Here, Huxley's term for the person who holds and distributes soma at the Park Lane Hospital.Ĭaffeine solution Huxley's phrase for a tea-like drink in the brave new world.Ĭapriccio a musical composition in various forms, usually lively and whimsical in spirit. It is the basis for producing identical human beings.īoskage a natural growth of trees or shrubs.īrachycephalic having a relatively short or broad head.īursar a treasurer, as of a college or similar institution. A method for producing many identical eggs from a single egg. It was formerly used to treat some illnesses, or, in folk medicine, to repel disease.īokanovsky's Process Huxley's phrase.

Here, again, the musical term is used to describe the scent organ.Īsafoetida a bad-smelling gum resin. Shakespeare describes him as a 'airy spirit,' with magical powers.Īrpeggios the playing of notes of a chord in quick succession instead of simultaneously. They are the first five letters of the Greek alphabet, used most commonly in British schools and universities as grades, equivalent to A, B, C, D, and F.Īnthrax an infectious disease of wild and domesticated animals, especially cattle and sheep, which is caused by a bacillus and can be transmitted to people.Īrch-Community-Songster of Canterbury Huxley's term describing the dystopia's equivalent for the Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England.Īriel a character from Shakespeare's The Tempest. Huxley's term, following all the dates in the modern era ('After Ford').Ībjection a state of misery and degradation.Īgaves plants of the agave family, such as the century plant.Īlpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon the names of the castes of the dystopia.

Brave synonym h