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Terminology of the Imperium
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BAKKA:inFremenlegend,theweeperwhomournsforallmankind.
BAKLAWA:aheavypastrymadewithdatesyrup.
BALISET:anine-stringedmusicalinstrument,linealdescendantofthe
zithra,tunedtotheChusukscaleandplayedbystrumming.FavoriteinstrumentofImperialtroubadors.
BARADYEPISTOL:astatic-chargedustgundevelopedonArrakisforlayingdownalargedyemarkerareaonsand.
BARAKA:alivingholymanofmagicalpowers.
BASHAR(oftenColonelBashar):anofficeroftheSardaukarafractionalpointaboveColonelinthestandardizedmilitaryclassification.Rankcreatedformilitaryrulerofaplanetarysubdistrict.(BasharoftheCorpsisatitlereservedstrictlyformilitaryuse.)
BATTLELANGUAGE:anyspeciallanguageofrestrictedetymologydevelopedforclear-speechcommunicationinwarfare.
BEDWINE:seeIchwanBedwine.
BELATEGEUSE:fifthplanetofKuentsing:thirdstoppingplaceoftheZensunni(Fremen)forcedmigration.
BENEGESSERIT:theancientschoolofmentalandphysicaltrainingestablishedprimarilyforfemalestudentsaftertheButlerianJihaddestroyedtheso-called“thinkingmachines”androbots.
B.G.:idiomaticforBeneGesseritexceptwhenusedwithadate.WithadateitsignifiesBeforeGuildandidentifiestheImperialdatingsystembasedonthegenesisoftheSpacingGuild’smonopoly.
BHOTANIJIB:seeChakobsa.
BI-LAKAIFA:Amen.(Literally:“Nothingfurtherneedbeexplained.”)BINDU:relatingtothehumannervoussystem,especiallytonervetraining.
OftenexpressedasBindu-nervature.(SeePrana.)BINDUSUSPENSION:aspecialformofcatalepsis,self-induced.
