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Androgen: A Nebari who’s not exactly male, not exactly female. They’re usually “taken” right after birth. Hubero was an androgen. Fractures

Axiom: A small book that is the basis of all the laws on Litigara. A bartender gave it to Chiana and Rygel to help them defend Zhaan in her trial for the murder of Wesley Kenn. Dream a Little Dream

Battle of Madizak: (mention only) The Veniks, a barbaric horde led by General Grines, offered a truce here when they could have forced a victory. ..Different Destinations

Battle of Stalaro (Mention only): A Peacekeeper battle. The Peacekeeper who attacked D'Argo in the recovery room on Scorpius’s Command Carrier was wearing a buzz-saw-like device that was built for him for the Battle of Stalaro. Into the Lion’s Den, Part 1: Lambs to the Slaughter

Betty: John Crichton's pickup truck back on earth. Kansas

Bioloid: A biosynthetic machine. The Scarrans replaced Aeryn with a bioloid and sent it to Moya as a spy, keeping Aeryn to torture information out of her. Sikozu is a Kalish bioloid with the special ability of emitting radiation that kills Scarrans. There was a Stark bioloid running around on Katratzi that was created by the Scarran Emperor to torture Scorpius. Bringing Home the Beacon; We're So Screwed, Parts 2 & 3

Borinium Ingots: Currency or precious metal. Natira claimed she was repaying her debt to Scorpius with a crate of borinium ingots but she actually filled the crate with karack metalites, a parasite that eats metal. Moya’s crew stole the crate thinking they were getting a crate full of valuables. Liars, Guns and Money, Parts 1, 2, and 3

Caratonga Plague (Mention only): Grunschlick explained the biological neutralizer to Stark, saying that inside the neutralizer you could have the Caratonga Plague and Tocot wouldn’t be touched by it. Die Me Dichotomy

Chakan Mist: The mist covering the planet where Talyn lands to recover from the retrieval squad’s attack. Crais thought it possible that the mist was interfering with the pulse rifle’s activation. Relativity

Child’s Tile: A small pyramid that has symbols engraved on all four sides. Crichton recognized one side as possibly Egyptian, one side was maybe early Sebacian, a third side was Interion What Was Lost, Part 2: Redemption

Corvinium: A valuable substance, probably a type of metal or a gemstone, that the Tavleks would accept as ransom payment for Rygel. They didn’t get it though. Throne for a Loss

Cryostasis: Putting a body into deep cold to preserve life. Aeryn put Rygel into cryostasis to leach the tannot root from his system. The bodies that Diagnosan Tucot kept for parts were kept in Cryostasis. Thank God It’s Friday, Again; Die Me Dichotomy; Season of Death

Crystal Resonator (Mention Only): When Moya was infested with Karak metalites, Zhaan considered using a crystal resonator to shatter them with sound but they ran out of time and had to use adrexan vapor instead. Liars, Guns, and Money, Part 2

Cybernetic Bleed-back: Crais and Talyn are joined via the neurotransponder. When they’re under pressure, their emotions filter both ways and Talyn is able to get a control over Crais instead of the other way round. Talyn’s emotions cause lesions and sores on Crais’s body. Green Eyed Monster

Deemo: A gambling game that Rygel lost to Vija because he didn’t cheat as well as Vija. He was sent to the budong mines to work off his debt.  Home on the Remains

Delvian Seek: A spiritual path that Delvians follow in an attempt to reach a higher level of “Pa’u-ness”. Zhaan was a ninth-level until she shared unity with Pa’u Tahleen. She then reached the tenth level, which also gives her the power to protect. Rhapsody in Blue

Dimensional Schism: The space between, where Moya was stuck when she failed to complete StarBurst successfully. Through the Looking Glass

Drannet: I have no idea what a drannet is. When John was jealous/angry/hurt over what he though was Aeryn’s “recreating” activities with Crais, Aeryn (who had no idea what John was thinking) told him to stop acting like a drannet. Green Eyed Monster

Drexim: A synaptic fluid that seeped from the seams in Talyn’s conduits in the form of a mist. When he got over-stimulated by the call of a Siren Star, he overproduced the naturally occurring fluid which has the same properties as adrenaline, enhancing emotions and inducing the “fight or flight” (or other things) response.  Meltdown

Dune Buggy: When Furlow stole the displacement engine from John, she attempted a getaway in one of these sand buggies. John and Aeryn followed in another one. When Furlow's tipped over, dumping the engine on the ground, John got a lethal dose of radiation while trying to retrieve it. Infinite Possibilities, Part II

Eidelon Symbol:  Noranti spied this device on the water planet and made the connection with the Eidelons on Arnessk so that the group on the water planet was reunited with their ancestors. Peacekeeper Wars

Electromagnetic Cluster: When Moya was passing through an electromagnetic cluster made up of Energy Riders, two of them came aboard, infesting the crew.  Losing Time

Energy Sphere: This is a pure research vessel. It penetrated Moya's hull, floated around examining the crew until it came to Crichton and then sucked him inside. Aeryn shot it a couple of times and it spit John out three times, once as himself, once as a cave-man version and again as a future version. My Three Crichtons

Flare Glasses: DamBaDa had a lot of solar flares which could be harmful to the eyes so protective glasses are worn during periods of flare activity. Furlow gave pairs to John and Aeryn during their first visit. Since Talyn was unprotected from the flares, he became temporarily blinded and his blindness caused Crais to have the same problem. Til the Blood Runs Clear; Infinite Possibilities, Parts 1 and 2

Floor Cell: Master Katoya locked Crichton in a cage dug into the floor of the Mental Arts Training Camp. The walls radiated heat and there was a barbecue pit in the floor. John had to remove the cover of the pit and retrieve a key in order to escape. Mental as Anything

Floor Cell Key: John needed to dig this key out of hot coals to escape from his floor cell at  Master Katoya's Mental Arts Training Camp. Mental as Anything

Fourth Sensation (Mention Only): A Delvian practice, never really explained, but Zhaan has experienced it and talking about it embarrasses D'Argo. Premier

Glarian Frost Point: Aeryn and Pilot froze Rygel to this temperature in order to rid his body of the tannot root poison that was turning his body fluids explosive. Thank God It’s Friday, Again

Hammond Side: Refers to the left side of a ship, the opposite of Treblin side.

Heat Gland: A Scarran body organ. It enables them to produce really high heat which disables their enemies. When it’s removed, the Scarran is weakened. Fractures

Helium: A gaseous element. Rygel, who has enough weird bodily functions for three beings, farts helium when he’s nervous or angry. Premier; The Hidden Memory; Dream a Little Dream; I-Yensch, You Yensch

Hurlian Stone: Probably a Hynerian treasure. Rygel tried to barter it for some Iriscentent Fluid with the toothy proprietor in a booth on a commerce planet. Premier

Hydrix Gland: One of a Pilot’s organs. By boosting fluid to the hydrix gland, Crichton was able to revive Elack’s Pilot. Crichton Kicks

Hynerian Ceremony of Passage: A Hynerian death rite that’s supposed to assure the deceased’s place in the Hallowed Realm. When Rygel performed it for John, his main purpose seemed to be an excuse to claim all of John’s possessions. That Old Black Magic

IASA: International Aeronautics & Space Administration; Farscape's version of NASA. IASA is the agency that sent Farscape 1 on its experimental mission. We all know how that one turned out. 

IASA's Project Director for Extraterrestrial Studies (Kent McCord as Jack Crichton): When Moya and the crew came to earth, IASA appointed John's father as the head of the program set up to learn about exterrestrial life. At first Jack thought the knowledge gained from these studies should not be shared, but John convinced him that he was wrong. Terra Firma

Icarion Company, Pleisar Regiment: Aeryn’s Peacekeeper assignment before she arrived on Moya. After her defection from the Peacekeepers, her entire unit was demoted to doing grot work until her death. When Zhaan shared unity with Aeryn after John/Scorpy killed her, Aeryn stated her identity as still being “Aeryn Sun, Icarian Company, Pleisar Regiment”. Premier; PK Tech Girl; Season of Death

Intons: A Hynerian airway seizure caused by strong emotion. Rygel suffered from a case of the intons when he first realized that John, D'Argo, and Aeryn were still alive after they blew up the Gammak Base. Family Ties

Irreversible Contamination: Peacekeeper High Command has set forth some very stringent and clear parameters that discourage contact with unclassified life forms. If the parameters are overstepped, the violator is deemed irreversibly contaminated and condemned to die, probably by means of artificially induced Sebacean Heat Delirium. Premier

Jinka Pole (Mention Only): Used in the Peacekeeper slang equivalent of head on a spear; Hassan threatens her crewmates that “Larraq will have your head on a Jinka Pole if you damage his cargo.” A Bug’s Life

Klendian Flu: A sniffling, sneezing disease similar to the common cold. It isn’t fatal. Rygel was infected with this illness and D'Argo brought him some Ointment of Yuvo to relieve his symptoms. That Old Black Magic

Light of Truth: On Litigara, if you hold a burning torch up to somebody who’s giving testimony and it burns brighter, it means that they’re lying. Rygel and Chiana, with some help from Pilot and Moya, used this method to prove that Ja Rhumann and his cronies, not Zhaan, were guilty of murdering Wesley Kenn.  Dream a Little Dream

Living Death: Can be a natural result of Sebacean Heat Delerium or artificially induced as a method of “retiring” Peacekeepers. It seems to be a bit like a coma in humans. Exodus from Genesis, Til the Blood Runs Clear

Lutra Oil: Cooking fluid that Chiana claimed blew up because she used too much of it while preparing a meal Season of Death,. Bomb ingredient that John and D'Argo used to set off the explosion that destroyed Scorpius’s Gammak Base. Family Ties

Luxan Hyper-rage: A state of extreme anger. D'Argo went into this state and searched all through Moya looking for John. He finally took Aeryn’s prowler and headed for Sykar. He learned to control his rage at Master Katoya's Mental Arts Training Camp  Thank God It’s Friday, Again; Mental as Anything

Luxan Ritual of Passing: A spiritual and emotional link between a dying Luxan holy woman (an Orican) and another Luxan to sanctify her death through the transfer of energy. Attending an Orican during this ritual is considered by Luxans to be their highest honor. Vitas Mortis

Mela Nerve: A nerve in a Nebari's back. Pressing on it can paralyze a Nebari from the neck down. Bringing Home the Beacon

Maps of Tormented Space: The crew bought these maps from some itinerant traders. With the maps, Moya would be able to avoid the most dangerous sectors. Twice Shy

Mr. Jingles: The Crichton’s cat who was in the fireplace when Jack lit a fire. The cat didn’t have hair for 3 months. Terra Firma

Nelvastatic Atmosphere: Moya took a seriously injured Talyn into the dense nelvastatic atmosphere around Kanvia to hide him from a Peacekeeper Retrieval Squad that was hot on his trail. Thanks for Sharing

Nogelti Crystals: Valuable stones; miners extract them from the body of the Budong and use them for currency. Home on the Remains

Occulars: Worn on the head, they work by magnifying the power of the lens in your eye. Throne for a Loss

Onnyxi Play Partners: They particle-ize, they levitate and they “burn good”, too. Staanz had 9 million of them that he planned to sell for a profit someday, but in the meantime he was using them to fuel his ship. The Flax

Orican: A Luxan holy woman and seeker of truth who has mystical powers. D'Argo had the honor of attending the Ritual of Passing of the old Orican, Nilaam. She didn’t die but instead used Moya’s life force to perform the Ritual of Renewal to rejuvenate herself. When she realized what had happened she tried to find a solution other than her own death but in the end completed the Ritual of Passing as she should have in the first place.  Vitas Mortis

Otec Lamp: Flaming lamps used by Luxans to ward off evil. They were burning in the Orican’s antechamber. Vitas Mortis

Pain Ball: It was used to increase one's mental powers at Master Katoya's Mental Arts Training Camp. Mental as Anything

Paraphoral Nerve: The part of Sebacean anatomy that acts as a filtering system, removing toxins from the blood in much the same way that our liver works. Once damaged, it cannot regenerate and a tissue graft, either with artificially generated tissue or from a genetically compatible donor, is the only cure. When Larraq, infected by the intellent virus, stabbed Aeryn in A Bug’s Life, he damaged her paraphoral nerve.

Pedrark: A Luxan festival 

Photo ID Tags: The DRDs can be used as Polaroid cameras if the occasion calls for it. The tags helped them sort out who was in which body after the Halosian weapon scrambled them around. Out of Their Minds

Quantum Singularity: Another name for a black hole. Verell and Matala managed to capture a piece of one to use as a weapon. When John was snooping around in their transport pod, he touched it and it caused him to flip back and forth in time. Back and Back and Back to the Future

Ribbon Hole: What the people of Denea called a wormhole I, ET

Sanctity Root: A symbol of Delvian holiness, it's poisonous to non-Delvians. On the New Moon of Delvia, Zhaan instructed John to chop it down after Tahleen and her bunch proved unworthy. Rhapsody in Blue

Sebacean Heat Delirium: Sebaceans have no way to regulate heat in their bodies because they lack the gland that does this, so when the temperature rises they deteriorate quickly, first losing short term memory then motor functions, and finally long term memory. They don’t die but live on in this state called the Living Death which appears to be a bit like advanced Alzheimer’s Disease.

Senil Gland: The organ in sentient beings from which Fe’Tor milked the drug freslin, a powerful aphrodisiac. Scratch ‘n’ Sniff

Sentra Chords: Sounds made by D'Argo's Shilquen that were heard when he was tuning it up. Natural Election 

Shilquen: A Luxan musical instrument that sounds like a cross between several different instruments (or maybe a set of bagpipes with a stomach ache). D'Argo crafted one that he played for Pilot in an unspoken apology for chopping off one of his arms. Matala got a look at the unfinished instrument and was quite impressed with its craftsmanship. Back and Back and Back to the Future, DNA Mad Scientist

Shintok Sonnets: Luxan songs or poems about great warrior heroes. Thank God It’s Friday, Again

Slingshot Maneuver: Crichton and DK came up with this as a possible way to gain enough speed to make deep space travel possible. Crichton was testing this theory from earth orbit when he accidentally triggered a wormhole, got sucked in and spit out in the middle of Moya’s escape from the Peacekeepers. He intentionally triggered another wormhole while running this maneuver during solar flares near Dam-Ba-Da. With Crichton’s instructions and Aeryn’s piloting skills, Moya used the slingshot maneuver to escape from Crais’s command carrier at the end of Premier.  Premier; Til the Blood Runs Clear

Sonic Cowl: An area on the Royal Cemetery Planet involved in a rite of passage. The test involves hanging upside down while sonic waves cause vibrations throughout the body. Chiana managed to remain in the cowl for more than 15 microts to beat the previous record. Taking the Stone

Spirit Painting: A Delvian hobby that captures the true spirit of a person. Zhaan painted Rygel’s portrait which, according to Rygel, resembled his most honored ancestor, Rygel the Great. Zhaan painted the thing in super-fast motion. Exodus from Genesis

Stakira: Certain members of the Banik Slave race who are attuned to the dying. Stark is a Stakira and Scorpius tortured him over and over in the Aurora chair trying to learn his secrets. The Stakira have the ability to cloud their thoughts and thus Stark was able to hide what Scorpy wanted. The Hidden Memory, Liars, Guns, and Money Part 2

Tadek: A gambling game that involves building holographic columns while pushing game pieces around a board. Rygel is quite an expert in this game. He played against the Zenetan pirates and intentionally lost to Kcrackic. The Flax

Taking the Stone: On the Royal Cemetery planet, the kids make a game of jumping into a deep well, chanting all the way down. They’re kept from smashing themselves on the rock at the bottom of the well by a sonic net that cushions the fall. The net is sustained by the sound of their voices. When the kids reach the ripe old age of 22 cycles, rather than grow old and deformed by radiation, they stop chanting part way into the leap and splatter themselves on the rocks. This is called Taking the Stone.

Timbala: The ancient sacred text of the Acquarans. The text is written in an old Hynerian dialect that only the priestans (and Rygel) can read. The text was altered over the years by the priestans in order to give them power over the people. Jeremiah Crichton

Treblin Side: Refers to one side of a ship, the opposite of Hammond side. Crais told Talyn to turn to his Treblin side to get away from DamBaDa’s solar flares. Infinite Possibilities, Part One: Daedalus Demands

Traditional Earth Greeting: When Moya's crew came to earth, they saw pictures of the traditional greeting used by everryone on earth and quickly adopted it as their own, cheerfully greeting everybody they met. Kansas

Union Tattoo: Luxan symbol of courage, loyalty, honor. D'Argo bought one for Chiana when he planned to ask her to marry him, but before he could give it to her he found out about her infidelity with Jothee. He branded Jothee with it, causing him a lot of pain, and later he burned the tattoo itself. Suns and Lovers

Unity: A Delvian spiritual joining of two people. When Tahleen was in danger of going insane, she asked Zhaan to share Unity with her so she could learn Zhaan’s methods of serenity. Zhaan has also shared unity with John so he could help her recover from the Unity with Tahleen and twice more when John was infested with Scorpy’s chip. When Aeryn was effectively dead, Zhaan joined with her in Unity but she gave Aeryn too much of herself and traded her health for Aeryn’s. Rhapsody in Blue, Die Me Dichotomy, Season of Death

U-Star Regiment: A Peacekeeper scientific unit. Moya and crew pretended to be part of U-Star when a Peacekeeper commando team boarded and attempted to take over. Crichton’s plan was to make the Peacekeepers believe that they were on a research voyage and studying the control of a Leviathan without using a control collar. The regimental uniforms are red and black leather. A Bug’s Life

Wellan Glow Crystals: A bauble that caught Rygel’s eye at the Proprietor’s booth on the Commerce Planet in Premier