New Entries (since site relaunch)
Date added | Word | Definition |
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2020-10-20 | time cop n. (1953) | a member of the time police n. |
2020-10-20 | Terran n. 2 (1944) | a common language spoken on Earth or by Earthlings |
2020-10-20 | temporal paradox n. (1954) | = time paradox n. |
2020-10-20 | uptime adj. (1972) | esp. in time-travel contexts: in or from the future; cf. downtime adj. |
2020-10-20 | uptime adv. (1972) | esp. in time-travel contexts: in, into, or toward the future; cf. downtime adv. |
2020-10-19 | unhuman n. (1944) | an intelligent nonhuman entity; alien n.; cf. non-human n. |
2020-10-19 | unperson n. (1949) | a person who, usually for political reasons, is deemed not to have existed and whose name is removed from all public records; hence, more generally: a person whose contributions or achievements are officially denied or disregarded; a person regarded as less than human |
2020-10-19 | ultradrive n. (1949) | a type of faster-than-light star drive |
2020-10-18 | xeno- prefix (1962) | (used to form words indicating that the base element is or relates to an alien) |
2020-10-17 | X-Phile n. (1994) | a fan of the TV show The X-Files |
2020-10-16 | Anglofan n. (1941) | a science fiction fan who is a native or resident of the United Kingdom |
2020-10-16 | pseudo-grav n. (1952) | = artificial gravity n.; cf. pseudogravity n. |
2020-10-15 | darkside n. 1 (1939) | the side of an object in space (as a spaceship, or a moon or planet) that faces away from the closest star; cf. farside n., nightside n. |
2020-10-15 | spacing n. 1 (1942) | the act of travelling in space; (also) the profession of working in space |
2020-10-13 | telempath n. (1960) | a person who has the psionic ability to sense othersβ emotions |
2020-10-13 | telempathy n. (1952) | the psionic ability to sense othersβ emotions |
2020-10-13 | telempathic adj. (1958) | of or by means of telempathy n. |
2020-10-13 | super-scientist n. (1928) | a person who studies, or creates inventions using, superscience n. |
2020-10-13 | dystopia n. 1 (1952) | a work set in a dystopia n. 2 |
2020-10-12 | ecotopia n. (1975) | a place, society, or condition thought to resemble Ecotopia; a place or state which is utopian from an ecological perspective |
2020-10-08 | home system n. (1930) | the solar system in which an individual being is from; the solar system in which a species originated |
2020-10-08 | home galaxy n. (1936) | the galaxy that an individual being is from; the galaxy in which a species originated |
2020-10-07 | groundside adv. (1951) | = planetside adv. |
2020-10-01 | intersystem adj. (1941) | (esp. of transportation or communication) occurring between solar systems |
2020-09-21 | grav n. 2 (1939) | an earth-standard acceleration; gee n. 2 |
2020-09-21 | beam weapon n. (1936) | a weapon that fires a destructive beam of energy |
2020-09-18 | space bronzed adj. (1940) | = space-tanned adj. |
2020-09-17 | visor screen n. (1931) | = viewscreen n. |
2020-09-17 | gravitics n. 2 (1982) | any of various devices making use of gravity or gravitational waves, as (a) sensors that use gravitational waves to detect objects in space; (b) a system that creates artificial gravity |
2020-09-16 | adult fantasy n. (1932) | fantasy intended for adults rather than children |
2020-09-03 | midspace adj. (1931) | occurring in midspace n. |
2020-09-03 | midspace n. (1900) | outer space, viewed as an area in its own right |
2020-08-31 | probability world n. (1943) | an alternate universe, viewed as one of many such which have differing probabilities of existing |
2020-08-26 | light n. 2 (1961) | a light year |
2020-08-26 | light n. 1 (1934) | = lightspeed, used as a unit of measure; cf. light-speed n. 2 |
2020-08-12 | vidcall n. (1953) | a call made on a videophone n. |
2020-08-11 | telepath n. (1889) | a person or being with the ability to use telepathy |
2020-08-11 | redshirt n. (1985) | a character who is not portrayed in depth; (esp.) a character whose main plot function is to be killed |
2020-08-10 | Whovian n. (1982) | a fan of the British television series Doctor Who |
2020-08-10 | xenocide n. (1973) | the killing or attempted killing of an entire alien species; the killing of an individual alien; (also) a person who commits this act |
2020-08-10 | Chicon n. (1940) | a SF convention held in Chicago, esp. the 1940 Chicago Science Fiction Convention |
2020-08-10 | superspace n. (1939) | = hyperspace n. |
2020-08-08 | space law n. (1939) | a body of laws governing issues relating to outer space |
2020-08-07 | class M planet n. (1964) | an Earth-type planet |
2020-08-06 | earth people n. (1871) | natives or inhabitants of Earth; cf. earth person n. |
2020-08-05 | Earthite n. (1814) | a native or inhabitant of Earth |
2020-08-04 | atomic engine n. (1914) | an engine powered by nuclear energy |
2020-08-04 | ant-man n. (1901) | an alien being that resembles an ant in humanoid form |
2020-08-03 | vape v. (1976) | to vaporize by means of a weapon; to destroy completely, to annihilate |
2020-08-03 | transmat n. (1952) | = matter transmitter n. |