Qirtaiba''' ~ derived from ""Ibn Qirtauba, "Thus go the holy words...." the formal beginning to Fremen religious incantation (derived from panoplia propheticus).
 
*'''Qizara tafwid''' ~
 
*'''Qizara tafwid''' ~
   
 
==R==
 
==R==
   
*'''Rachag'''~a coffein-like stimulans extracted from the berries of the [[Arkaso]].
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*'''[[Rachag]]''' ~ a coffein-like stimulans extracted from the berries of the [[Arkaso]].
 
*'''Rain tree''' ~
 
*'''Rain tree''' ~
*'''Raja'''~
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*'''Raja''' ~
 
*'''Rakah''' ~
 
*'''Rakah''' ~
*'''Ramadhan'''~
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*'''[[Ramadhan]]''' ~
*'''Razzia'''~
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*'''[[Razzia]]''' ~
*'''Recaths'''~
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*'''Recaths''' ~
*'''Rebaba''' ~a ten-string instrument of the Fremen.
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*'''Rebaba''' ~ a ten-string instrument of the Fremen.
 
*'''Rebec''' ~
 
*'''Rebec''' ~
*'''Repkit'''~
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*'''[[Repkit]]''' ~
*'''Residual poison''' ~ Innovation whereby the body was impregnated with a substance for which repeated [[antidote]]s must be administered; withdrawal of the antidote at any time brought death.
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*'''[[Residual poison]]''' ~ Innovation whereby the body was impregnated with a substance for which repeated [[antidote]]s must be administered; withdrawal of the antidote at any time brought death.
 
*[[Reverend Mother]] ~ Female Bene Gesserit who had survived a ritual wherein she consciously transformed a toxic dose of melange to a non-poisonous substance at the molecular level, thereby raising herself to a higher level of awareness and enabling her to access [[Other Memory]].
 
*[[Reverend Mother]] ~ Female Bene Gesserit who had survived a ritual wherein she consciously transformed a toxic dose of melange to a non-poisonous substance at the molecular level, thereby raising herself to a higher level of awareness and enabling her to access [[Other Memory]].
*'''Richese'''~
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*'''[[Richece]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Richese]]''' ~
*'''Ridulian Crystal''' ~ Crystalline substance used to manufacture printing materials at the thickness of one molecule.
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*'''[[Ridulian Crystal]]''' ~ Crystalline substance used to manufacture printing materials at the thickness of one molecule.
 
*'''Ridulian Crystal paper''' ~
 
*'''Ridulian Crystal paper''' ~
 
*'''[[Rihani]] decipherment''' ~decipherment used by the Bene Gessent to recognize a registered individual no matter what overt change in behavior or appearance he assumes Rihani decipherment also allowed sisters to unerringly identify Face Dancers and gholas, even when they assumed the appearance of individuals unknown to the Sister herself.The decipherment pattern also allowed them to discern the non-human characteristics.
*'''Rihani decipherment''' ~
 
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*'''Rihani magic''' ~ among the Fremen a mythical ancient form of forbidden sorcery or witchcraft.
*'''Rihani magic''' ~ decipherment uswd by the Bene Gessent to recognize a registered individual no matter what overt change in behavior or appearance he assumes Rihani decipherment also allowed sisters to unerringly identify Face Dancers and gholas, even when they assumed the appearance of individuals unknown to the Sister herself.The decipherment pattern also allowe them to discern the non-human characteristics.
 
*'''Rimwall'''~
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*'''[[Rimwall]]''' ~
 
*'''Ringwall West''' ~
 
*'''Ringwall West''' ~
*'''Royal cart''' ~
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*'''[[Royal cart]]''' ~
*'''Royal Road''' ~
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*'''[[Royal Road]]''' ~
*'''Ruh-spirit'''~ In Fremen belief, that part of the individual that is always rooted in and capable of sensing the metaphysical world.
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*'''[[Ruh-spirit]]''' ~ In Fremen belief, that part of the individual that is always rooted in and capable of sensing the metaphysical world.
 
   
 
==S==
 
==S==
   
*'''Sadu''' ~ among the fremen the blessed company of heavenly judges.A Sadu presided over the traditional scales, which here weigh either the soul or the water rendered trom the dead, for the scales formed the T of the Tau.
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*'''[[Sadu]]''' ~ among the fremen the blessed company of heavenly judges.A Sadu presided over the traditional scales, which here weigh either the soul or the water rendered trom the dead, for the scales formed the T of the Tau.
*'''Salusa Secundus'''
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*'''[[Salusa Secundus]]''' ~
 
*[[Salusan bull]] ~ Fierce and very aggressive creature with multiple horns, used in bullfighting on [[Caladan]] and supposedly originating from [[Salusa Secundus]].
 
*[[Salusan bull]] ~ Fierce and very aggressive creature with multiple horns, used in bullfighting on [[Caladan]] and supposedly originating from [[Salusa Secundus]].
*'''Sandblast'''~
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*'''Sandblast''' ~
*'''Sandcrawler'''~
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*'''[[Sandcrawler]]''' ~
 
*'''Sand dancer''' ~
 
*'''Sand dancer''' ~
*'''Sandmaster'''~
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*'''[[Sandmaster]]''' ~
*'''Sand Pirates''' ~
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*'''[[Sand Pirates]]''' ~
 
*'''Sand plankton''' ~ The first phase of [[Sandworm]]'s life cycle before a [[Sandtrout]] vector. Thought to be [[Sandworm]]'s food.
 
*'''Sand plankton''' ~ The first phase of [[Sandworm]]'s life cycle before a [[Sandtrout]] vector. Thought to be [[Sandworm]]'s food.
*'''Sandrider'''~
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*'''[[Sandrider]]''' ~
*'''Sandsnork'''~
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*'''[[Sandsnork]]''' ~
 
*'''Sandthorn''' ~
 
*'''Sandthorn''' ~
*'''Sandtide'''~
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*'''Sandtide''' ~
 
*'''Sandtracks''' ~
 
*'''Sandtracks''' ~
 
*'''[[Sandtrout]]''' ~ Premature form of the [[Sandworm]].
 
*'''[[Sandtrout]]''' ~ Premature form of the [[Sandworm]].
*'''Sandwalker'''
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*'''[[Sandwalker]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Sandworm]]''' ~ Giant sand-dwelling creatures native to Arrakis, essential to the production of melange. Called ''[[Shai-Hulud]]'' by the Fremen and worshipped as [[deities]].
 
*'''[[Sandworm]]''' ~ Giant sand-dwelling creatures native to Arrakis, essential to the production of melange. Called ''[[Shai-Hulud]]'' by the Fremen and worshipped as [[deities]].
*'''Sapho''' ~ High-energy liqui3d extracted from barrier roots of [[Ecaz]], commonly used by [[Mentat]]s to amplify their mental powers. Users developed deep ruby stains on mouth and lips.
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*'''[[Sapho]]''' ~ High-energy liquid extracted from barrier roots of [[Ecaz]], commonly used by [[Mentat]]s to amplify their mental powers. Users developed deep ruby stains on mouth and lips.
 
*'''[[Sardaukar]]''' ~ Ferocious [[soldier]]-fanatics of the [[Padishah Emperor]]s, later disbanded by Leto II.
 
*'''[[Sardaukar]]''' ~ Ferocious [[soldier]]-fanatics of the [[Padishah Emperor]]s, later disbanded by Leto II.
*'''Sareer'''~
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*'''[[Sareer]]''' ~
*'''Sarfa'''~ the act of turning away from God 
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*'''Sarfa''' ~ the act of turning away from God 
*[[Sayyadina]] ~ [[Acolyte]]s and candidates for Fremen [[Reverend Mother]].
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*[[Sayyadina]] ~ Fremen tribal-priestesses, especially [[Acolyte]]s and candidates for Fremen [[Reverend Mother]].
 
*[[The Scattering]] ~ Event after the reign of Leto II in which billions of people left the settled worlds of the [[Old Empire]], striking off into unknown space.
 
*[[The Scattering]] ~ Event after the reign of Leto II in which billions of people left the settled worlds of the [[Old Empire]], striking off into unknown space.
*'''Schlag'''~
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*'''[[Schlag]]''' ~
*'''Secher Nbiw''' ~ [[The Golden Path]]
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*'''[[Secher Nbiw]]''' ~ [[The Golden Path]]
*'''Second moon'''~
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*'''[[Second moon]]''' ~
*'''Selamlik'''~
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*'''[[Selamlik]]''' ~
*'''Semboule'''~ possibly a placename on Sembu, where the [[Semboule treaty]] was signed.
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*'''Semboule''' ~ possibly a placename on Sembu, where the [[Semboule treaty]] was signed.
 
*'''Sembu''' ~ planet conquered during [[Muad'Dib's Jihad]].
 
*'''Sembu''' ~ planet conquered during [[Muad'Dib's Jihad]].
 
*[[Semuta]] ~ Second narcotic derivative (by crystal extraction) from the burned residue of [[elacca wood]] from Ecaz. The effect (described as timeless, sustained ecstasy) was elicited by certain atonal vibrations referred to as semuta music.
 
*[[Semuta]] ~ Second narcotic derivative (by crystal extraction) from the burned residue of [[elacca wood]] from Ecaz. The effect (described as timeless, sustained ecstasy) was elicited by certain atonal vibrations referred to as semuta music.
*'''Sennacherib''' ~ an ancient King of Assyria.
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*'''Sennacherib''' ~ an ancient King of Assyria.He conquered or raided the priestesses of Jowf.
 
*'''Sensiform floater''' ~
 
*'''Sensiform floater''' ~
 
*'''Sermon''' ~ a preacher's public oration on religious matters
 
*'''Sermon''' ~ a preacher's public oration on religious matters
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*'''[[Shere]]''' ~ Significant presence of this substance in the body blocked the use of an [[Ixian probe]].
 
*'''[[Shere]]''' ~ Significant presence of this substance in the body blocked the use of an [[Ixian probe]].
 
*'''[[Shigawire]]''' ~ Metal extrusion of a ground vine (''Narvi narviium'') grown only on [[Salusa Secundus]] and [[III Delta Kaising]], noted for extreme tensile strength and used as a recording medium (among other things).
 
*'''[[Shigawire]]''' ~ Metal extrusion of a ground vine (''Narvi narviium'') grown only on [[Salusa Secundus]] and [[III Delta Kaising]], noted for extreme tensile strength and used as a recording medium (among other things).
*'''Shadout'''~
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*'''[[Shadout]]''' ~
*'''Shari-a'''~Fremen believe in religious ritual.
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*'''[[Shari-a]]''' ~ Fremen believe in religious ritual.
*'''Shield,defensive'''~
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*'''[[Shariat]]''' -
*'''Shieldwall'''~
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*'''[[Shield,defensive]]''' ~
*'''Shigawire'''~
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*'''[[Shieldwall]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Shigawire]]''' ~
 
*'''Shrine of the Crysknife''' ~
 
*'''Shrine of the Crysknife''' ~
*'''Shuloch''' ~
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*'''[[Shuloch]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Siaynoq]]''' ~ [[God Emperor]]'s greatest ritual, sharing moment with his [[Fish Speakers]], performed every ten years in the Festival City of [[Onn]]. In [[Heretics of Dune]], 1500 years after the time of [[God Emperor]], become a ritual dance in the City of [[Keen]].
 
*'''[[Siaynoq]]''' ~ [[God Emperor]]'s greatest ritual, sharing moment with his [[Fish Speakers]], performed every ten years in the Festival City of [[Onn]]. In [[Heretics of Dune]], 1500 years after the time of [[God Emperor]], become a ritual dance in the City of [[Keen]].
 
*'''[[Sietch]]''' ~ Cave warren inhabited by a Fremen tribal community.
 
*'''[[Sietch]]''' ~ Cave warren inhabited by a Fremen tribal community.
*'''Sietch Abbir''' ~
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*'''[[Sietch Abbir]]''' ~
*'''SietchbAttendant''' ~
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*'''Sietch Attendant''' ~
 
*'''[[Sietch orgy]]''' (or '''sietch tau orgy''') ~ Fremen ritual of unrestrained sexual indulgence which takes place after a Reverend Mother shares the changed [[Water of Life (Dune)|Water of Life]] with her community.
 
*'''[[Sietch orgy]]''' (or '''sietch tau orgy''') ~ Fremen ritual of unrestrained sexual indulgence which takes place after a Reverend Mother shares the changed [[Water of Life (Dune)|Water of Life]] with her community.
 
*'''Sietch school''' ~
 
*'''Sietch school''' ~
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*'''[[Sihaya]]''' ~ A landscape of Sand-dunes on Arrakis, the name of the Recording Angel who interrogates the newly dead.Also [[Chani Kynes]] intimate name by [[Paul Atreides]].
*'''Sihaya''' ~
 
*'''Silver-blade'''~
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*'''[[Silver-blade]]''' ~
*'''Since Syndrome'''~
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*'''Since Syndrome''' ~
 
*'''Singlesuit''' ~
 
*'''Singlesuit''' ~
*'''Sink'''~
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*'''[[Sink]]''' ~
*'''Sinichart'''~
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*'''Sinkchart''' ~
*'''Sirat'''~the passage in the O.C. Bible that describes human life as a journey across a narrow bridge (the Sirat) with “Paradise on my right, Hell on my left, and the angel of death behind.
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*'''Sirat''' ~ the passage in the [[O.C. Bible]] that describes human life as a journey across a narrow bridge (the Sirat) with “Paradise on my right, Hell on my left, and the angel of death behind.
*'''Sirra'''~
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*'''[[Sirra]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Slig]]''' ~ Livestock animal, hybrid of a large slug and a pig, bioengineered by the [[Bene Tleilax]]; To many the tender meat is a delicacy, though most consider the animal itself detestful.
 
*'''[[Slig]]''' ~ Livestock animal, hybrid of a large slug and a pig, bioengineered by the [[Bene Tleilax]]; To many the tender meat is a delicacy, though most consider the animal itself detestful.
*'''Slip-tip'''
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*'''[[Slip-tip]]''' ~
*'''Solido''' ~ Three-dimensional image generated from a [[solido projector]] using 360-degree reference signals imprinted on a [[shigawire]] reel.
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*'''[[Solido]]''' ~ Three-dimensional image generated from a [[solido projector]] using 360-degree reference signals imprinted on a [[shigawire]] reel.
*'''Snooper, poison'''
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*'''[[Snooper, poison]]''' ~
*'''Solari'''
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*'''[[Solari]]''' ~
*'''Sondagi'''
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*'''Sondagi''' ~
*'''Soo-soo sook!'''
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*'''[[Soo-soo sook!]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Soostone]]''' ~ Valuable iridescent gem produced on [[Buzzell]] by the abraded carapaces of monoped sea creatures called [[Cholister]]s, much in the manner of pearls on [[Old Earth]].
 
*'''[[Soostone]]''' ~ Valuable iridescent gem produced on [[Buzzell]] by the abraded carapaces of monoped sea creatures called [[Cholister]]s, much in the manner of pearls on [[Old Earth]].
 
*'''[[Spacing Guild]]''' ~ Powerful organization which ad a monopoly on space travel and transport due to their [[Guild Navigator|Navigators]].
 
*'''[[Spacing Guild]]''' ~ Powerful organization which ad a monopoly on space travel and transport due to their [[Guild Navigator|Navigators]].
*'''Spice'''
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*'''[[Spice]]''' ~
*'''[[Spice agony]] '''~ Fremen version of the ritual used by the Bene Gesserit to create Reverend Mothers, using the [[Water of Life]] instead of melange.
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*'''[[Spice agony]] ''' ~ Fremen version of the ritual used by the Bene Gesserit to create Reverend Mothers, using the [[Water of Life]] instead of melange.
*'''Spice beer''' ~
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*'''[[Spice beer]]''' ~
 
*'''Spicebisquit''' ~
 
*'''Spicebisquit''' ~
*'''Spiceblow''' ~
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*'''[[Spiceblow]]''' ~
 
*'''Spicebread''' ~
 
*'''Spicebread''' ~
 
*'''Spice cloth''' ~
 
*'''Spice cloth''' ~
 
*'''Spice coffee''' ~
 
*'''Spice coffee''' ~
*'''Spice crawler''' ~
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*'''[[Spice crawler]]''' ~
*'''Spice driver'''~
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*'''[[Spice driver]]''' ~
 
*'''Spice fabrics''' ~
 
*'''Spice fabrics''' ~
*'''Spice factory'''~
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*'''Spice factory''' ~
 
*'''Spice-fiber''' ~
 
*'''Spice-fiber''' ~
 
*'''Spice hamper''' ~
 
*'''Spice hamper''' ~
*'''Spice hunter''' ~
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*'''[[Spice hunter]]''' ~
 
*'''Spice lamo''' ~
 
*'''Spice lamo''' ~
 
*'''Spice liquor''' ~
 
*'''Spice liquor''' ~
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*'''Spice plastic''' ~
 
*'''Spice plastic''' ~
 
*'''Spice essence''' ~ [[Water of Life]] that has been changed to non-toxic form by [[Reverend Mother]].
 
*'''Spice essence''' ~ [[Water of Life]] that has been changed to non-toxic form by [[Reverend Mother]].
*'''Spice scout''' ~
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*'''[[Spice scout]]''' ~
 
*'''Spice tau''' ~
 
*'''Spice tau''' ~
 
*'''Spice trance''' ~
 
*'''Spice trance''' ~
*'''Splintered Rock'''~
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*'''[[Splintered Rock]]''' ~
*'''Spotter control'''~
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*'''[[Spotter control]]''' ~
*'''Star Jewels'''~
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*'''[[Star Jewels]]''' ~
*'''[[Steersman]]''' ~ Title given to [[Guild Navigators]].
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*'''[[Steersman]]''' ~ Title given to [[Guild Navigators]].Also the steersman of a Sandworm among the Fremen.
 
*'''[[Stillsuit]]''' ~ Body-enclosing garment of Fremen design which performed the functions of heat dissipation and filtering bodily wastes, as well as retaining and reclaiming moisture.
 
*'''[[Stillsuit]]''' ~ Body-enclosing garment of Fremen design which performed the functions of heat dissipation and filtering bodily wastes, as well as retaining and reclaiming moisture.
*'''Stilltent'''~
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*'''Stilltent''' ~
 
*'''[[Stolen Journals]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Stolen Journals]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Stone burner]]''' ~ [[Atomics|Atomic weapon]], the explosion and radiation of which could be precisely adjusted depending on the desired effect.
 
*'''[[Stone burner]]''' ~ [[Atomics|Atomic weapon]], the explosion and radiation of which could be precisely adjusted depending on the desired effect.
*'''Stunner'''~
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*'''[[Stunner]]''' ~
*'''Stun-grenade'''~
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*'''Stun-grenade''' ~
*'''Stunclub'''~
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*'''Stunclub''' ~
*'''Sub-Bashar'''~
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*'''Sub-Bashar''' ~
*'''Subakh ul kuhar?'''~
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*'''Subakh ul kuhar?''' ~
*'''Subakh un nar?'''~
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*'''Subakh un nar?''' ~
 
*'''Sufi''' ~ Ancient Religious sect. Thought to be long lost but still survive in the form of part of the [[Great Belief]].
 
*'''Sufi''' ~ Ancient Religious sect. Thought to be long lost but still survive in the form of part of the [[Great Belief]].
 
*[[Suk Inner School]] ~ Prestigious medical school whose [[Imperial Conditioning]] banned the taking of human life; initiates were marked by a diamond tattoo on the forehead and wore a silver Suk ring in their hair.
 
*[[Suk Inner School]] ~ Prestigious medical school whose [[Imperial Conditioning]] banned the taking of human life; initiates were marked by a diamond tattoo on the forehead and wore a silver Suk ring in their hair.
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*'''Suks''' ~ Imperial mercantile settlements and the culture of imperial traders.
*'''Suks''' ~
 
*'''Suk paper'''~
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*'''Suk paper''' ~
 
*'''Sukkar''' ~ most likely a place-name on Arrakis.
 
*'''Sukkar''' ~ most likely a place-name on Arrakis.
 
*'''[[Suspensor]]''' ~ Any of a number of 'hovering' devices which utilized the secondary (low-drain) phase of a [[Holtzman field]] generator to nullify gravity within certain limits prescribed by relative mass and energy consumption.
 
*'''[[Suspensor]]''' ~ Any of a number of 'hovering' devices which utilized the secondary (low-drain) phase of a [[Holtzman field]] generator to nullify gravity within certain limits prescribed by relative mass and energy consumption.
*'''suspensorborne pallets'''
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*'''Suspensor-borne pallets'''
   
 
==T==
 
==T==
 
*'''Tabrite''' ~
 
*'''Tabrite''' ~
*'''Tabur'''~
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*'''[[Tabur]]''' ~
*'''Tahaddi al-burhan'''~an ultimate test from which there can be no appeal (usually because it brings death or destruction).
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*'''Tahaddi al-burhan''' ~ an ultimate test from which there can be no appeal (usually because it brings death or destruction).
*'''Tahaddi challenge'''~a Fremen challenge to mortal combat, usually over some primal issue, such as the desire for another man's wife, or if honour was insulted, or if leadership was challenged.
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*'''[[Tahaddi challenge]]''' ~ a Fremen challenge to mortal combat, usually over some primal issue, such as the desire for another man's wife, or if honour was insulted, or if leadership was challenged.
*'''Taif''' ~among the Fremen on Arrakis, a company of men held together by mutual self-interest.
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*'''Taif''' ~ among the Fremen on Arrakis, a company of men held together by mutual self-interest.
*'''Tanzerouft''' ~
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*'''[[Tanzerouft]]''' ~
*'''Taquiyya'''~ the practice of concealing the identity when revealing it might be harmful.Known among the Fremen as "Ketman".
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*'''Taquiyya''' ~ the practice of concealing the identity when revealing it might be harmful.Known among the Fremen as "Ketman".
*'''Taqwa''' ~ "Freedom". [[Stilgar]] tells [[Jessica_Atreides|Lady Jessica]] "'What could the Harkonnens give us? Our freedom? Hah! No, you are the taqwa, that which buys us more than all the spice in the Harkonnen coffers.'"
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*'''Taqwa''' ~ Fremen term implying "Strong belief.Piety.Hope". [[Stilgar]] tells [[Jessica_Atreides|Lady Jessica]] "'What could the Harkonnens give us? Our freedom? Hah! No, you are the taqwa, that which buys us more than all the spice in the Harkonnen coffers.'"
*'''Tau'''~
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*'''[[Tau]]''' ~
 
*'''Tau ceremony''' ~ see:[[Spice orgy]]
 
*'''Tau ceremony''' ~ see:[[Spice orgy]]
 
*'''[[T-Probe]]''' ~ Device used to capture the thoughts of a person (living or dead) for analysis; unlike an [[Ixian probes|Ixian probe]] it could not be blocked by the substance [[shere]].
 
*'''[[T-Probe]]''' ~ Device used to capture the thoughts of a person (living or dead) for analysis; unlike an [[Ixian probes|Ixian probe]] it could not be blocked by the substance [[shere]].
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*'''Temple Guards''' ~
 
*'''Temple Guards''' ~
 
*'''Temple priests''' ~
 
*'''Temple priests''' ~
*'''Test-mashad'''~
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*'''[[Test-mashad]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Thinking Machines]]''' ~ Intelligent and sentient machines, created by humans, who enslaved much of humanity and eventually incited the [[Butlerian Jihad]].
 
*'''[[Thinking Machines]]''' ~ Intelligent and sentient machines, created by humans, who enslaved much of humanity and eventually incited the [[Butlerian Jihad]].
*'''Thorse'''~
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*'''[[Thorse]]''' ~
*'''Thumper''' ~ Short stake with a spring-driven clapper at one end, placed in the sand to 'call' sandworms.
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*'''[[Thumper]]''' ~ Short stake with a spring-driven clapper at one end, placed in the sand to 'call' sandworms.
*'''Tidal dust basin'''~
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*'''Tidal dust basin''' ~
 
*'''[[Titans|Titan]]''' ~ One of several ancient dictators whose brains were transplanted into fearsome, weaponized machine bodies to achieve immortality.
 
*'''[[Titans|Titan]]''' ~ One of several ancient dictators whose brains were transplanted into fearsome, weaponized machine bodies to achieve immortality.
  +
*[[Tlulax]] ~
Tleilax
 
 
*'''Tleilaxu Vat''' ~
 
*'''Tleilaxu Vat''' ~
*'''Torquemada'''~
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*'''Torquemada''' ~
*'''Tunyon vine'''~
+
*'''Tunyon vine''' ~
*'''Tuono''' ~
+
*'''[[Tuono]]''' ~
*'''Training'''
+
*'''Training''' ~
 
*'''Training male (Bene Gesserit)''' ~ Males, conditioned by Bene Gesserit to perform sexual acts without expression of their feeling, used to train Bene Gesserit acolytes in sexual training.
 
*'''Training male (Bene Gesserit)''' ~ Males, conditioned by Bene Gesserit to perform sexual acts without expression of their feeling, used to train Bene Gesserit acolytes in sexual training.
*'''Troop carrier'''~
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*'''[[Troop carrier]]''' ~
*'''Trooper, house'''~
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*'''[[Trooper, house]]''' ~
 
*[[Truthsayer]] ~ Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother trained to detect insincerity or falsehood. Naturally, anyone can be Truthsayer.
 
*[[Truthsayer]] ~ Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother trained to detect insincerity or falsehood. Naturally, anyone can be Truthsayer.
*'''Truthtrance'''~
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*'''Truthtrance''' ~
*'''Tube-lift''' ~
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*'''[[Tube-lift]]''' ~
*'''Tupile'''~
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*'''[[Tupile]]''' ~
*'''T-P'''~
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*'''T-P''' ~
   
 
==U==
 
==U==
   
*'''Ulema'''~a doctor of theology in Zensunni religion
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*'''[[Ulema]]''' ~ a doctor of theology in Zensunni religion
*'''Umma''' ~ One of the brotherhood of prophets; a term of scorn in the [[House Corrino|Corrino]] Imperium, meaning any "wild" person given to fanatical prediction.
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*'''[[Umma]]''' ~ One of the brotherhood of prophets; a term of scorn in the [[House Corrino|Corrino]] Imperium, meaning any "wild" person given to fanatical prediction.Also a personal revelation often experienced by a Fremen on Hajj.
*'''Uroshnor'''~the most common autosuggestive cue word implanted by the [[Bene Gesserit]],"itself empty of meaning, but which, when spoken, triggered a state of immobilization
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*'''[[Uroshnor]]''' ~ the most common autosuggestive cue word implanted by the [[Bene Gesserit]],"itself empty of meaning, but which, when spoken, triggered a state of immobilization
*'''Usul'''~a Fremen word meaning "the strength of the base of the pillar"
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*'''[[Usul]]''' ~ a Fremen word meaning "the strength of the base of the pillar"
   
   
 
==V==
 
==V==
   
*'''Varota'''~
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*'''[[Varota]]''' ~
 
*'''[[Verite]]''' ~ Will-destroying narcotic from Ecaz that rendered a person incapable of falsehood.
 
*'''[[Verite]]''' ~ Will-destroying narcotic from Ecaz that rendered a person incapable of falsehood.
 
*'''[[Voice]]''' ~ Training that allowed the Bene Gesserit to control others merely by selected tone shadings of the voice.
 
*'''[[Voice]]''' ~ Training that allowed the Bene Gesserit to control others merely by selected tone shadings of the voice.
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*'''Wadquiyas''' ~if one could force or convince a stranger or enemy to drink of his blood, he became Wadquiyaswith the tribe: joined to them as one of their own, and safe from having his water taken unless he offended the tribe. Because of this custom, no Fremen would ever attempt to wound an enemy in a fight by biting, no matter how a certain victory would grant to him).
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*'''[[Wadquiyas]]''' ~ if one could force or convince a stranger or enemy to drink of his blood, he became Wadquiyaswith the tribe: joined to them as one of their own, and safe from having his water taken unless he offended the tribe. Because of this custom, no Fremen would ever attempt to wound an enemy in a fight by biting, no matter how a certain victory would grant to him).
 
*'''[[Wali]]''' ~ the name the Fremen give to an untried youth.
 
*'''[[Wali]]''' ~ the name the Fremen give to an untried youth.
*'''Wallach IX'''~
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*'''[[Wallach IX]]''' ~
*'''Wallport''' ~
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*'''[[Wallport]]''' ~
 
*'''[[War of Assassins]]''' ~ Regulated form of conflict between noble [[House]]s.
 
*'''[[War of Assassins]]''' ~ Regulated form of conflict between noble [[House]]s.
 
*'''Warrior-troubadour''' ~
 
*'''Warrior-troubadour''' ~
*'''Water Agony''' ~
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*'''[[Water Agony]]''' ~
*'''Water burden'''~
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*'''[[Water burden]]'''~
*'''Watercounter'''~
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*'''Watercounter''' ~
*'''Water discipline'''~
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*'''[[Water discipline]]''' ~
 
*[[Water of Life]] ~ Toxic liquid exhalation of a drowning sandworm, used by Fremen Reverend Mothers in the [[spice agony]].
 
*[[Water of Life]] ~ Toxic liquid exhalation of a drowning sandworm, used by Fremen Reverend Mothers in the [[spice agony]].
*'''water-death'''~
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*'''water-death''' ~
*'''Waterman'''~
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*'''[[Waterman]]''' ~
 
*'''Watermaster''' ~
 
*'''Watermaster''' ~
*'''Water ring''' ~ Metal rings wore by Fremen women to indicate their household's possessed water.
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*'''[[Water ring]]''' ~ Metal rings wore by Fremen women to indicate their household's possessed water.
 
*'''Water trap''' ~
 
*'''Water trap''' ~
*'''Water tube'''~
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*'''[[Water tube]]''' ~
*'''Wawi''' or '''Vahi'''- one cRd in the Dune Tarot.A man and woman
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*'''Wawi''' or '''Vahi'''- a card in the [[Dune Tarot]].A man and woman standing hand-in-hand looking toward a rising Moon. They symbolized Two-in-One.
 
*'''[[Way, bene gesserit]]''' ~
stand hand-in-hand looking toward a
 
 
*'''[[Weather control]]''' ~
rising Moon. They symbolize Two-in-
 
 
*'''Weather scanner''' ~
One.
 
*'''Way, bene gesserit'''~
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*'''[[Weirding]]''' ~
*'''Weather control'''~
 
*'''Weather scanner'''~
 
*'''Weirding'''~
 
 
*[[Weirding Way]] ~ Specialized martial art component of Bene Gesserit [[prana-bindu]] practices.
 
*[[Weirding Way]] ~ Specialized martial art component of Bene Gesserit [[prana-bindu]] practices.
*'''Welbeck Abridgment'''~
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*'''Wekht of [[Jandola]]''' -
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*'''[[Welbeck]] Abridgment''' ~
*'''Windowplaz''' (or plaz) ~ Synthetic glass, used for windows (especially in aircraft and spaceships) due to its superior strength.
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*'''[[Windowplaz]]''' (or plaz) ~ Synthetic glass, used for windows (especially in aircraft and spaceships) due to its superior strength.
*'''Wind Pass''' ~
 
 
*'''[[Wind Pass]]''' ~
 
*[[Wind trap]] ~ A Facility used on Arrakis to trap moisture from the air, usually conceal in the warren rock.
 
*[[Wind trap]] ~ A Facility used on Arrakis to trap moisture from the air, usually conceal in the warren rock.
 
*'''wrist seal''' ~
 
*'''wrist seal''' ~
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==X==
 
==X==
   
*'''Xuttah'''~
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*'''[[Xuttah]]''' ~
   
 
==Y==
 
==Y==
   
 
*'''[[Yaghist]]''' ~
*'''Yali''' ~ A Fremen's personal quarters within the sietch.
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*'''[[Yali]]''' ~ A Fremen's personal quarters within the sietch.
 
*'''Ya Hya Chouhada''' ~ A rallying cry for the Fremen troops - "long live the fighters!"
 
*'''Ya Hya Chouhada''' ~ A rallying cry for the Fremen troops - "long live the fighters!"
*'''Ya!Ya!Yawm!'''
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*'''Ya!Ya!Yawm!''' ~
 
*'''Yellow of mourning''' ~
 
*'''Yellow of mourning''' ~
   
 
==Z==
 
==Z==
*'''Zabulon''' ~
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*'''[[Zabulon]]''' ~
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*'''Zaha''' ~ the morning siesta on Arrakis.
 
*'''Zanadiq''' ~ a fremen curse
 
*'''Zanadiq''' ~ a fremen curse
*'''Zarr Sadus''' ~
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*'''[[Zarr Sadu]]s''' ~
*'''Ze'eb''' ~ the wolf, as in theproverb "to know the difference between
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*'''Ze'eb''' ~ the wolf, as in the proverb "to know the difference between"
 
*'''[[Zensunni]]''' ~ Ancient religious sect, ancestors of the Fremen.
 
*'''[[Zensunni]]''' ~ Ancient religious sect, ancestors of the Fremen.
*'''Zensunni codex''' ~
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*'''[[Zensunni codex]]''' ~
 
*'''Zombie-katrundo''' ~
 
*'''Zombie-katrundo''' ~
 
   
 
==See==
 
==See==

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The following is a list of terminology used in the Dune novels and associated work. Terms not formally defined in separate articles are marked in bold; topics requiring more extensive explanation are linked to the appropriate Main articles.


A

  • Aba ~ Loose, usually black robe worn by Fremen women.
  • Abu 'd Dhur or Abu Dhur ~ the Father of the Indefinite Roads of Time, possibly in Fremen mythology or Orange Catholicism.
  • Ach ~ a worm-steersman's term for a left turn.
  • Abomination ~ Bene Gesserit term for one who acquires full consciousness in the womb as a result of being exposed to the spice agony.
  • Adab ~ the demanding memory that comes upon you itself.
  • Adept ~ a person who has entered one of the Great Schools, for example Bene Gesserit or Ginaz Swordmasters and is very skilled or has obtained a lot of training or knowledge but is not yet necessarily a Reverend Mother or master.
  • Advocate General ~ an officer of the imperial court who oversees the admission of audiences and similar tasks.
  • Ajidamal (or Amal) ~ Disastrously-flawed synthetic spice melange created by the Tleilaxu's Project Amal before the process of producing spice in axlotl tanks was perfected.
  • Akarso ~ a plant native to Sikun ( of 70 Ophiuchi A ) characterized by oblong leaves. Its green and white stripes indicate the constant multiple condition of parallel active and dormant chlorophyll regions.
  • Akkad ~ one of the months on Arrakis and the new Atreides Calendar.
  • Alam al-Mithal ~ the mystical 'world of similitudes' where all physical limitations are removed.
  • Al-Lat ~ mankind's original sun; by usage: any planet's primary.
  • Al-Mutakallim ~ one of the names of God in Zensunni faith.
  • Al Ourouba ~ the mythical home of the Zensunni on Earth
  • Alia Cult ~ an cult of Gammu which was oppressed by Leto Atreides II Fish Speakers.Possibly a remnant or revival of Alias Priesthood.
  • Alias Priesthood ~ a priestly organisation formed by Alia after her brothers alleged death to secure her position and to push back the influence of the Qizarate.Alias priests were partially recruited from the Quizarate though.
  • Amazons ~ a mythical tribe or warrior-women on old earth, later applied to Alias all female guard and Letos Fishspeakers.
  • Ambiel ~ a light fabric used for fine clothing
  • Ampoliros ~ the legendary "Flying Dutchman" of space.
  • Amtal or Amtal Rule ~ a common rule on primitive worlds under which something is tested to determine its limits or defects. Commonly: testing to destruction.
  • Anti-fatigue Pills ~ a potent stimulans used by the Military
  • Aql ~ the test of reason. Originally, the "Seven Mystic Questions" beginning: "Who is it that thinks?"
  • Arcana ~ the Bene Gesserit secret inner teachings.
  • Arifa ~ the fremen term for "Judge".Used as a title of their leaders by the tribe of Sietch Jacurutu.
  • Armored Screen ~ a defensive construction similar to a big protective shield.
  • Arrakeen ~ the first settlement on Arrakis; long-time seat of planetary government.
  • Arrakis ~ the planet known as Dune; third planet of Canopus.
  • Assassin's Handbook ~ third-century compilation of poisons commonly used in a War of Assassins. Later expanded to include those deadly devices permitted under the Guild Peace and the Great Convention.
  • Assyria ~ an ancient realm on old earth.Home to enemies of the Bene Gesserit's ancestors.
  • Auliya ~ in the Zensunni Wanderers' religion, the female at the left hand of God; God's handmaiden.
  • Aumas ~ poison administered in food. ( Specifically: poison in solid food. ) In some dialects: Chaumas.
  • Auqaf ~ the military arm of the Church of Muad'dib in opposition to the Hajj.
  • Axlotl tank ~ Biological tank in which gholas and melange were be produced, primarily by the Bene Tleilax.In truth the female variant of the Tleilaxu race.
  • Ayat ~ the signs of life. ( See Burhan. )
  • Ayil ~ the day of the first light on Arrakis and later the day of the Kwisatz Haderach.
  • Lake Azrak ~ a gypsum plain on Arrakis, west of Jacurutu.The remnant of a prehistoric ocean.

B

  • Bahada ~ a great fissue or crack in rock
  • Bahr bela ma ~ “the ocean without water” a name of the open desert of Arrakis
  • Bakka ~ in Fremen legend, the weeper who mourns for all mankind.
  • Baklawa ~ A type of pastry made with date syrup.
  • Baliset ~ Nine-stringed musical instrument, lineal descendant of the zithra, tuned to the Chusuk scale and played by strumming. A favorite instrument of Imperial troubadours.
  • Barachan ~ an elevated shifting sand dune.
  • Baradye Pistol ~ a static-charge dust gun developed on Arrakis for laying down a large dye marker area on sand.
  • Baraka ~ a living holy man.
  • Bashar ~ (often Colonel Bashar): an officer of the Sardaukar a fractional point above Colonel in the standard military classification. Rank created for military ruler of a planetary subdistrict. ( Bashar of the Corps is a title reserved strictly for military use.)
  • Battle Language ~ any special language if restricted etymology developed for clear-speech communication in warfare.
  • Bedwine ~ a nomadic desert-dweller; usually referring to the Ichwan Bedwine, the brotherhood of all Fremen on Arrakis.
  • Behemoth ~ in Fremen belief a demon, a great Sandworm.Possibly also an archaic type of ship or sea-monster.
  • Bejato ~ a leaf-plant native to Arrakis.
  • Bela Tegeuse ~ fifth planet of Kuentsing: third stopping place of the Zensunni forced migration.
  • Bene Gesserit ~ the ancient school of mental and physical training established primarily for female students.
  • Beret ~ a soft, round, flat-crowned woven-hat, worn by the Sardaukar and imperial ladies-in-waiting.
  • Berserker ~ Death commandos of the fishspeakers.Usually Individuals which were punished for having made a mistake were ordered to commit Berserker or suicide missions.
  • B.G. ~ idiomatic for Bene Gesserit except when used with a date. With a date it signifies Before Guild and identifies the Imperial Dating system based on the genesis of the Spacing Guild's monopoly.
  • Bene Sherk ~ a scattering of newer settlements east of Jacurutu and northeast of the Tanzerouft.
  • Bene Tleilax (or Tleilaxu) ~ Secretive and powerful patriarchal race known for their genetic manipulation technologies.
  • Bhotani Jib ~ see Chakobsa.
  • Bi-La Kaifa ~ Amen. (Literally: "Nothing further need be explained.")
  • Bicouros of Shaitan ~ "a lazy missionary of the devil".Somebody who serves an evil purpose out of lazyness or to achieve privileges.
  • biological invasions ~ in context of military, biological warfare agents.Used during the Jihad by both sides.Caused post-war maladies such as the "spitting disease".
  • Bindu ~ relating to the human nervous system, especially to nerve training. Often expressed as Bindu-nervature.
  • Bindu Suspension ~ a special form of catalepsis, self-induced.
  • Biyan ~ "White Lands", another name for the great Gypsum plain south of the Habbanya Erg.
  • Bled ~ the flat and open desert of Arrakis.
  • Body temperature pills ~ pills used by Outworlders on Arrakis to hold the body temperature low, especially people who did use cheap stillsuit imitates instead of fremen ones.
  • Book of Kreos ~ a Fremen collection of Zensunni Sayings.
  • Book Leto ~ a collection of sayings and comments by Leto II ascribed to Harq al-Ada.
  • Bourka ~ insulated mantle worn by Fremen in the open desert.
  • Bravos ~ a houses armed retainers or Assassins.
  • Bu Ji ~ Zensunni Philosopher from Fremen tradition.
  • Burhan ~ the proofs of life. (Commonly: the ayat and burhan of life.)
  • Bureau of faith ~ A name of the Royal inquisition under Leto II.
  • Burseg ~ Commanding general of the Sardaukar.
  • Butlerian Jihad ~ The epic crusade by mankind against Thinking Machines. Also called The Great Revolt.

C

  • Cadelam ~ originally a Fremen tribe from Sietch Abbir, during the shortlived reign of Alia an uprising Family on the verge of becoming a House Minor.
  • Caid ~ Sardaukar officer rank given to a military official whose duties call mostly for dealings with civilians. Officers of this rank often commanded as military governors over a full planetary district. The rank was above the rank of Bashar but not equal to a Burseg.
  • Caliph ~  a ruler of the Muslim world on Old Earth, later used by the Desposyny, the descendants of Leto II.
  • Canto and Respondu ~ an invocation rite, part of the panoplia Propheticus of the Missionaria Protectiva.
  • Carryall ~ Aircraft used on Arrakis to transport large spice mining, hunting and refining equipment.
  • Caseri ~ ruler title, possibly from the times of the Old Empire.
  • Catchtube ~ tube of a Stillsuit, connected to the suits catch-pockets.
  • Caveat ~ a warning or condition.
  • Cellular restructuring ~ Tleilaxu and Ixian term and technique describing the creation of a new human being from another humans basic genetic information, different from a Ghola or a clone.Hwi Noree was created via Cellular restructuring of genetic base material gained from Malky.
  • Chakobsa ~ The Language of the Fremen of Arrakis.
  • Catchpocket ~ Integral part of Stillsuit and Stilltent that used to contain reclaimed water.
  • Cave of Birds ~ a cave in the Habbanya ridge.During the War on arrakis briefly Paul Muad'dibs base of operations.
  • Chaumas ~ Poison in solid food as distinguished from poison administered in some other way.
  • Chaumurky ~ Poison administered in a drink.
  • Cheops ~ a game, also known as pyramid-chess.
  • Cherem ~ a brotherhood of hate.
  • CHOAM ~ A corporation which essentially controlled the economy of the Known Universe, with shares and directorships determining each House's income and financial leverage.
  • Church of Muad'dib ~ The Church or political Organisation of Priests which revered Paul'Muad Dib as Mahdi, Messiah and quasi-godhead, developed from fremen Religion after Paul Atreides supposed death and active until tne reign of Leto II.
  • Chusuk ~ the "Music planet".
  • Cibus hood ~ a shapeless mask of ixian design, not really making it's wearer invisible, but completely hiding his features, making him fully unrecognizale.
  • Cielago ~ a species of bat indigenous to Arrakis.
  • Coan-teen ~ The female deathspirit who walks without feet of Fremen mythology.Also a diffaming name used for Alia by her political enemies.
  • Code Atreides ~ The House Atreides laws and codex of honor and conduct.
  • Cogitor ~ One of several ancient philosophers whose brains were transplanted into fluid-filled canisters so that they could analyze the universe indefinitely.
  • Coif ~ a close-fitting cap worn by the Bene Gesserit.
  • Cold Air Walls ~ artificial boundary created by ixian machines, enclosing the Sareer.
  • ComNet or Communinet ~ planetary communications network.
  • Cone of silence ~ a field or zone wherein the sound of the human voice was electronically distorted so that recording and amplifying devices could not reproduce it effectively or clearly.
  • Coriolis storm ~ Sandstorms on Arrakis in which winds across the open flatlands were amplified by the planet's own revolutionary motion to reach speeds up to 700 kilometres per hour.
  • Corrin ~ a planet near the star Sigma Draconis which gave the name the Battle of Corrin and the House Corrino.
  • Corrin, Battle of ~ the Battle which led to House Corrino ascending to the Throne.
  • Cousines or Imperial Cousines ~ Household members related to the emperor.
  • Crusher ~ Military space vessels composed of many smaller vessels locked together and designed to fall on an enemy position, crushing it.
  • Cryologic tank ~ containers for cryptoprezervation of dead human flesh.
  • The Crypt ~ a section of Leto Atreides II citadel in which his Duncan Idaho gholas and deceased members of his Atreides-breeding program were entombed.
  • Crysknife ~ Weapon made from the tooth of a sandworm from Arrakis.
  • Cueshma ~ fremen term for a "twenty-klick wind".
  • Cutterray ~ Short-range version of a lasgun, primarily used as a cutting tool.
  • Cymek ~ Type of cyborg, or machine-human hybrid, used during the Butlerian Jihad.

D

  • Dao ~ the terran predecessor of the Tau.Also referring to the Bene gesserit prana-bindu dormancy-trance.
  • Dar-es-Balat ~ Ancient place, one of the first no-chambers which contained the Lost Journey of Leto Atreides II the God-Emperor. Later in Heretics of Dune it became a museum in the care of Priesthood of the Divided God.
  • Dar al-hikman ~ a School of religious translation or interpretation.
  • Dark things ~ referring to discarded pre-ecumenic thoughts and writings.Also the Bene Gesserit Arcana.
  • Death Commandos ~ a type of military who is alltime ready and prepared to give up his life in a suicidal mission or attack.Especially referring to the Sardaukar and Fedaykin.
  • Death tripod ~ originally, the tripod upon which desert executioners hanged their victims. By usage: the three members of a cherem sworn to destroy their enemy.
  • Deathstill ~ Fremen device used to extract all moisture from a living or dead human or creature.
  • Demibrothers ~ Demibrothers are the biological sons of different Concubines in the same household and certified as having the same father.
  • Demiurge ~ a person who stands next to God.In Fremen mythology the Shai-Hulud was identified with the Demiurge.Paul Atreides likened himself to the Demiurge, while Leto seems to have adressed or interpreted his father's reign as the Demiurge.
  • Derch ~ "right turn".A command among the Sandriders.
  • Desert of Zan ~ a place from Zenzunni Mythology, place of their Zensunni ancestors legendary first trial.
  • Desposyni ~ the Desposyni were the descendants of Paul Atreides and their caliphate in the oral tradition of Arrakis.
  • Dew collector or dew precipitator ~ A small, egg-shaped device that uses a special surface to collect morning dew on the desert planet of Arrakis.
  • Dew gatherer ~ workers who reap dew from the plants of Arrakis, using a scythelike dew reaper.
  • Dhyana ~ Dhyana was a term for a spice-induced internal reality such as that grasped by Leto Atreides on his flight through the Tanzerouft.
  • Dictum familia ~ the rule of the Great Convention which prohibited the slaying of a royal person or member of a Great House by informal treachery. The rule set up the formal outline, limits the means of assassination.
  • Digit mill ~ an Ixian apparition used to sensitize and strenghten fingers or toes.
  • Dishdasha ~ a long-sleeved garment similar to a robe worn over a stillsuit.
  • Disputation of Armistead and Leandgrah ~ a mummer's play popular in Arrakeen in 10,216.
  • Distrans ~ Device for producing a temporary neural imprint on the nervous system of Chiroptera (bats) or birds. The creature's normal cry then carried the message imprint which could be sorted from that carrier wave by another distrans.
  • Divan ~ a piece of couch-like sitting furniture or box-spring based bed.
  • Djeballa ~ a kind of hooded robe of the Fremen worn with a mouth-seal.
  • Djedida ~ the Djedidas were new-towns built after the rise of Muad'dib.They were built on foundations of exposed basalt and consisted of a townhall, lesser buildings, mushtamal-gardens and walls of brick or mud.
  • Doorseal ~ A portable plastic seal used in temporary camps to keep moisture from escaping.
  • Drugs ~ all substances which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
  • Drum sand ~ a composition of sand compaction producing a rhythmical beat after being impacted.
  • Dump box ~ unpiloted cargo containers designed to dump material directly from low orbit onto a planet's surface.
  • Dune hawk ~ a type of Desert hawk native to Arrakis.Also a type of Flyer or Ornithopter.
  • Dune men ~ a colloquial term used to describe men who worked among the sand dunes of the planet Arrakis collecting the Spice Melange, the sand workers and spice hunters.
  • Dur ~ a jungle planet in the Scattering.
  • Dust chasm ~ any deep crevasse or depression on the desert of Arrakis that has been filled with dust.Also a weather phenomenon.
  • D-Wolf ~ Wolf-like creatures bred by God Emperor to guard the Forbidden Forest around his Keep. The creatures were said to be a hybrid of gaze hounds and wolves.

E

  • Ecaz ~ the fourth planet orbiting Alpha centauri B.Home to several exotic plants such as Sapho, Elacca , Fogwood, and of the hufuf vine .
  • Ecumenism ~ the unity among religions.
  • Ego-likeness ~ An extremely detailed portrait played through a shigawire projector capable of showing subtle movements said to convey the ego essence of a one or more persons. 
  • Egret ~ a long extinct species of bird with pink plumage.
  • Elacca drug ~ Narcotic formed by burning the blood-grained elacca wood of Ecaz. The drug's effect was to remove most of the will to self-preservation; commonly used to prepare slave gladiators for the ring.
  • Elacca rope ~ rope made of the fine fibres of elacca wood.
  • Elacca whip ~ a weapon made of Elacca rope, used by the fishspeakers.
  • El-sayal ~ fremen term meaning "the 'rain of sand".
  • Elf-silk ~ a very fine and exquisite silk such as preferred by the great houses for clothing.
  • Enfeil ~ a Planet conquered during Muad'dib's Jihad.
  • Engineering ~ The complex manipulation of human society.Genetic,Political or Religious engineering.
  • Erg ~ a broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover.
  • Evermind ~ Pseudonym of Omnius.

F

  • Face dancers ~ Tleilaxu created creatures able to mimic other humans exactly and go undetected by all known means.
  • Face flaps ~ parts of a stillsuit's face mask, protecting it's wearer from fine dust.
  • Fai ~ the "water tribute", or principal form of taxation on Arrakis in the 102nd century BG.
  • False Wall West ~ a curving arm of rock that formed a barrier between the Habanya Erg to the east and the great sink of the Cielago Depression to the west.
  • Famine Times ~ The centuries following the death of Leto Atreides II, the God Emperor. Marked by chaos and famine on many worlds, and led to The Scattering.
  • Fanmetal ~ a kind of metal formed by the growing of jasmium crystals in duraluminum; noted for extreme tensile strength in relationship to weight.
  • Faufreluches ~ the rigid imperial system of class stratification.
  • Favrashi ~ a term used by Leto II to describe the soul, collective unconscious, source of archetypes and repository of all trauma and joy.
  • Fedaykin ~ Fremen death commandos, personally trained by Paul Atreides; historically: a group formed and pledged to give their lives to right a wrong.
  • Filmbook ~ an apparatus used mainly for training consisting of a shigawire imprint carrying a mnemonic pulse.
  • Filt-plug ~ part of a stillsuit worn to collect moisture from exhaled air.
  • Fiqh ~ a Chakobsa term meaning "law" or "knowledge".In Fremen Belief "Fiqh" was one of the mystical origins of their Zensunni forefathers faith.
  • Fire, pillar of ~ a simple pyrocket for signaling across the open desert. Also a manifestation of god.
  • First moon ~ the major satellite of Arrakis:Krelln.
  • Fish Speakers ~ All-female military force created by Leto Atreides II to enforce his rule over the Known Universe.
  • Floater Chair ~ a piece of furniture which was part of a sietch- quarter, presumably a chair which floated via suspensor-technology.
  • Fogwood ~ Wood native to Ecaz, capable of being shaped in situ by thought alone.
  • Foum al-hout ~ the southern pole-star of Arrakis.
  • Franzk ~ an old-terran language which presumably had contributed some to Galach, notably terms and names such as "melange".
  • Free traders ~ idiomatic term for Smugglers.
  • Fremen ~ 'Native' inhabitants of Arrakis.
  • Fremen robe~ a loose, patched type of robe worn by the Fremen over a stillsuit.
  • Fremkit ~ Desert survival kit of Fremen manufacture.
  • Frigate ~ a class of Starship.The largest space-faring vessel that could successfully land and take off from a planet's surface in one piece.
  • Funeral plains ~ the empty lifeless wilderness south of Sietch Tabr.
  • Futar ~ Primitive and fierce artificial humanoid creatures created by the Bene Tleilax, a genetic mix of man and cat.

G

  • Gabriel ~ the herald of God who blows his horn to announce Judgment Day.
  • Galach ~ Official language of the Imperium.
  • Galacia ~ a Planet of the empire.
  • Gamont ~ The third planet of the Niushe system.
  • Gara Rulen ~ a settlement on Arrakis.
  • Gare or Gara ~ Fremen for a peak or height.
  • Gare Ruden ~ a rebel sietch on Arrakis.
  • Gathering ~ 1.the formal convocation of Fremen leaders to witness a combat that determines tribal leadership.2. A Zensunni practice of introspection. 3. The formal council of a Bene Gesserit School. 4.The Bene Gesserit Practice of concentrating inner strength.
  • Gehenna ~ the realm of Shaitan.
  • Generalist ~ Rank of a Mentat who had acknowledged to understand that anything which we can identify as our universe is merely part of larger phenomena.
  • Geyrat ~ straight ahead; a worm steersman's call.
  • Ghafla ~ giving oneself up to gadfly distractions. Thus; a changeable person, one not to be trusted..
  • Ghanima ~ Fremen term for a spoil of war.
  • Ghola ~ Clone grown in an Axlotl tanks from genetic material retrieved from the cells of a deceased subject.In Fremen Mythology an undead Demon , a Ghoul.
  • Giedi prime ~ Planet orbiting Ophiuchi B.Home of House Harkonnen.
  • Gila Woodpecker ~ a bird home to Arrakis.
  • Ginaz, house ~ A House and school of Swordmasters.
  • Giudichar ~ a holy truth. (Commonly seen in the expression Giudichar mantene: an original and supporting truth.)
  • Gladiator - a Slave trained for arena fighting.
  • Glowglobe ~ Suspensor-buoyed illuminating device, self-powered by harnessing the extra energy channeled by the Holtzman effect.
  • God ~ the Highest being or will of the Universe , or any entity revered by the various religions of the empire as likeness of the Highest Being.
  • Golden Age of Earth ~ a time of Myth in which Mankind still inhabited only their native homeworld Earth.
  • Golden Elixir of life ~ the religion of Emperor Paul Muad'Dib.
  • Golden Path ~ Paul Atreides and Leto II's strategy to prevent humanity's ultimate extinction.
  • Gom Jabbar ~ Specific poison needle tipped with meta-cyanide used by the Bene Gesserit in their 'death-alternative test of human awareness.' It was called 'the high-handed enemy.'
  • Goygoa ~ small pastoral village built on former Jacurutu.
  • Graben ~a long geological ditch formed when the ground sinks because of movements in the underlying crustal layers.
  • Great Belief ~ Tleilaxu religion consists from two ancient religious sects, Zensunni and Sufi.
  • Great Convention ~ Universal truce enforced under the power balance maintained by the Spacing Guild, the Great Houses, and the Imperium. Its chief rule prohibits the use of atomics against human targets.
  • Great Hall ~ the imperial audience chamber of Arrakeen palace.
  • Great mother~ 1. The female principle of space 2. In Bene Gesserit terminology a lead gene-carrier.
  • Great revolt ~ the Butlerian Jihad.
  • Greeks ~ an ancient culture of old earth, supposedly ancestors of House Atreides.
  • Gridex plane ~ a differential-charge separator used to remove sand from the melange spice mass; a device of the second stage in spice refining. 
  • Grumman ~ a planet of the Imperium, home to House Moritani.
  • the Guard Bible - a religious book preserved by the Bene Gesserit.
  • Guild ~ the Spacing Guild.
  • Guild Bank ~ the financial arm of the Spacing Guild.
  • Guild courier ~ a Guild agent trained and authorized to deliver personal shipments.Usually a person with some lesser-level Mentat-training.
  • Guild Key ~ a cypher used by the Guild go translate the Stolen Journals and later the Dar-es-Balat hoard.
  • Guild Navigator ~ Melange-mutated humans safely able to navigate interstellar space in Heighliners through prescience.
  • Guild Ship ~ any spacecraft maintained by the spacing guild, but usually large starships meant to transport smaller inter-planetary vessels.

H

  • Habbanya ~ a region on Arrakis northern hemisphere including both a mountain ridge and an a part of the Erg.
  • Hadith ~a type of Song in Fremen Culture.Also a placename on Arrakis, a location of a Harkonnen spice-hoard as well as a Sietch name.
  • Hadji ~ religious pilgrims travelling to Arrakis to visit the home of the messiah Muad'Dib.
  • Hagal ~ also known as the "Jewel Planet", the second planet of the Theta Shaowei star system.
  • Haiiiii-Yoh! ~ command to action; worm-steersman's call.
  • Hajj ~ originally the spiritual journey of the Fremen, later the missionary arm of thr Church of Muad'dib.Hajj would refer to Fremen reaching out from Arrakis into the known Universe as well as to Out-freyn Pilgrims from other worlds coming to Arrakis.
  • Hajra ~ the Zensunni journey of seeking; a migration to find a place to live as well as a holy journey of mind, body, and spirit to find wisdom and or enlightenment.
  • Hal yawm ~ A Fremen exclamation loosely translated as "Now! At last!".
  • Handlers ~ Humanoid race who bred and trained Futars to hunt Honored Matres.
  • Harj ~ fremen term for a desert journey or migration.
  • Harmonthep ~ a planet orbiting the star Delta Pavonis. According to legend the sixth stop in the Zensunni Wanderers' migration.
  • Harpies ~ mythical shadow demons lying in ambush.
  • Harvester (also Harvester Factory or Crawler) ~ Large (often 120 metres by 40 metres) spice mining machine with a buglike body on independent tracks.
  • Headband of mourning ~ a ceremonial haedpiece made of braided spice-fibre worn by the Fremen for funeral and memorial ceremonies.
  • Heighliner ~ Enormous carrier spaceships used by the Spacing Guild for interstellar travel.
  • Heinali ~ the "manpusher", a hundred-klick wind.
  • Heretic - anyone neglecting the dogmas of the Qizarate, the Fish Speaker or the Rakian Priesthood.Among the Bene Gesserit:anyone who does not follow the Orders of a Mother Superior.
  • Hiereg ~ Fremen term for a desert camp.
  • High council ~ the Landsraad inner circle.
  • High Monitors ~ ixian observance satellites used to supervise the Sareer.
  • Holtzman Effect ~ Scientific phenomenon that makes (among other things) instantaneous space travel and defensive force shields possible.
  • the Holy Book of the divided God - the holy book of the church of the divided god and the Rakis Priesthood.
  • The Holy Metamorphosis ~ a Book by Harq al-Harba, also a doctrine of the Rakian Priesthood considering the two transformations of the God-Emperor.
  • Honored Matres ~ Matriarchal order formed in The Scattering, by Bene Gesserit,Fishspeakers and Female Tleilaxu, who used sexual imprinting and violence to subdue and control their enemies.
  • Hookman ~ Any Fremen with Maker hooks prepared to catch a sandworm.
  • Horns-of-the-Worm ~ a Fremen handsign used to ward off Rihani magic.
  • Hour of Assassins ~ the first hour before dawn.
  • Houri ~ a virgin of god.
  • House ~ a Noble imperial or planetary family.
  • House major ~ an imperial House ruling a Planet.
  • House minor ~ planet-bound families subject to a House major.
  • House Proctor ~ a lawyer or other official in service of a House or a Reverend Mother in service of a specific House.
  • House Ferrets ~ watchful small animals held by the planetary houses to Alert from any intruders and ward off harmful vermin, especially 'infectious Agents'.
  • Huanui-nau ~a Deathstill.
  • Hulasikali Wala ~ fremen name for the Coriolis storm.
  • Hunter-seeker ~ Ravening sliver of suspensor-buoyed metal guided as a weapon by a nearby control console, commonly used for assassination. Floating in mid-air, it kills by entering the body and following nerve pathways to vital organs.
  • hydraulic despotism - or "Water-despotism".The Use of water monopoly to control a population. Also used figuratively for Leto II's concept of "Syaksa".

I

  • Ibad ~ "Lost ones"; originally a tribe of the Nilotic al-Ourouba, later used figuratively for the deep blue eyes of the Fremen or other Melange adicts, caused by the spice-saturation of the adicts blood.
  • Ibn qirtaiba ~ see qirtaiba
  • Ichwan ~ a band of brothers.Used for the brotherhood of the Ichwan-Bedwines, the tribal communion of all Fremen on Arrakis.
  • Idaho river ~ a river on Rakis, in the place of the former Mount Idaho.
  • Iduali ~ blood drinking "water-insects"; a mythical Fremen tribe once outlawed for taking the water of fellow Fremen.
  • Ijaz ~ Described as "The inimitibility of the prophecy". A term used by the Missionaria Protectiva to describe a prophecy they have planted on a planet as unique, and unable to be copied. Lady Jessica uses this term to describe the Fremen prophecy of the Mahdi that was planted on Arrakis.
  • Ikhut-eigh! ~ the cry of the water-sellers on Arrakis.The etymology is uncertain.
  • Imperial Citadel ~ Leto II's great dwelling in the Sareer.
  • Ilm ~ fremen term for theology.
  • Imperial conditioning ~ a development of the Suk Medical Schools.The highest conditioning against taking human life, which meant that a Suk Doctor who had this conditioning could even serve an Emperor.
  • Imprinter ~ A Reverend Mother, who achieved to master three hundred steps of orgasmic amplification, assigned to condition any potential or important male via sexual imprinting.
  • Infectious agent ~ a Virus or microscopic one-celled organism aimed intended as a biological weapon against a specific Victim or group of human Targets.Also figuratively the human or animal carrier of such a biological weapon.
  • Inkvine ~ Creeping plant native to Giedi Prime and frequently used as a whip in its slave pens. Victims were marked by beet-colored tattoos that caused residual pain for many years.
  • Inquisitor ~ A judge or official inquisiting heresies.During and after the butlerian Jihad Inquisitors were represetants of the Orange-Catholic Orthodoxy who pursued violations of the great Convention.During the Atreides empire the Inquisitors usually were Members of the Qizarate who persecuted dissenters from the Golden Elixir of Life religion. Under Leto II similar tasks were performed by the Fishspeakers of the Bureau of Faith.
  • Isis Cult ~ an ancient terran religion revering the demon-goddess of death.The Cult was revived by a group of Heretics during the reign of Leto II.
  • Isnad ~ among the Fremen a convention of a tribe in which was hold justice on another member of the tribe.
  • Istislah  ~ The Fremen rule of general interest. Everything is done in the general interest of the tribe, not the individual.
  • Itinerant priest ~ a member of the Church of Muad'dib travelling with a group of Pilgrims, settlers,Suks or Jihadis , spreading the golden Elixir of life religion throughout the known Universe.
  • Ix ~ the ninth planet in the star system Alkalurops,ruled by the Ixian Technocracy.Ixian economy depended on manufacturing complex machinery, sometimes flouting the moral-juridical proscriptions of the great convention.
  • Ixian amplifyer ~ microscopic amplifiers of ixian make used by Leto II on his royal cart to amplify his voice on processions.
  • Ixian Core ~ the heartland of the technological federation goverened by Ix. 
  • Ixian damper ~ Device used to prevents eavesdropping from outside functioning area.
  • Ixian dictatel ~ a microscopic voice- and thought-recording printer, imprinting on ridulian crystal-paper.
  • Ixian globe ~ a precursor or early type of no-room.A mechanical device ,invisible, emitting radiation and absorbing radiation to simulate the natural character of its surroundings, 
  • Ixian mask ~ 1. A type of ixian-made black gauze-mask, presumably mechanical, enabling a blind man to see. 2. A movable transparent type of slide-wall used to keep insects away.
  • Ixian Masters ~ the Ixian-confederacy's ruling class or technocrat-elite.
  • Ixian navigator ~ Mechanical substitution for a Guild Navigator. It was used in every no-ships and in some of Guild heighliners.
  • Ixian probe ~ Device used to capture the thoughts of a person (living or dead) for analysis; could be blocked by the substance shere.
  • Ixian tools ~ otherwisely unnamed type of specific ixian machinery used for detection and tunneling of underground-facilities.
  • Ixian tube-lift ~ large transportation systems, similar to vacuum elevators, used by Leto II for traveling his imperial Citadel.

J

  • Jacob Broom ~ a Politician and Businessman of Old Earth.He was one of the many historical personalities who were alive in Leto II Consciousness.The sentence "Control the courts and the coinage -let the rabble have the rest" was attributed to him.
  • Jadacha ~ 'The Legs of thights'.A Jadacha-hermaphrodit as the Face Dancers was a person who was of no physical or mental sex and gender who could willingly change it's physics to imitate a person of any sex and gender.
  • Jalalud-Din ~ a settlement on Arrakis near the great gap in the shield wall.
  • Janus ~ a bearded two-faced roman god from old earth.During Alia's reign Atreides Statues depicting Leto and Alia were designed to resemble images of Janus in Style.
  • Jihad ~ the ultimate goal or strife.Often referring to the Butlerian Jihad or the Fremen Holy war.
  • Jihad, butlerian ~ the great revolt against thinking machines and machine culture.
  • John Baptist ~ a prophet of old earth revered in Christianity and First Islam and remembered in Orange Catholicism.
  • John Bartlett ~ a componist from Old Earth remembered by Alia's ancestor Agamemnon and likened by him to Ovid.
  • Johnnies ~ an arrakisian term for "Outsiders" or inexperienced people from off-world.
  • Jowf ~ a place on old earth ,possibly near Assyria,Conquered by Sennacherib, .The priestesses of Jowf were ancestors of the Bene Gesserit.
  • Jubba ~ an all-purpose cloak commonly worn over a stillsuit on Arrakis.
  • Judge of the change ~  an Imperial officer who was charged with presiding over a change of planetary Fief, declarations and forms of kanly, or War of Assassins during the days of the Imperium. A Judge's authority could only be challenged before the High Council.

K

  • Kadesh ~ a planet, home of Tagir Mohandis, the troubadour.
  • Kadrish ~ a planet far from Arrakis where it had become fashion to wear imitated stillsuits.
  • Kagga Basin ~
  • Kairitis ~
  • Leb Kamai ~ "Heart of the uprise" .A mythical place, possibly originally referring to Chaldea or Babylonia on old Earth.
  • Kanly ~ Formal feud or vendetta under the rules of the Great Convention carried on according to the strictest limitations. Originally the rules were designed to protect innocent bystanders.
  • Karakul ~ a black wool made from the wool of the Karakul sheep.
  • Karama ~ A miracle; an action intiated by the spirit world.
  • Kaymakam ~  title for a political governor during Paul Muad'dib and Alia's rule  
  • Kaza ~ fremen term for the appointed leader of a group
  • Kedem or Kadem ~ the Fremen word for Arrakis' inner desert.
  • Keeper of Jessica's Light ~
  • Keffiya ~ the knotted headdress worn by a Fremen Naib.
  • Ke'leb ~
  • Ketman ~ fremen term for the concept of Taquiyya.
  • Khala ~ Traditional invocation to still the angry spirits of a place you mention.
  • Killer medic ~
  • Kindjal ~
  • Kiswa ~ Any figure or design from Fremen mythology.
  • Kitab Al-Ibar ~ The combined survival handbook/religious manual developed by the Fremen on Arrakis
  • Kontar ~ a unit of measure.Once one and a half kontar limited a camel load.
  • Kralizec ~ Long-foretold final battle or 'typhoon struggle at the end of the universe.'
  • Krimskell fibre ~
  • Krimskell rope ~
  • Kull wahad ~
  • Kulon ~
  • Kwisatz Haderach ~ "The Shortening of the Way." This is the label applied by the Bene Gesserit to the unknown for which the sought a genetic solution: a male Bene Gesserit whose organic mental powers would bridge space and time. After the reign of Leto II, the Tyrant, this label became applied to all persons whom the Bene Gesserit thought to be of unnatural/supernatural power that could drastically change the balance of power in the known universe. ( See also Leto Atreides II, Paul Atreides, Hasimir Fenring, Duncan Idaho, Miles Teg)
  • Kynes Sea ~

L

  • La,la,la ~
  • Landing-lip ~
  • Landsraad ~ The Assembly of all nobles in the Imperium.
  • Lasgun ~ Energy weapon, technically a continuous-wave laser projector.
  • L-ray ~ The ray emitted from the explosion of stone burner that can cause blindness with direct contact to the eye.
  • Laza tiger ~ Big hybrid feline on Salusa Secundus
  • Legion, imperial ~
  • Liban ~
  • Lida ~
  • Life scanner ~
  • Life shield blanket ~ Device used to shield life signal inside the shielding area from life tracing.
  • Lisan al-gaib ~
  • Lisanu L'haqq ~
  • Literjon ~
  • Little Citadel ~
  • Little maker ~
  • Long Koan ~
  • Lost Tleilaxu ~ Offshoot race of the Bene Tleilax, formed in The Scattering.

M

  • Machinery inspector ~
  • Mahdi ~
  • Mahdi religion ~
  • Mahdi spirit cultists ~
  • Mahdinate ~
  • Majordomus ~
  • Maker~
  • Maker Hook ~
  • Maku ~
  • Management bureaucracy ~
  • Mantene ~
  • Maometh ~
  • Masshad ~ fremen term for a spiritual-test.
  • Master of the Deathstills ~
  • Mating index ~
  • Maula ~
  • Maula pistol ~ Spring-loaded gun for firing poison darts, with a range of about 40 metres.
  • Maulana ~ a rank or office among the Qizarate.
  • Medic ~
  • Melange ~ Drug that was essential to space travel and extended life, and therefore to the survival of the universe.
  • Melange Wafers ~
  • Memerase paper ~
  • Memocorder ~
  • Mentat ~ Individuals trained as human computers, their minds developed to staggering heights of cognitive and analytical ability.
  • Merchant-priests ~
  • Message-Capsule ~
  • Metaglass ~
  • microbubble ~
  • Mihna ~ the season for testing Fremen youths who wish admittance to manhood. 
  • Minimic film ~
  • Mirabhasa ~ principles of the Bhotani philosophy, meaning "rationalism".Also mirabhasa languages, created after the Mirabhasa principles, honed phlange consonants and joined vowels used as an instrument for conveying fine emotional subtleties.
  • Mirzabah ~ the Iron Hammer with which the dead are beaten who cannot reply satisfactorily to the questions they must answer before entry into paradise.
  • Mish-Mish ~ Apricots.
  • Misr ~
  • Missionaria Protectiva ~ An arm of the Bene Gesserit charged with spreading contrived myths, prophecies and superstition on primitive worlds so that the Bene Gesserit may later exploit those regions.
  • Mjeed ~ a ruling-title from old Terra.
  • Mnemonic amplifier ~
  • Mnemonic flutter-system ~
  • Mohalata ~ among the Fremen the term for a protective partnership.Among the Bene Gesserit the partnership one of the pre-born can have with benign ancestors to protect him from malignant ancestors.
  • Moisture seal ~
  • Moisture trap ~
  • Molitor Victory ~
  • Monitor ~
  • Mother of moisture ~
  • Mouthseal ~
  • Muad'dib~
  • Muad'Dibs Cleft~
  • Mudir nahya~
  • Mufti ~ the garb, cap and gown, of a Priest or House-trooper off-duty.
  • Muritan ~
  • Museum Fremen ~
  • Mushtamal ~ a small garden annex to a Fremen djedida, the term was imported from Ishkal.
  • Musky ~
  • Mu zein wallah! ~

N

  • Na-Baron ~ Noble title given to a Baron's heir-apparent.
  • Naib ~ Caretaker and Leader of Sietch. The word means 'Servant of Sietch' in Chakobsa.
  • Naraj Worlds ~
  • Navigation machines ~
  • Nebiros ~
  • Needle knife ~
  • Nezhoni scarf ~
  • Niazi ~ a place of saltmines on Arrakis.
  • Nightseal ~
  • No-chamber or No-room ~ Construct that hid anything inside from prescient and ocular vision, as well as other methods of detection.
  • No-ship ~ No-chamber in spaceship form, with enough limited prescience to be capable of interstellar travel without a Guild Navigator.
  • Noah Arkwright ~
  • Non-absolutum ~
  • Noukker ~
  • Novice ~
  • Nullentropy ~ Technology through which the natural processes of time, such as decomposition, were ceased. In this way, matter such as human cells was stored for millennia without damage.

O

  • Obliterators ~ Honored Matre weapons of mass destruction. They combusted the atmosphere of a planet and subsequently its surface.
  • Oil lens ~
  • Opafire ~
  • Oracle ~
  • Orange Catholic Bible ~
  • Orange catholic ritual ~ the rite of communion among the followers of the fourteen sages in which the believers shared a wafer sybolising the flesh of god.
  • Order of Hormu ~ An organization of Honored Matres' playfems.
  • Other Memory ~ The combined ego and memories of all female ancestors that a Bene Gesserit was trained to access.
  • Ornithopter (or 'Thopter) ~ Aircraft capable of sustained wing-beat flight in the manner of birds.
  • Out-freyn ~
  • Osiris ~
  • Ovid ~

P

  • Pajama suit ~
  • Palato ~ an ancient ruler-title from the Old Empire or even Old Earth
  • Palian Silk ~
  • Palm lock ~ Lock or seal which could be opened only by contact with the palm of the human hand to which it has been keyed.
  • Pan ~
  • Panoplia Propheticus ~ Common term for superstitions planted through the Known Universe by Missionaria Protectiva.
  • Paracompass ~
  • Paradan ~
  • Parasilk ~
  • Parato Silk ~
  • Parella ~
  • Pastaza ~ fremen term for a specific kind of breeze.
  • Perimeter Wall ~
  • Perth ~
  • Phibian ~ Primitive, amphibious humanoid creatures, a genetic mix of man and fish.
  • Pilgrim ~
  • Planets of Dan ~
  • Plasteel ~ Extremely tough form of steel, stabilized with stravidium fibers grown into its crystal structure.
  • Playfem ~ Short for Play Female, a word used to designate a type or class of prostitute.
  • Plasmeld ~
  • Plastone ~
  • Plaz (or windowplaz) ~ Synthetic glass, used for windows (especially in aircraft and spaceships) due to its superior strength.
  • Pleniscenta ~
  • Poison snooper ~ Radiation analyzer within the olfactory spectrum and keyed to detect poisonous substances.
  • Poling the sand ~
  • Ponji rice ~
  • Poritrin ~
  • Portyguls ~ Oranges.
  • Prajna ~ a Bene Gesserit meditation technique.
  • Prana ~
  • Prana-bindu ~ Prana for nerve and bindu for fibers. Training that provided a Bene Gesserit with complete muscle control (Prana nervature related to nervous system control), and the basis of the Weirding Way
  • Presciensce ~
  • Pre-spice mass ~
  • Predator fish ~ Fishes that used to protect qanat from sandtrout.
  • Priest-advocate ~
  • Priest-guards ~
  • Priestess Amazons ~
  • Priestesses of Jowf ~
  • Primito ~
  • Proces verbal ~
  • Proctor superior ~
  • Propagandists ~
  • Pru-door prudence barrier ~
  • Pundi rice ~
  • Punji Cotton ~
  • Pyons ~
  • Pyretic consciense ~

Q

  • Qadis as-Salaf ~ the holy fathers of Fremen mythology.
  • Qanat ~ Open canal for carrying irrigation water under controlled conditions through a desert.
  • Qirtaiba ~ derived from ""Ibn Qirtauba, "Thus go the holy words...." the formal beginning to Fremen religious incantation (derived from panoplia propheticus).
  • Qizara tafwid ~

R

  • Rachag ~ a coffein-like stimulans extracted from the berries of the Arkaso.
  • Rain tree ~
  • Raja ~
  • Rakah ~
  • Ramadhan ~
  • Razzia ~
  • Recaths ~
  • Rebaba ~ a ten-string instrument of the Fremen.
  • Rebec ~
  • Repkit ~
  • Residual poison ~ Innovation whereby the body was impregnated with a substance for which repeated antidotes must be administered; withdrawal of the antidote at any time brought death.
  • Reverend Mother ~ Female Bene Gesserit who had survived a ritual wherein she consciously transformed a toxic dose of melange to a non-poisonous substance at the molecular level, thereby raising herself to a higher level of awareness and enabling her to access Other Memory.
  • Richece ~
  • Richese ~
  • Ridulian Crystal ~ Crystalline substance used to manufacture printing materials at the thickness of one molecule.
  • Ridulian Crystal paper ~
  • Rihani decipherment ~decipherment used by the Bene Gessent to recognize a registered individual no matter what overt change in behavior or appearance he assumes Rihani decipherment also allowed sisters to unerringly identify Face Dancers and gholas, even when they assumed the appearance of individuals unknown to the Sister herself.The decipherment pattern also allowed them to discern the non-human characteristics.
  • Rihani magic ~ among the Fremen a mythical ancient form of forbidden sorcery or witchcraft.
  • Rimwall ~
  • Ringwall West ~
  • Royal cart ~
  • Royal Road ~
  • Ruh-spirit ~ In Fremen belief, that part of the individual that is always rooted in and capable of sensing the metaphysical world.

S

  • Sadu ~ among the fremen the blessed company of heavenly judges.A Sadu presided over the traditional scales, which here weigh either the soul or the water rendered trom the dead, for the scales formed the T of the Tau.
  • Salusa Secundus ~
  • Salusan bull ~ Fierce and very aggressive creature with multiple horns, used in bullfighting on Caladan and supposedly originating from Salusa Secundus.
  • Sandblast ~
  • Sandcrawler ~
  • Sand dancer ~
  • Sandmaster ~
  • Sand Pirates ~
  • Sand plankton ~ The first phase of Sandworm's life cycle before a Sandtrout vector. Thought to be Sandworm's food.
  • Sandrider ~
  • Sandsnork ~
  • Sandthorn ~
  • Sandtide ~
  • Sandtracks ~
  • Sandtrout ~ Premature form of the Sandworm.
  • Sandwalker ~
  • Sandworm ~ Giant sand-dwelling creatures native to Arrakis, essential to the production of melange. Called Shai-Hulud by the Fremen and worshipped as deities.
  • Sapho ~ High-energy liquid extracted from barrier roots of Ecaz, commonly used by Mentats to amplify their mental powers. Users developed deep ruby stains on mouth and lips.
  • Sardaukar ~ Ferocious soldier-fanatics of the Padishah Emperors, later disbanded by Leto II.
  • Sareer ~
  • Sarfa ~ the act of turning away from God 
  • Sayyadina ~ Fremen tribal-priestesses, especially Acolytes and candidates for Fremen Reverend Mother.
  • The Scattering ~ Event after the reign of Leto II in which billions of people left the settled worlds of the Old Empire, striking off into unknown space.
  • Schlag ~
  • Secher Nbiw ~ The Golden Path
  • Second moon ~
  • Selamlik ~
  • Semboule ~ possibly a placename on Sembu, where the Semboule treaty was signed.
  • Sembu ~ planet conquered during Muad'Dib's Jihad.
  • Semuta ~ Second narcotic derivative (by crystal extraction) from the burned residue of elacca wood from Ecaz. The effect (described as timeless, sustained ecstasy) was elicited by certain atonal vibrations referred to as semuta music.
  • Sennacherib ~ an ancient King of Assyria.He conquered or raided the priestesses of Jowf.
  • Sensiform floater ~
  • Sermon ~ a preacher's public oration on religious matters
  • Servitor ~
  • Servo-control ~
  • Servo-stimulator ~
  • Servo-transmitter ~
  • Servok ~
  • Shaitan ~ Another name of sandworms of Arrakis which means Satan or Evil one.
  • Shai-Hulud ~ Fremen name for the sandworms of Arrakis.
  • Shere ~ Significant presence of this substance in the body blocked the use of an Ixian probe.
  • Shigawire ~ Metal extrusion of a ground vine (Narvi narviium) grown only on Salusa Secundus and III Delta Kaising, noted for extreme tensile strength and used as a recording medium (among other things).
  • Shadout ~
  • Shari-a ~ Fremen believe in religious ritual.
  • Shariat -
  • Shield,defensive ~
  • Shieldwall ~
  • Shigawire ~
  • Shrine of the Crysknife ~
  • Shuloch ~
  • Siaynoq ~ God Emperor's greatest ritual, sharing moment with his Fish Speakers, performed every ten years in the Festival City of Onn. In Heretics of Dune, 1500 years after the time of God Emperor, become a ritual dance in the City of Keen.
  • Sietch ~ Cave warren inhabited by a Fremen tribal community.
  • Sietch Abbir ~
  • Sietch Attendant ~
  • Sietch orgy (or sietch tau orgy) ~ Fremen ritual of unrestrained sexual indulgence which takes place after a Reverend Mother shares the changed Water of Life with her community.
  • Sietch school ~
  • Sihaya ~ A landscape of Sand-dunes on Arrakis, the name of the Recording Angel who interrogates the newly dead.Also Chani Kynes intimate name by Paul Atreides.
  • Silver-blade ~
  • Since Syndrome ~
  • Singlesuit ~
  • Sink ~
  • Sinkchart ~
  • Sirat ~ the passage in the O.C. Bible that describes human life as a journey across a narrow bridge (the Sirat) with “Paradise on my right, Hell on my left, and the angel of death behind.
  • Sirra ~
  • Slig ~ Livestock animal, hybrid of a large slug and a pig, bioengineered by the Bene Tleilax; To many the tender meat is a delicacy, though most consider the animal itself detestful.
  • Slip-tip ~
  • Solido ~ Three-dimensional image generated from a solido projector using 360-degree reference signals imprinted on a shigawire reel.
  • Snooper, poison ~
  • Solari ~
  • Sondagi ~
  • Soo-soo sook! ~
  • Soostone ~ Valuable iridescent gem produced on Buzzell by the abraded carapaces of monoped sea creatures called Cholisters, much in the manner of pearls on Old Earth.
  • Spacing Guild ~ Powerful organization which ad a monopoly on space travel and transport due to their Navigators.
  • Spice ~
  • Spice agony ~ Fremen version of the ritual used by the Bene Gesserit to create Reverend Mothers, using the Water of Life instead of melange.
  • Spice beer ~
  • Spicebisquit ~
  • Spiceblow ~
  • Spicebread ~
  • Spice cloth ~
  • Spice coffee ~
  • Spice crawler ~
  • Spice driver ~
  • Spice fabrics ~
  • Spice factory ~
  • Spice-fiber ~
  • Spice hamper ~
  • Spice hunter ~
  • Spice lamo ~
  • Spice liquor ~
  • Spice Melange ~ Drug that was essential to space travel and extended life, and therefore to the survival of the universe.
  • Spice oil ~
  • Spice paper ~
  • Spice plastic ~
  • Spice essence ~ Water of Life that has been changed to non-toxic form by Reverend Mother.
  • Spice scout ~
  • Spice tau ~
  • Spice trance ~
  • Splintered Rock ~
  • Spotter control ~
  • Star Jewels ~
  • Steersman ~ Title given to Guild Navigators.Also the steersman of a Sandworm among the Fremen.
  • Stillsuit ~ Body-enclosing garment of Fremen design which performed the functions of heat dissipation and filtering bodily wastes, as well as retaining and reclaiming moisture.
  • Stilltent ~
  • Stolen Journals ~
  • Stone burner ~ Atomic weapon, the explosion and radiation of which could be precisely adjusted depending on the desired effect.
  • Stunner ~
  • Stun-grenade ~
  • Stunclub ~
  • Sub-Bashar ~
  • Subakh ul kuhar? ~
  • Subakh un nar? ~
  • Sufi ~ Ancient Religious sect. Thought to be long lost but still survive in the form of part of the Great Belief.
  • Suk Inner School ~ Prestigious medical school whose Imperial Conditioning banned the taking of human life; initiates were marked by a diamond tattoo on the forehead and wore a silver Suk ring in their hair.
  • Suks ~ Imperial mercantile settlements and the culture of imperial traders.
  • Suk paper ~
  • Sukkar ~ most likely a place-name on Arrakis.
  • Suspensor ~ Any of a number of 'hovering' devices which utilized the secondary (low-drain) phase of a Holtzman field generator to nullify gravity within certain limits prescribed by relative mass and energy consumption.
  • Suspensor-borne pallets

T

  • Tabrite ~
  • Tabur ~
  • Tahaddi al-burhan ~ an ultimate test from which there can be no appeal (usually because it brings death or destruction).
  • Tahaddi challenge ~ a Fremen challenge to mortal combat, usually over some primal issue, such as the desire for another man's wife, or if honour was insulted, or if leadership was challenged.
  • Taif ~ among the Fremen on Arrakis, a company of men held together by mutual self-interest.
  • Tanzerouft ~
  • Taquiyya ~ the practice of concealing the identity when revealing it might be harmful.Known among the Fremen as "Ketman".
  • Taqwa ~ Fremen term implying "Strong belief.Piety.Hope". Stilgar tells Lady Jessica "'What could the Harkonnens give us? Our freedom? Hah! No, you are the taqwa, that which buys us more than all the spice in the Harkonnen coffers.'"
  • Tau ~
  • Tau ceremony ~ see:Spice orgy
  • T-Probe ~ Device used to capture the thoughts of a person (living or dead) for analysis; unlike an Ixian probe it could not be blocked by the substance shere.
  • Tachyon net (or tachyon web) ~ Technology (involving faster-than-light tachyon particles) used by Daniel and Marty in their attempt to track and capture the no-ship Ithaca.
  • Temple Guards ~
  • Temple priests ~
  • Test-mashad ~
  • Thinking Machines ~ Intelligent and sentient machines, created by humans, who enslaved much of humanity and eventually incited the Butlerian Jihad.
  • Thorse ~
  • Thumper ~ Short stake with a spring-driven clapper at one end, placed in the sand to 'call' sandworms.
  • Tidal dust basin ~
  • Titan ~ One of several ancient dictators whose brains were transplanted into fearsome, weaponized machine bodies to achieve immortality.
  • Tlulax ~
  • Tleilaxu Vat ~
  • Torquemada ~
  • Tunyon vine ~
  • Tuono ~
  • Training ~
  • Training male (Bene Gesserit) ~ Males, conditioned by Bene Gesserit to perform sexual acts without expression of their feeling, used to train Bene Gesserit acolytes in sexual training.
  • Troop carrier ~
  • Trooper, house ~
  • Truthsayer ~ Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother trained to detect insincerity or falsehood. Naturally, anyone can be Truthsayer.
  • Truthtrance ~
  • Tube-lift ~
  • Tupile ~
  • T-P ~

U

  • Ulema ~ a doctor of theology in Zensunni religion
  • Umma ~ One of the brotherhood of prophets; a term of scorn in the Corrino Imperium, meaning any "wild" person given to fanatical prediction.Also a personal revelation often experienced by a Fremen on Hajj.
  • Uroshnor ~ the most common autosuggestive cue word implanted by the Bene Gesserit,"itself empty of meaning, but which, when spoken, triggered a state of immobilization
  • Usul ~ a Fremen word meaning "the strength of the base of the pillar"


V

  • Varota ~
  • Verite ~ Will-destroying narcotic from Ecaz that rendered a person incapable of falsehood.
  • Voice ~ Training that allowed the Bene Gesserit to control others merely by selected tone shadings of the voice.

W

  • Wadquiyas ~ if one could force or convince a stranger or enemy to drink of his blood, he became Wadquiyaswith the tribe: joined to them as one of their own, and safe from having his water taken unless he offended the tribe. Because of this custom, no Fremen would ever attempt to wound an enemy in a fight by biting, no matter how a certain victory would grant to him).
  • Wali ~ the name the Fremen give to an untried youth.
  • Wallach IX ~
  • Wallport ~
  • War of Assassins ~ Regulated form of conflict between noble Houses.
  • Warrior-troubadour ~
  • Water Agony ~
  • Water burden~
  • Watercounter ~
  • Water discipline ~
  • Water of Life ~ Toxic liquid exhalation of a drowning sandworm, used by Fremen Reverend Mothers in the spice agony.
  • water-death ~
  • Waterman ~
  • Watermaster ~
  • Water ring ~ Metal rings wore by Fremen women to indicate their household's possessed water.
  • Water trap ~
  • Water tube ~
  • Wawi or Vahi- a card in the Dune Tarot.A man and woman standing hand-in-hand looking toward a rising Moon. They symbolized Two-in-One.
  • Way, bene gesserit ~
  • Weather control ~
  • Weather scanner ~
  • Weirding ~
  • Weirding Way ~ Specialized martial art component of Bene Gesserit prana-bindu practices.
  • Wekht of Jandola -
  • Welbeck Abridgment ~
  • Windowplaz (or plaz) ~ Synthetic glass, used for windows (especially in aircraft and spaceships) due to its superior strength.
  • Wind Pass ~
  • Wind trap ~ A Facility used on Arrakis to trap moisture from the air, usually conceal in the warren rock.
  • wrist seal ~

X

Y

  • Yaghist ~
  • Yali ~ A Fremen's personal quarters within the sietch.
  • Ya Hya Chouhada ~ A rallying cry for the Fremen troops - "long live the fighters!"
  • Ya!Ya!Yawm! ~
  • Yellow of mourning ~

Z

  • Zabulon ~
  • Zaha ~ the morning siesta on Arrakis.
  • Zanadiq ~ a fremen curse
  • Zarr Sadus ~
  • Ze'eb ~ the wolf, as in the proverb "to know the difference between"
  • Zensunni ~ Ancient religious sect, ancestors of the Fremen.
  • Zensunni codex ~
  • Zombie-katrundo ~

See

References:

  • A Dune Companion: Characters, Places and Terms in Frank Herbert's Original Six Novels by Donald E. Palumbo
  • "Terminology of the Imperium",glossary contained in the novel Dune by Frank Herbert
  • The Dune Encyclopedia by Willis E. McNelly and other contributors 
  • - Cave of birds - terminology