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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | battleship n. (1900) | a military spaceship having heavy armor and powerful weapons |
| 1900 | boat n. (1900) | = spaceship n. |
| 1900 | cruiser n. (1900) | a spaceship |
| 1900 | earthborn adj. (1900) | originating on the planet Earth, as opposed to outer space or another celestial body |
| 1900 | homeworld n. (1900) | the planet on which an individual being was born; the planet on which a species originated |
| 1900 | Martian n. 2 (1900) | the language of Martians |
| 1900 | midspace n. (1900) | outer space, viewed as an area in its own right |
| 1900 | vessel n. (1900) | a spaceship |
| 1898 | disintegrator n. (1898) | a weapon that disintegrates its target |
| 1898 | Earthward adv. (1898) | toward the planet Earth |
| 1898 | energy n. (1898) | energy portrayed as something which can be produced in a particular form, such as a projectile, beam, or wave, and transferred (typically with destructive effect) to a body upon contact |
| 1898 | fleet n. (1898) | = space fleet n. |
| 1898 | horror n. (1898) | a genre intended to create a feeling of fear in the reader or viewer, especially one employing supernatural elements or monstrous creatures |
| 1898 | science fiction n. (1898) | a genre (of fiction, film, etc.) in which the plot or setting features speculative scientific or technological advances or differences |
| 1898 | ship n. 1 (1898) | a spaceship |
| 1898 | suit n. (1898) | = space suit n. |
| 1898 | warship n. (1898) | a military spaceship designed for combat |
| 1897 | earthwoman n. (1897) | a female native or inhabitant of Earth |
| 1897 | heat ray n. (1897) | = ray n. |
| 1897 | Mercurian adj. (1897) | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the planet Mercury or its inhabitants |
| 1897 | ray n. (1897) | a beam of (destructive) energy, emitted by a ray gun or similar device |
| 1896 | antigravity adj. (1896) | of or relating to something that negates or cancels the effect of gravity |
| 1896 | dimension n. (1896) | a realm of existence coexistent with our own, but which cannot be perceived or accessed by ordinary means and which often possesses different physical laws; cf. alternate world n., parallel universe n., plane n. |
| 1896 | home planet n. (1896) | = homeworld n. |
| 1895 | shapeshifting adj. (1895) | pertaining to shapeshifting; that shapeshifts |
| 1895 | Wellsian adj. (1895) | of, pertaining to, or resembling the ideas and writings of H. G. Wells, esp. in his science fiction, social comment, etc. |
| 1894 | somewhen adv. (1894) | in time-travel contexts: another time; in or to another time |
| 1894 | time machine n. (1894) | a machine capable of transporting a person backwards or forwards in time n. |
| 1894 | time traveller n. (1894) | one who travels through time n. |
| 1894 | time-travelling n. (1894) | the activity of travelling into the past or future; hypothetical movement through time |
| 1892 | worldbuilder n. (1892) | a writer who engages in world-building n. |
| 1891 | earthrise n. (1891) | the rise of earth above the horizon, as seen by an observer on (or in orbit around) another planet; an instance of this |