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GLOSSARY

AILOMO--The astrobiological families.

AIROLAN--A sensometer, or instrument for finding the personal equation of a man.

ALCLIROLAN--Radiographic cinematograph; an instrument combining microscope, camera in vacuo, and electric power.

ALFARENE--Oxygen shrub.

AMMERLIN--Historoscope.

CIRALAISON--Museum of terrors.

CLEVAMOLAN--Combination of telescope and makrakoust, or distance-hearer.

CLIMOLAN--Earth-sensor.

CLIROLAN--Instrument that combines electro-microscopy and photography.

CLIROLANIC--Infinitesimally microscopic.

CORFALEENA--Vacuum-engine car.

DOOMALONA--The hill of farewells.

DUOMOVAMOLAN--Instrument that interprets the music of the cosmos.

ERFALEENA--Anti-gravitation flight-car.

FALEENA--Ship of the air.

FARFALEENA--Electric faleena.

FAROSAN--Aroma-recorder.

FIALUME--The valley of memories.

FILAMMU--The will-telegraph.

FIRLA--The electric sense.

FIRLALAIN--The firlamaic department of Oomalefa.

FIRLAMAI--The arts of the electric sense.

FIRLAMAIC--Belonging to the arts of the firla.

FIRLAMAN--A musical instrument that appeals to the firla.

FLORAMO--The botanical families.

FLORONAL--The tree of life.

FRALOOMIAMO--The families of pioneers that imagine and represent the distant future.

GERMABELL--A tree with fruit that makes the muscles and cartilage more elastic.

IDLUMIAN--Electric steriliser.

IDROLAN--Observer and magnifier of electric impulses.

IDROLINASAN--Machine-reporter of the thoughts and feelings and words of an assembly.

IDROSAN--Recorder of electric impulses and sensations.

IDROVAMOLAN--Instrument for at once seeing and hearing at great distances.

ILARIME--Edifice devoted to the arts of smell, taste, and sound combined.

IMANORA--Centennial review of the civilisation and its progress.

IMATARAN--The focusser of history.

INAMAR--Instrument for splitting up light into its constituents.

INASAN--Recorder of luminous impressions.

INOLAN--Measurer of light.

IRELIUM--Iridescent metal applicable to all manner of purposes by the Limanorans.

LABRAMOR--Alloy of irelium that sponges up and retains electricity.

LABROLAN--Instrument for drawing electricity from the air and the clouds.

LAVIDROLAN--Camera-telescope.

LAVOLAN--Revealer of the inner tissues and mechanism.

LEOMARIE--The science and art of earth-seeing.

LEOMO--The families of earth-seers.

LEOMORAN--The earth-perforator.

LENTA--The minutest division of time in Limanora.

LILAMO--The families that watch the security of the island.

LILARAN--The storm-cone.

LILARIE--The science and art of island-security.

LINAMAR--The analyst of sounds.

LINASAN--Recorder and reproducer of sounds.

LINOKLAR--Spectroscopic analyst and recorder of vapours.

LOOMIAMO--Families of pioneers who imagine and represent the links that connect the present with the distant future.

LOOMIEFA--The theatre of futurition.

MANORA--Decennial review of the progress made by the people.

MARGOL--Electric instrument for blending or reducing the strength of perfumes, flavours, and sounds.

MINELLA--Edifice for formula-machines.

MIRLAN--Life-lamp for revealing and recording internal processes for the use of the eye, the ear, and the electric sense.

MOLTA--The Limanoran measure of infinitesimal length.

MONALAN--Electrical distance-analyst.

MORNALAN--Time-telescope.

NAROLLA--Dream-stimulants.

OOARAN--Psychometer.

OOAROMO--Psycho-physiological families.

OOLORAN--The sonarchitect.

OOLOREFA--The hall of sonarchitecture.

OOMALEFA--Halls of nutrition and medication.

OOROLAN--Instrument for transforming form and colour into melody.

PIRAKNO--Machine for drawing electricity from space.

PIRAMO--The meteorological families.

RIMLA--The centre of force.

SALOSAN--The gustagraph.

SARIFOLAN--Instrument that interprets for sight, hearing, and the electric sense the graphic records of the mirlan.

SARMOLAN--Cosmic barometer.

SIDRALAN--Biometer.

SIDRALMO--Bio-chemical families.

SIDRAMO--The chemical families.

TERRALONA--The edifice of outlook into heaven and hell.

THINAMAR--Visualiser of sound.

TIRLEOMORAN--Electric earth-perforator.

TREMOLAN--Electric clock indicating the changes of electricity in various parts of the island.

TREVAMOLAN--Graduated modifier of sound.

VAMOLAN--Makro-mikrakoust.

VIMOLAN--Photo-electric analyser.

ERRATA

Page 31, line 6. _For_ “resistent” _read_ “resistant.”

Page 93, line 16. _For_ “maintained” _read_ “maimed.”

Page 155, line 2. _For_ “I that felt” _read_ “I had felt.”

Page 211, lines 13 and 17. _For_ “somnifractive” _read_ “somnifactive.”

Page 230, line 3. _For_ “onwonted” _read_ “unwonted.”

Page 348, last line. _For_ “rareity” _read_ “rarity.”

Page 369, line 12. _For_ “amosphere” _read_ “atmosphere.”

Page 377, line 5. _For_ “its” _read_ “it.”

Page 440, line 17. _For_ “we the saw” _read_ “we saw the.”

Page 465, line 8 from bottom. _For_ “thought” _read_ “through.”

LIMANORA