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Terminology of the Imperium
Thismass,afterexposuretosunandair,becomesmelange(SeealsoMelangeandWaterofLife.)PROCESVERBAL:asemiformalreportallegingacrimeagainsttheImperium.Legally:anactionfallingbetweenalooseverbalallegationandaformalchargeofcrime.
PROCTORSUPERIOR:aBeneGesseritReverendMotherwhoisalsoregionaldirectorofaB.G.school.(Commonly:BeneGesseritwiththeSight.)PRUDENCEDOORorPRUDENCEBARRIER(idiomatically:pru-doororpru-barrier):anypentashieldsituatedfortheescapeofselectedpersonsunderconditionsofpursuit.(SeePentashield.)
PUNDIRICE:amutatedricewhosegrains,highinnaturalsugar,achievelengthsuptofourcentimeters;chiefexportofCaladan.
PYONS:planet-boundpeasantsorlaborers,oneofthebaseclassesundertheFaufreluches.Legally;wardsoftheplanet.
PYRETICCONSCIENCE:so-called“conscienceoffire”;thatinhibitoryleveltouchedbyImperialconditioning.(SeeImperialconditioning.)
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QANAT:anopencanalforcarryingirrigationwaterundercontrolledconditionsthroughadesert.
QIRTAIBA:seeIbnQirtaiba.
QUIZARATAFWID:Fremenpriests(afterMuad’Dib).
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RACHAG:acaffeine-typestimulantfromtheyellowberriesofakarso.(SeeAkarso.)
RAMADHAN:ancientreligiousperiodmarkedbyfastingandprayer;traditionally,theninthmonthofthesolar-lunarcalendar.Fremenmarktheobservanceaccordingtotheninthmeridian-crossingcycleofthefirstmoon.
RAZZIA:asemipiraticalguerrillaraid.
RECATHS:body-functiontubeslinkingthehumanwastedisposalsystemtothecyclingfiltersofastillsuit.
