(Definitions from the book Dune by Frank Herbert.
I have made some slight changes for some definitions.)
updated: 2000.04.14.n4
In studying the Imperium, Arrakis, and the whole culture which produced Muad'Dib, many unfamiliar terms occur.
To increase understanding is a laudable goal, hence the definitions and explanations given below.
Everything below this is deleted; I'm not deleting this writeup, though, because it may be good to "metanode" it, or maybe turn it into a "document" nodetype.
A
aba |
ach |
adab |
akarso |
Alam al-Mithal |
Al-Lat |
Ampoliros |
amtal |
amtal rule |
AQL |
Arrakeen |
Arrakis |
Assassins' Handbook |
Auliya |
aumas |
ayat
B
bakka |
baklawa |
baliset |
baradye pistol |
baraka |
Bashar |
battle language |
Battle of Corrin |
Bedwine |
Bela Tegeuse |
Bene Gesserit |
Bene Gesserit Way |
B.G. |
Bhotani Jib |
Bi-la Kaifa |
bindu |
bindu suspension |
bled |
bourka |
burhan |
burseg |
Butlerian Jihad
C
Caid |
Caladan |
canto |
carryall |
catchpocket |
chakobsa |
chaumas |
chaumurky |
cheops |
cherem |
CHOAM |
Chusuk |
cielago |
cone of silence |
coriolis storm |
Corrin, Battle of |
cousines |
crushers |
cutteray |
crysknife
D
dar al-hikman |
Dark Things |
death tripod |
defensive shield |
derch |
dew collectors |
dew precipitators |
dew gatherers |
demibrothers |
dictum familia |
distrans |
drum sand |
doorseal |
dump boxes |
dune men |
dust chasm
E
Ecaz |
ego-likeness |
elacca drug |
el-sayal |
erg |
Eyes of Ibad
F
fai |
fanmetal |
Faufreluches |
Fedaykin |
filmbook |
filt-plug |
fiqh |
fire, pillar of |
First Moon |
free traders |
Fremen |
fremkit |
frigate
G
Galach |
Gamont |
gare |
Gathering |
geyrat |
ghafla |
ghanima |
Giedi Prime |
Ginaz, House of |
Giudichar |
Giudichar mantene |
glowglobe |
Great Convention |
Great Mother |
Great Revolt |
gridex plane |
Grumman |
gom jabbar |
Guild
H
Hagal |
Haiiiii-yoh! |
hajj |
harj |
hajra |
hal yawm |
Harmonthep |
harvester |
harvester factory |
heighliner |
hiereg |
High Council |
Holtzman effect |
hookman |
House |
House of Ginaz |
Houses Major |
Houses Minor |
hunter-seeker
I
Ibad, Eyes of |
Ibn Qirtaiba |
Ichwan Bedwine |
ijaz |
Ikhut-eigh! |
ilm |
Imperial Conditioning |
Imperial legion |
inkvine |
istislah |
Ix
J
Jihad |
Jihad, Butlerian |
jubba cloak |
Judge of the Change
K
kanly |
karama |
khala |
kindjal |
kiswa |
Kitab al-Ibar |
krimskell fiber |
krimskell rope |
Kull wahad! |
kulon |
Kwisatz Haderach
L
la, la, la |
lasgun |
legion, Imperial |
liban |
Lisan al-Gaib |
literjon |
Little Maker
M
Mahdi |
Maker |
Maker hooks |
mantene |
Mating Index |
maula |
maula pistol |
melange |
mentat |
metaglass |
Mihna |
minimic film |
mish-mish |
Misr |
Missionaria Protectiva |
monitor |
muad'dib |
Mudir Nahya |
mushtamal |
musky |
Mu zein wallah!
N
na- |
naib |
nezhoni scarf |
noukkers
O
oil lens |
opafire |
Orange Catholic Bible |
ornithopter |
out-freyn
P
palm lock |
pan |
panoplia propheticus |
paracompass |
pentashield |
pillar of fire |
plasteel |
pleniscenta |
poison snooper |
poling the sand |
Poritrin |
portyguls |
prana |
pre-spice mass |
process verbal |
Proctor Superior |
prudence barrier |
prudence door |
pundi rice |
pyons |
pyretic conscience
Q
qanat |
Qirtaiba |
Quizara Tafwid
R
rachag |
Ramadhan |
razzia |
recaths |
repkit |
residual poison |
respondu |
Reverend Mother |
Richese |
rimwall |
Ruh-Spirit
S
sadus |
Salusa Secundus |
sandcrawler |
sandmaster |
sandrider |
sandsnork |
sandtide |
sandwalker |
sandworm |
sapho |
Sardaukar |
sarfa |
sayyadina |
schlag |
Second Moon |
selamlik |
semuta |
servok |
Shah-Nama |
Shai-hulud |
Shari-A |
shadout |
Shaitan |
shield, defensive |
Shield Wall |
shigawire |
sietch |
sihaya |
sink |
sinkchart |
Sirat |
slip-tip |
snooper, poison |
solari |
solido |
sondagi |
Soo-soo sook! |
Spacing Guild |
spice |
spice driver |
spice factory |
spotter control |
stillsuit |
stilltent |
stunner |
Sabakh ul kuhar |
Sabakh un nar |
suspensor
T
tahaddi al-burhan |
tahaddi challenge |
taqwa |
tau, the |
test-mashad |
thumper |
tidal dust basin |
Tleilax |
T-P |
Training |
troop carrier |
truthsayer |
truthtrance |
Tupile
U
ulema |
umma |
uroshnor |
usul
V
Varota |
verite |
Voice
W
wali |
Wallach IX |
War of Assassins |
water burden |
watercounters |
water discipline |
waterman |
Water of Life |
watertube |
Way, Bene Gesserit |
weather scanner |
weirding |
windtrap
Y
Ya hya chouhada! |
yali |
Ya! Ya! Yawm!
Z
Zensunni |
Zensunni Wanderers