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Terminology of the Imperium
LITTLEMAKER:thehalf-plant-half-animaldeep-sandvectoroftheArrakissandworm.TheLittleMaker’sexcretionsformthepre-spicemass.
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MAHDI:intheFremenmessianiclegend,“TheOneWhoWillLeadUstoParadise.”
MAKER:seeShai-hulud.
MAKERHOOKS:thehooksusedforcapturing,mounting,andsteeringasandwormofArrakis.
MANTENE:underlyingwisdom,supportingargument,firstprinciple.(SeeGiudichar.)
MATINGINDEX:theBeneGesseritmasterrecordofitshumanbreedingprogramaimedatproducingtheKwisatzHaderach.
MAULA:slave.
MAULAPISTOL:spring-loadedgunforfiringpoisondarts;rangeaboutfortymeters.
MELANGE:the“spiceofspices,”thecropforwhichArrakisistheuniquesource.Thespice,chieflynotedforitsgeriatricqualities,ismildlyaddictivewhentakeninsmallquantities,severelyaddictivewhenimbibedinquantitiesabovetwogramsdailyperseventykilosofbodyweight.(SeeIbad,WaterofLife,andPre-spiceMass.)Muad’Dibclaimedthespiceasakeytohispropheticpowers.Guildnavigatorsmakesimilarclaims.ItspriceontheImperialmarkethasrangedashighas620,000solaristhedecagram.
MENTAT:thatclassofImperialcitizenstrainedforsupremeaccomplishmentsoflogic.“Humancomputers.”
METAGLASS:glassgrownasahigh-temperaturegasinfusioninsheetsofjasmiumquartz.Notedforextremetensilestrength(about450,000kilospersquarecentimeterattwocentimeters’thickness)andcapacityasaselectiveradiationfilter.
MIHNA:theseasonfortestingFremenyouthswhowishadmittancetomanhood.
