Amtal Rule
Testing to destruction

Battle Language
A special-purpose language designed for both clear communication of information related to war, and difficulty of translation.

Carryall - giant ornithopter
A flying wing (aircraft); used to pick up a sandcrawler (harvester factory)

Catchpocket
A small container in a stillsuit that stored reclaimed water.

Chromoplastic Dew Collector - when every drop counts
A small, egg-shaped device that uses a special surface to collect morning dew on the desert planet of Arrakis.

Communinet
A public data network.i

Crysknife - knife from a sandworm's tooth
A knife blade ground from the tooth of a giant sandworm of Dune.

Cutteray - mining laser
A laser used in a range of tools - including mining equipment.

Dew Gatherers
Devices used to gather morning dew as a source of drinking water.

Dispensing Tooth - remember the tooth!
A device shaped like a tooth that dispenses gas.

Distrans - talk to the animals
Device produces a temporary neural imprint on the nervous system of Chiroptera or birds.

Doorseal - retain moisture
A portable plastic seal used in temporary camps to keep moisture from escaping from dwelling places.

Ego-Likeness - a true portrait
An extremely detailed portrait played through a shigawire projector; capable of reproducing minute movements said to convey the ego essence of a person.

Factory Crawler (or Harvester Crawler) - sift the sands of Arrakis
A mobile factory which filtered and processed the sands of Dune for the spice, mélange.

Family Atomics
Noble houses had their own atomic weapons.

Fanmetal - build temporary shelters
High tensile strength material; used in collapsible structures opened by "fanning" them out.

Fencing Mirror - fencing instructor
A dummy fighting instructor for the young Kwisatz Haderach-in-training.

Filament Paper Book - small for space travel
Very small book, made for space travelers in an era when the smallest added weight was costly.

Filmbook
A storage medium for information, both text and video.

Filt-Plug - lose no moisture
A nose plug worn to collect moisture from exhaled air.

Glowglobe - the original track lighting
Floating spherical light bulb with organic energy source.

Golden Lights - track lighting without the track
Another unusual use of the suspensor field; lights are suspended in it.

Gom Jabbar
A needle with deadly poison, used to test for humans.

Heighliner
Enormous starship used by the Spacing Guild for interstellar travel.

Humming-Code
A personal communication.

Hunter-seeker - floats like a butterfly…
An assassination device that floats in mid-air; kills by entering the body and following nerve pathways to vital organs.

Hypno-Ligation
A means of psychological control over an individual.

Imperial Handicraft Globe
Perfectly crafted globe for planetary governors.

Jubba Cloak
An all-purpose garment in common use on Arrakis

Krimskell Fiber - better than zip strips
A "claw" fiber which will rubs against itself in such a way that, the tighter the rope is pulled, the stronger the knot becomes.

Lasgun - laser weapon
A continuous-wave laser projector; can be used as a weapon or as a cutting tool.

Maula Pistol
A spring-loaded projectile device.

Mentat
A person who has been specially trained and conditioned for excellence in

Message Cylinder - locked capsule
A small metal object containing some form of message media and a mechanism for either playing or extruding the medium; secured communication device.

Minimic Film one micron thick recording medium
Very fine message medium.

Mnemonic Pulse
A feature of filmbook recordings that helps imprint knowledge on the mind of the user.

Oil Lens - infinitely adjustable lens
Oil held in tension in an enclosing force field, used as an optical component.

Ornithopter - flies like a bird
Also called a 'thopter, it had adjustable wings and was jet-powered. Describes any plane capable of wing-beat flight in the manner of birds.

Pain Box - testing for humans
A small box which induced pain into the nerves of the hand.

Palm Lock - uses more than a fingerprint
A lock or seal which can be opened only by contact with the palm of the human hand to which it has been keyed.

Paracompass - detects local magnetic anomalies
A very specialized compass that makes use of local magnetic anomalies.

Plasteel - tough metal for tough times
Extremely tough form of steel, stabilized with stravidium fibers grown into its crystal.

Poison Snooper - be careful, my Duke
A device that checked food and drink for poisons.

Rachag
A caffeine-style stimulant.

Remote-Cast Snooper
A small, easily concealed poison snooper.

Residual Poison
A poison that, once administered, resides in the body; only regular intake of the antidote keeps the person alive.

Sandsnork - breathe under sand
A device like a snorkel that would provide air to a tent buried by a sand storm.

Sapho Juice - juice of Mentats
Unique substance enhanced the cognitive performance of Mentats.

Semuta - eerie music
A combination of a specific drug and music, which penetrated to the deepest levels of consciousness.

Servok
An 'automatic' or clock-set mechanism to perform simple tasks.

Shigawire - high tensile strength wire
A very fine wire, used as a recording medium (among other things).

Sietch
A cave warren designed to protect a tribal community, with a population of thousands, with its own water supply in an endless desert.

Slow Pellet Stunner
A projectile device that throws darts in a manner calculated to get past a force shield.

Solido Projector - envy of presenters
Projects 3-dimensional images.

Spice (Melange)
The spice must flow.

Stillsuit - when you want water retention
It covers almost the entire body, provides cooling and ensures that almost no moisture is lost.

Stilltent - a tent that distills water
A small, sealable enclosure which reclaimed moisture from the breath of occupants.

Suspensor - suspend gravity
An energy field that can nullify gravity for small objects.

Suspensor Chair - ultimate office chair
A chair that suspends itself above the floor.

Suspensor Lamp - descendant of the lava lamp
A lamp that will float in mid-air, and will stay where you put it.

'Thopter - wing-beat plane
Describes any plane capable of wing-beat flight in the manner of birds.

Thumper - rhythmic vibration
A short stake with a spring-driven clapper at one end; used to call sandworms.

Voice
Combines exceptional insight into personalty with voice modulation to achieve control over individuals.

Wakeshot
An injection designed to bring a person out of sleep to full wakefulness.

Water Repellent Surface - non-wetting surface
A surface that water flows over without sticking at all.

Watertube
Carries water to and from the catchpockets in a Fremen stillsuit.

Windtrap - pure water source
A device which precipitates water from the air for use by people.