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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.