Retrostruct
- noun
- A record of an event created after the fact by combining data from multiple sources.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘retroactive’ and ‘construct’.
- Source
- The One Who Was There
Theodical
- adjective
- Relating to a theodicy (discourse justifying the ways of the gods).
- Origin
- Derived from theós (god) and díkē (justice).
- Source
- Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance
Anemopter
- noun
- A craft for travelling in the atmosphere of a gas giant.
- Origin
- Derived from ánemos (wind) and pteron (wing).
- Source
- Finisterra
Mockman
- noun
- An animal bred for slavery, genetically similar to a human.
- Source
- Good Mountain
Wethead
- noun informal
- A person without cybernetic brain implants.
- Source
- The Star Surgeon’s Apprentice
Transenlightenment
- noun
- A state of neural communion attained by a group of people using artificial implants.
- Source
- Great Wall of Mars
Lighthugger
- noun
- A spaceship that travels at relativistic speeds.
- Source
- Weather
Naffle
- verb informal
- To travel in a spaceship that is nearly as fast as light.
- Source
- The Shobies’ Story
Anachronopede
- noun
- A vessel that allows the occupant to travel through time.
- Origin
- Derived from aná (upon), khrónos (time), and pedes (“one who walks”).
- Source
- The Shape of My Name
Deathdrive
- noun
- A type of stardrive that is claimed to kill everyone who uses it.
- Source
- A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel
Dromozoa
- noun plural
- Fast moving symbiotic organisms that invade the human body and cause it to grow new parts.
- Origin
- Derived from drómos (running) and zôion (animal).
- Source
- A Planet Named Shayol
Congohelium
- noun
- Matter and anti-matter locked in a fine magnetic grid to ward off the outermost perils of space.
- Source
- The Rediscovery of Man