New Entries (since site relaunch)
| Date added | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 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 othersโ emotions |
| 2020-10-13 | telempathy n. (1952) | the psionic ability to sense othersโ 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. (1983) | to vaporize by means of a weapon; to destroy completely, annihilate |
| 2020-08-03 | transmat n. (1952) | = matter transmitter n. |
| 2020-08-03 | time-warped adj. (1938) | transported from the past or future by a time warp n. |
| 2020-08-03 | time n. (1866) | time viewed as a medium through which travel into the past or future is hypothesized or imagined to be possible |
| 2020-08-03 | thought-reading machine n. (1931) | a machine that can read a personโs thoughts |
| 2020-08-03 | teleporter n. 2 (1950) | a device for teleporting; = teleport n. 1 |
| 2020-08-03 | teleport n. 3 (1983) | an act of teleportation n. |
| 2020-08-03 | subterrene n. (1956) | a subterranean tunnelling machine; esp. one which melts the rock in front of it and causes the molten rock to form a glassy lining to the tunnel as it develops |
| 2020-08-02 | spacewalker n. (1930) | a machine designed to enable a person to walk in space |
| 2020-07-31 | sonic screwdriver n. (1968) | in the British television series Doctor Who: a (hand-held) electronic device which uses sound waves to perform various mechanical and technical functions |
| 2020-07-31 | robocop n. (1957) | a robotic or bionic law enforcement officer |
| 2020-07-31 | retcon v. (1989) | to revise retrospectively (an aspect of a fictional work or series), typically by means of a revelation which imposes a different interpretation on previously described events; cf. retcon n. |
| 2020-07-30 | precog n. 2 (1954) | precognition; foreknowledge, esp. as a form of extrasensory perception; cf. precog n. 1 and earlier precog v. |
| 2020-07-30 | Planet X n. (1976) | (an arbitrary designation for) an unknown or hypothetical alien planet |