Asth: a continent on Ardu; later, a new star system
at'holodahk: insult to enlightenment
Anaht'doh Kainat: Star Wanderers
crivan: a color invisible to humans in the ultraviolet range
Destolfi montu shilkiene: a philosophical statement; "death is but a tiny thing"
Destoshaz: warrior caste
Fetket: Arduan name for Jason star system
Flixit: a small, songbirdlike creature like a cross between a bird and a lizard
Griarfeksh: a bald, semiaquatic scavenger with nasty habits
herrm: another color humans cannot perceive
holodah: a satorilike state of enlightenment
holodah'kri: high priest
Illudor: the name of God
kreevix fly: an insect like a mayfly
'kri: priest
maatkah: a form of Arduan hand-to-hand combat
matsokah: training of the soul
murn: a color invisible to humans and Orions on the infrared end of the spectrum
Myrtak: the Arduan Einstein
narmata: group harmony or harmonious action
ranarmata: chaos, disharmony in action; willful disarray
Sekahmant: a blue giant star 1.973 parsecs from the Arduan sun
selnarm: the empathetic sense
shaxzhu: one who has past-life memories
shaxzhutok: the state of having past-life memories
shotan: sense/taste
skeerba: a three-bladed knife that sits on the hand like a set of brass knuckles
sokhata: soul building
sulhaji: true vision
vrel: a color invisible to humans
xen-narmatum: forever outside order
yihrt: a larger murn- and black-colored predator on Ardu