Awonawilona: the creator of the world, according to Zuni belief
Bokanovsky Process: The creation of a number of identical twins (between eighty to ninety) from one fertilized egg Caste: the types of beings; there are five: [higher caste] Alphas, Betas and [lower caste] Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons Centrifugal Bumble-puppy: an advanced, futuristic game resembling today's tetherball, played by children. The players group around a tower; the ball is thrown up to the roof of the tower; it falls down onto a revolving disk, hurls through an aperture in cylindrical casing, which then has to be caught by a player. Corpus Luteum: a temporary system of glands that develops in the ovary. If the egg is fertilised it releases hormones that will thicken the lining of the uterus, which is essential for maintaining pregnancy Decanting Process: decanting basically means 'to pour out'. This process is the pouring out of embryos from their bottles Ectogenesis: creating an embryo outside of the female body through artificial means Electro-magnetic Golf/Tennis: the futuristic form of the sport. It contains electric and magnetic fields Feely: a film that allows the audience to experience the same physical sensations as its characters Freemartins: a female embryo injected with male sex-hormone to become neutral, sterile Hypnopaedia: the sleep-teaching of moral and social conditioning Malthusian Belt: a clothing belt worn by females that contains a supply of contraceptives Malthusian Drill: a drill that ensures proper contraceptive precautions are taken Mescal: a colourless liquor made from the maguey plant Neo-Pavlovian: post-decanted child conditioning. Orgy-Porgy: an orgy, normally carried out in a solidarity service Peyotl: a spineless, dome-shaped cactus native to Mexico and Southwest America Podsnap's technique: the technique of ripening all the eggs in the ovary at once so that thousands of embryos can be made within two years Pookong: the Zuni God of war Pregnancy Substitute: different substances taken that mimic the hormonal effects of pregnancy Savage Reservation: A place that has not been worth the expense of civilizing due to unfavourable climate, geological conditions or poverty of natural resources Scent-organ: an object which releases scents and sounds Sexophone: a fictional saxophone that creates sexual sensations Social Predestination Room: the room in which the decanted embryos begin their conditioning according to their caste Solidarity Service: like a Christian mass, in which a group of believers get together, sing hymns, worship and connect with one another through showing devotion to Ford Soma: a dream-inducing drug. It deters bad feelings and brings calm and happiness. Spermatozoa: a mature sperm cell Stereoscopic feely: meaning that the feely is three-dimensional (3D) Synthetic-talking: the artificial production of human speech V.P.S: Violent Passion Surrogate. Simulated passion, fear and rage, causing a flood of adrenaline. Vibro-vacuum machine: a massaging machine used to keep clean and relax Zippicamiknicks: a female undergarment that can be shucked by the single zipper to reveal the whole body Zuni: one of the puebloan tribes of north america