A Lu E Masata - Acquaran greeting

Acquarans - Tribal race that are subjects of the Hynerian empire. They were left stranded by Rygel X on the planet Acquara and a device that stopped machinery of any kind from functioning was left hidden inside a boulder so they would be unable to leave the planet on their own

Amnexus Fluid -

Amnexus Systems - Vessels, valves, ports, etc related to production, circulation and regulation of Moya's amniotic fluid

Amniox - Valve that controls Moya's amniotic fluids flow

Anthropoid Biped - Term for a species that walks on two legs and has the expected visible reproductive organs relative to gender. 'Humanoid'.

Arn - approx. an hour

Atmospheric Mix Line - Line that mixes gases to produce breathable atmosphere aboard Moya's transport pods

Article 4-1-4 Decca - section/clause of the Peacekeeper chain of command that allows an officer to take command of another's vessel. Larraq cited it in A Bug's Life as means to commandeer Moya from 'Captain' Crichton.

Aurora Chair - Used for interrogation by Scorpius. It forcefully extracts the memories from the subject's mind and plays them on a screen. The process is very painful; resistance makes it more so.

Axiom - The basis of all the laws in Litigara. The text they hold most sacred.

Banik Slave Race - Stark's race - A race highly skilled at hiding their feelings. They can cloud or bury their thoughts so deep in thier mind that no one can access them, even by means such as the Aurora Chair. They can also "give" thoughts, share images and memories. Stark, at least, has a facial deformity. The top, right part of his skull and face is like liquid amber energy, and a part which he usually keeps covered, but frees to share the memories.

Barken out of Hezmana - Expression used in Jeremiah Crichton. No doubt the same sentiment as the human expression "Like a bat out of hell."

Bio-mechanoid - A living ship (part living being, part machine).

Blez (blez out) - Slang. Seems to mean "chill out", "cool your heels" or similar. Chiana vehemently told Pilot to tell Moya to blez out when the ship was still very anxious to leave Litigara and search for Talyn, but Zhaan had just been incarcerated.

Blotching - Curse word. Used by Furlow. E.g. - Upon Aeryn asking how long the repairs would take - "About twice as blotching long as if you weren't here."

Botany Asteroid - Created over many generations by Br'Nee's people. It's a mother lode of herbs and medicinal plants and is free of insects, rodents and any other threat to the foliage.

Calorics - Part of the power source for Moya's transport pods. Indicates available level of power in the batteries.

Chakan Oil - Made from the Tannot Root. It is the power source for Peacekeeper weapons.

Cenobia Rebellion - Stopped by Peacekeeper Captain Selto Durka. Durka is legendary because of this accomplishment.

Chronite - The metal in Moya's decking. The crew combined Chronite shavings with Lutra oil, forming a powerful explosive to ignite the oil-covered moon and destroy the PK Gammak base.

Clansmen - Group of young adults who lived underground on the royal cemetary planet.

Clorium - One of seven cargoes forbidden to be transported aboard a leviathan -- clorium numbs leviathans. It is a common element, an atmospherically induced isotope of Twinium. And it looks like very large grains of salt. (Lyneea used it in the food she'd prepared - it is known as Onlux on Denea)

Commerce Planet - A planet whose main activity is trade or commerce with other aliens

Control Collar - A harness-like collar fitted onto a leviathan in order to subjugate it.

Crank - Comparable to hell or crap. Used by Stark in The Flax - "They blasted the crank out of me."

Cryostasis - Freezing a species to isolate an abnormal reaction or occurance within its bodily systems and find the cause. In Thank God It's Friday, Again, Aeryn put Rygel into cryostasis at "105 below the Galarian frost point" to determine how to remove the toxins caused by the tannot root.

Cycle - approximately (slightly less than) one year

Data Stores - Moya's database, memory.

Decompensating - When Moya's amniotic fluid level is too high for too long she must StarBurst to decompensate and correct it.

Defense Screen (DS) - A defense shield used on Peacekeeper ships. The crew of Moya scavenged one from the wreckage of the Zelbinion.

Decca - PK word. Used commonly in security clearance codes and quadrant names.

Delvian - Zhaan's species, planet name Delvia. Blue-skinned humanoid species that are not animal, but in fact highly-evolved flora.

Delvian Wanta Chant - Mental discipline that helps Delvians work

Deneans - Planet Denea. A species who, prior to Moya's landing, had never made outside contact and had technology similar to Earth's.

Dentic - Maggot-like worm that is the Uncharted Territiories' version of a toothbrush. The dentic eats the bacteria and food particles in your mouth, and leaves a 'minty' aftertaste. You must NEVER swallow a dentic.

Dese - Exclamation of surprise. Used by Rygel.

Docking Web - Moya's form of a trackor beam. It takes hold of ships or other objects and guides them aboard into her landing area.

Drad - Slang. Cool, rad, groovy. Used by the Clansmen in Taking the Stone.

Drak - Creature that lives in the cold of outerspace in a swarm "cloud", but requires great warmth to breed (This being why they took over Moya). They have several stages of development. The insectoid stage looks like a 2 foot long cockroach. Their queen is called the Monarch. To defend themselves, the Draks will take DNA samples of the beings around them and make clones.

Draz - Expletive, most comparable to hell. "StarBurst the draz out of here!"

DRD - 'Diagnostic Repair Darter' - these little machines roam all over Moya, taking care of repairs, etc.

Dren - Curse word ... same as, um, shoot :) E.g. - "Piece of dren." Used by most everyone.

Eema - Slang for rear end (assumptioned :) ) Used by D'Argo. E.g. "You are a real pain in the eema!"

Electrinet - Invisible 'curtain' that snares whomever walks into it. The trapped is stuck in it at their points of contact and cannot extricate themselves, sort of like fly paper :) Used on Chiana in Dream a Little Dream.

Erp - Aeryn's mispronunciation/misunderstanding of Earth

Fahrbot - Crazy, insane. E.g. - "He's got some fahrbot idea that . . ." Used by at least Rygel and Chiana.

Fapooter - Derogatory slang. Used by Rygel.

Farscape 1 - John's module, a single-passenger spacecraft designed by Crichton and lifelong friend DK to test their "slingshot maneuver" theory. It has been modifed with various alien tehnology, including a hetch drive, plasma thrusters and spare equipment from Moya. The Farscape 1 also now seats two, is self-sufficient for planetary take-offs and landings, and, since John has depleted his fuel from Earth, is now totally dependant on using the alien technology.

Fellip Nectar - Similar to beer. It is an alcoholic beverage made from a creature on Tarsis.

Flax, the - A magnadrift mesh 75 million zacrons long, placed deep in the Uncharted Territories by Zenetan pirates. It is invisible, undetectable, blocks communication, absorbs starlight, and traps anything that gets too close. The Zenetans loot the ships that get captured in the Flax, then melt them for scrap.

Food Cubes - The staple diet onboard Leviathans. Made from "surplus products" (I don't think we want a list of just *what* exactly those are ;) ) . Most any alien race can survive on them, very handy for a Peacekeeper prison transport to have in its cupboards.

Frag Cannons - The main, and very powerful, weapons on a PK command carrier. Three cannons are situated in a triangular pattern, fire in tandem and have a range of 45 metras.

Frell - Curse word..same as..ah, a certain Erpian f word. Used by everyone.

Furlow - Mechanic on Dam Ba Da who repaired John's module (in Til the Blood Runs Clear) and has an interest in wormholes.

Grot - Comparable to grunt and/or crap. Used by Aeryn - "This is grot's work." Used by Chiana - "I'm scared grotless, not stupid"

Hammond - Term to identify a side of Moya. (Such as the nautical terms port and starboard identify left and right.).

Hatch - A rate of speed

Hetch Drive - An engine used on spacecrafts. One of these was installed on John's module.

Hezmana - Hell

Hynerians - Rygel's species, planet name Hyneria. They are approximately 26" tall, aquatic, have three stomachs, fart helium on occasion and are not humanoid. The Hynerian empire consists of over 600 billion subjects, but as we learned in Jeremiah Crichton, they all are not of the Hynerian species.

Hynerian Marjols - A delicacy, similar to escargot. (The marjols resemble snails)

IASA - International Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Ident Chip - Used for identification by Peacekeepers.

Identifiles - Collection of files in Moya's databank containing information on known criminals.

Ilanics - Genetic cousins of Luxans, blood allies for over 1,000 cycles.

Ion Backwash Chamber - A large, empty room used for Moya's ion backwash, overflow. It is involved in Moya's propulsion system and located on Tier 7.

Insertion Vector - the angle at which Moya enters starburst. It must be correct or Moya can become "stuck" in starburst

Iriscentent Fluid -

Jellifan Fire Paste - Used in making bombs.

Jikset Root Medicinal root or herb. Zhaan was searching for this to treat Rygel's Klendian flu in That Old Black Magic.

Jinka Poles - Said by the Peacekeepers in A Bug's Life -- "Damage the Captain's prize and he'll have both your heads on jinka poles." Presumably a hunting or fighting weapon similar to a pike.

Jothee - Son of Ka D'Argo and his Sebacean wife Lo'Laan.

Kaftan - Presumably a caftan, a long robe. Used by Chiana. "Keep it in your kaftan."

Khalaan - Zhaan's goddess

Khan - Curse word. Used by the Clansmen.

Kelvic Crystals - Small, apparantly valuable, green stones.

Kill Shot - An injection used by Peacekeepers in trauma situations. It stops heart and brain functions. A "companion" Nerve Shot will revive the victim.

Klendian Flu - A flu Rygel had in that Old Black Magic. Apparantly treated with Jikset Root.

Kinkoid - kinky. Used by Chiana.

KL80/KL81 - Aircrafts Aeryn trained in after a Scrub Runner.

Leviathan - Moya's species. A large, sentient biomechanoid ship that lives in space. They can be bonded with a Pilot, which acts as the middle man for communication between the leviathan and its crew, should it have one. A leviathan has no natural offensive weapons and its only natural defense is to StarBurst. Peacekeepers capture them and use them for transports.

Life Disc - A flat disc with a light that indicates someone's life force and links the owner to the person the disc represents, no matter where in the universe they are from each other. When the light expires, the person has died. Chiana had one implanted in her abdomen (for her brother, Neri).

Light of Truth - This test or tactic goes back to the very root of Litigaran law. It was believed that if you held a burning torch up to someone who was testifying and it burned brighter, it meant they were lying.

Living Death - A horrible, coma-like state from which death is the only end. Sebaceans lack the gland to regulate heat, so when subjected for too long to very high temperatures, they move from heat delirium into the Living Death. Exposure to radiation will also induce it.

Lo'Laan - Sebacean wife of Ka D'Argo. Lo'Laan's Peacekeeper brother, Macton, despised the marriage so much, he murdered Lo'Laan and framed D'Argo for it.

Lomata Kai - Prison work camp to which Crichton and D'Argo were to be banished in Jeremiah Crichton.

Luxan - D'Argo's species, planet name Lux. A tentacled, fierce, warrior-like race known throughout the Uncharted Territiories.

Luxan Assault Piercer - Luxan warship. The wreckage of one was seen in The Flax.

Luxan Chase - Luxan courtship ritual.

Magnetic Crypt Encoder - After collecting bits and parts for two cycles, Stark had made one of these. He was using it to try and match the code to unlock his and Crichton's cell door.

Magra - To the extreme. E.g. - "You're not just fahrbot, you're *magra* fahrbot."

Malsonic Labor Stockade - A work camp where Staanz was imprisoned for nine cycles.

Map Fibers - Starcharts. D'Argo wanted to retrieve any that may have been on the Luxan Assault Piercer wreckage in The Flax.

Marauder - A PK ship with a five man (commandos) crew. Its speed is slow, only Hetch 5, but compensated for by the high skill and training of those aboard. Fueled by cesium.

Marjols (Hynerian Marjols) - A delicacy. Hynerian escargot? :) The marjols resemble snails.

Masata - Acquarans' prophesied savior and god; who the Acquarans believed Rygel to be.

McDougall - Crichton's mother's maiden name.

Mental Cleansing - Nebari method of purgng undesirable thought patterns. Nonconformists are "treated" with mental cleansing to correct their behavior.

Metra - approx. one mile or one kilometer.

Microt - approx. one second

Mivonks - Slang. Part of the male reproductive anatomy

Morna - A mushroom with hallucinogenic properties. It is found on the cemetary planet. One out of the four caps on each mushroom will kill you, and there's no way to tell which it is.

Nanomoment - Extremely small span of time, a speck. :) Nano means one-billionth. Rygel said his servants worried about every nanomoment of his time.

Narl - Term used by the Clansmen. Means a baby, birth or life. "A new narl emerges."

Nashtin Cleansing Pills - Used to overcome a hangover.

Nebari - Chiana's species, planet name Nebari. Her people are highly intolerant of non-conformity. Anyone who deveates gets a "mental cleansing" - brainwashing - to 'correct' their behavior.

Negative Power Vortex - Device that prevents any kind of machinery from working. Rygel X left it on Acquara to strand the Acquarans there.

Neural Strike - A Scorvian fighting technique.

Nerve Shot - Injection used in conjunction with a Kill Shot. Developed by and for Peacekeepers - the Kill shot stops heart and brain functions, the Nerve Shot revives.

Nixar - A female. Used by the Clansmen.

Nurfer - Derogatory PK slang.

Occulars - Peacekeeper 'binoculars', however these are extremely superior to binoculars. They amplify the wearer's own eyeball functions.

Ointment of Yuvo - An ointment D'Argo put on Rygel's face to open up his nasal passage. The UT's VapoRubŪ? :)

Onlux - Denean term for Clorium.

Onnyxi Play Partners - Green dolls. Staanz had dozens of them on his ship, thinks he'll make a killing selling them one day, and burns them as fuel when need be.

Orican - Revered Luxan holy person with great spiritual powers.

Ossah Scent - Perfume (pheromones?) that makes one irresistable to the opposite sex.

Pantak Jab - A highly effective Peacekeeper hand to hand combat maneuver.

Paraphoral Nerve - A part of Sebacean physiology. It regulates bodily toxin removal and does not regenerate once damaged, therefore the toxins build up and the Sebacean will die. A graph from a genetically compatible donor is the only cure.

Pa'u - Delvian priest (P'au Zotoh Zhaan)

Peacekeepers - The Sebacean military. They are hired to make and maintain order.

Pervo - Pervert. Used by Chiana.

Photogasm - Delvian rhapsodic reaction to ionic radiation. Females are especially receptive to it. Zhaan said it was one of the "gifts" of the Delvian Seek.

Pip - Crichton's nickname for Chiana.

PK - Short for Peacekeeper.

Priestan - Acquaran religious leader.

Probakto - Expletive, same as s.o.b. Used by Rygel. E.g. "Go, you lucky probakto."

Prowler - Peacekeeper fighter craft, can carry two people if necessary.

Pulse Back Sounding - Basically...SONAR.

Pulse Rifle - PK weapon.

Qualta Blade - D'Argo's Luxan sword, which also converts into an energy rifle. D'Argo has it with him at almost all times.

Quantum Singularity - A black hole.

Radiation Filters - Filters aboard Moya that protect her and her crew from excess radiation.

Raslak - Alcoholic beverage, can be served warm. It was served at the Gammak base.

Sakmar - Unit of weight. Probably similar to a ton.

Samat - Acquaran unit of measurement.

Scorvian - Race at war with the Ilanics.

Scrub Runner - Aircraft Aeryn trained in at age 14 cycles.

Sebaceans - Aeryn's species, home planet Sebacea. Outwardly, they appear human, but there are physiological differences. All Peacekeepers are Sebacean, but not all Sebaceans are Peacekeepers.

Security Three-Velka - PK security code level. Ident chip and genetic verification are required for access.

Seek - Delvian spiritual quest in the journey of priesthood.

Sense Horizon> - The outer edge of Moya's sensor range.

Sevver Crystals - Used in making bombs.

Sheyangs - Alien species, resemble fish. Can spit fire.

Shai - Aquaran word, seeming to mean leave or enough.

Shakloom - Freshwater creature on Acquara. It looks like a giant crab, of sorts. Crichton caught one of these; as well as Rygel was given shakloom jerky in Jeremiah Crichton.

Shilquin - Luxan stringed musical instrument.

Smell Pods - Part of a Yenen's physiology that allows them the sense of smell.

Snurch - To steal.

Sonic Cowl - A machine that resonates the entire body. Used by the Clansmen.

Standard Host Vessel - A Nebari ship. One of these, alone, was enough to destroy the Zelbinion.

StarBurst - A Leviathan method of travel, in 'hyperspace'. It is also a Leviathan's only natural, defensive capability.

Stasis Gun - Small weapon that fires a powerful stun blast, putting the target into a suspended animation state. It takes several microts to recharge after each discharge.

Surgical Reconstructors - Medical device that repairs bodily injuries. We know they can at least repair broken bones to as good as new - this was used to repair Aeryn's broken leg in Look at the Princess, pt 3.

Tadek - Somewhat like chess and checkers. A game of skill; includes bluffing, betting and strategic board moves. Crystalline blocks, stacked in different numbers, are moved around the board with a y-shaped wand from section to section. The section stopped on lights up and indicates how good the move made was.

Tannot Root - Grown, harvested on and exported from the planet Skykar. This is what Chakan Oil is made from. When eaten, the root acts like a drug, causing the consumer to feel happy, content and forgetful, as well as more than willing to stay on the planet and work the fields.

Taran Rau - Lifer's prison colony Moya was transporting Zhaan, D'Argo and Rygel to.

Thermal Storage Casing - Container that protects its contents from drastic temperature changes. (A glorified thermos ;) )

Thronesled - Rygel's hoverchair.

Tier - Deck or level on Moya. She has dozens of them.

Timbala - The sacred text of the Acquarans, written in ancient Hynerian. (Only the Priestans still knew the language, although Rygel, as dominar, had been taught to read ancient Hynerian as well.) It also chronicled how the people of Acquara came to be left on that planet. Over time, the Acquaran Priestans added to it, raising their own power and importance among the people as well as identifying the Hynerian dominar as their god, rather than ruler.

Tinked - Slang. Expresses astonishment or disbelief. "Are you tinked??" Comparable to "Have you gone crazy??"

Tokkar Knife - Small, Luxan knife, made from bone. Used by Luxan males to perform a certain coming-of-age ritual on themselves . .

Topographic Bioprint - Map showing concentrations of different lifeforms on a planet. Pilot made one of Acquara to pin down Crichton, D'Argo and Rygel's location.

Trads - Unit of power.

Tralk - Slang, derogatory and seems to be slightly versatile in use, but mainly to mean, um..trollop. In Taking the Stone, after Aeryn knew Chiana had taken her prowler, she yelled, "That little tralk!". And on the cemetary planet, Chiana says to Crichton that she is his tralk (kneels in front of Crichton) only in his dreams.

Transit Madness - A possible result of unprotected exposure to and travel in space. Aeryn was concerned that Crichton's odd behavior in Beware of Dog was due to this because of his experience while at the breakaway Sebacean colony planet.

Translator Microbes - Injected at birth into all beings on the UT side of the universe. They colonize at the base of the brain and act as interpreters; it's how all the different alien species can understand each other.

Trelkez - Bird-like creature with multiple heads, used for food. The brains are eaten raw; the more heads, the more valuable the trelkez.

Trelkey - An animal that foams at the mouth when sick.

Trellan Oil - Oil that is a sensual enhancer and enriches the conjugal experience.

Triple Quadra Hent - A move in the game Tadek.

U-Tech - PK tech that does scientific research.

Uncharted Territories - Region of space outside PK territory, and where Moya StarBurst to after escaping.

Utilities - The 10% of the population of Litigara that are not lawyers.

Vorc - Shape-shifting hunter/killer of the parasite aboard Moya in Beware of Dog.

Vorcarian Blood Trackers - Bounty hunters with an especially keen sense of smell. Behavior is similar to canines, paticularly in that they are given to following the Alpha Male idea of leadership.

Wanted Beacon - Device placed on numerous planets advertising reward for the deliverance of Zhaan, D'Argo and Rygel back to the PKs

Waltruka Plant - Plant with a desceptively harmless appearance.

Weeken - approx. one week

Welnitz - Expletive. Used by Furlow. "You dumb welnitz."

Wormhole - Anamalous space phenomenon accidentally created by Crichton that shot him from Earth to unknown reaches of the universe. Wormholes can traverse extremely vast distances (also, theoretically, time), but the time spent getting from one side of it to the other is mere moments from the traveler's perspective.

Yenen - Staanz's species, also apparantly that of the Zenetan pirates. In Staanz's words, Yenens "aren't exactly cut from the basic mold." The female looks characteristically like a male anthropoid biped, but lacks the expected external genetalia.

Yotz - curse word ... I take it to mean 'hell'. E.g. - "What the yotz do you think you're doing?" Used by Rygel.

Zelbinion - A PK command carrier, captained by Selto Durka. Rygel was imprisoned there and tortured for many cycles by Durka. It went missing 100 cycles ago, but Moya et al discovered its wreckage in PK Tech Girl.

Zenetan Pirates - The band that maintains the Flax. Apparantly Yenen by species, and in dire need of a dentist. They tattoo Zenetan Gang Murals on the outside of their thigh and have sweeping, black tattoos on the right side of their face.