Starcrosser

noun
An interplanetary spacecraft.
Source
The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Vespcam

noun
A miniature video camera with the ability to hover in the air.
Origin
Derived from vespa (wasp).
Source
Embassytown

Joyboy

noun
An artificial male lover.
Source
A Borrowed Man

Roundvid

noun
A two-dimensional video recording – contrast with trivid.
Origin
Presumed to be coined after the full potential image area of a lens.
Source
A Borrowed Man

Reclone

noun
A reconstruction of a deceased person, cloned from their DNA and implanted with their scanned memories.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘reconstruction’ and ‘clone’.
Source
A Borrowed Man

Terrorartist

noun
A person who uses terrorism as a medium for artistic expression.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘terrorist’ and ‘artist’.
Source
Neom

Embryomech

noun
A technology that can build any object from surrounding matter.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘embryo’ and ‘mechanical’.
Source
Neom

Legemat

noun
An optical character reader and universal language translator for text.
Origin
Derived from legere (to read) and Automat (machine).
Source
Changing Planes

Translatomat

noun
A universal language translator for speech.
Origin
Pairing of ‘translate’ and Automat (machine).
Source
Changing Planes

Nocturnalia

noun plural
Life that wells up in unexpected ways whenever darkness falls on the city.
Origin
Pairing of ‘nocturnal’ with the Latin suffix -alia (nominalization/intensification).
Source
Borne

Recipriversexclusion

noun
A number whose existence can only be defined as being anything other than itself.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘reciprocal’, ‘reverse’, and ‘exclusion’.
Source
Life, the Universe and Everything

Tempophone

noun
A telephone able to place calls across time and space.
Origin
Derived from tempus (time) and phone (sound).
Source
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe