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ABA A loose robe worn by Fremen women; usually black.

ADAB The demanding memory that comes upon you of itself.

ALAM AL-MITHAL The mystical world of similitudes where all physical limitations are removed.

AMTAL RULE A common rule on primitive worlds under which something is tested to determine its limits or defects. Commonly: testing to destruction.

ARRAKEEN First settlement on Arrakis; long-time seat of planetary government.

ARRAKIS The planet known as Dune; third planet of Canopus.

AUMAS Poison administered in food. (Specifically: poison in solid food.) In some dialects: Chaumas.

BALISET A nine-stringed musical instrument, lineal descendant of the zither, tuned to the Chusuk scale and played by strumming. Favorite instrument of Imperial troubadours.

BASHAR An officer of the Sardaukar a fractional point above Colonel in the standardized military classification. Rank created for military ruler of a planetary subdistrict. (Bashar of the Corps is a title reserved strictly for military use.)

BATTLE LANGUAGE Any special language of restricted etymology developed for clear-speech communication in warfare.

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