Cosmeg
- noun
- A single star containing all the mass in the universe.
- Origin
- Abbreviated from ‘cosmic egg’.
- Source
- The Gods Themselves
Emmish
- adjective informal
- Behaviour characteristic of an Emotional (as distinct from a Parental or a Rational).
- Source
- The Gods Themselves
Batcar
- noun
- A battery-powered vehicle.
- Source
- The Lathe of Heaven
Urbapt
- noun
- An apartment in a high-density urban zone.
- Source
- True Names
Psychopraxiscope
- noun
- A device purported to offer instantaneous viewing of any subject’s thoughts.
- Source
- Great Breakthroughs in Darkness
Chiaroscurography
- noun
- The photographic process invented by Leonardo da Vinci.
- Origin
- Formed from chiaro (bright), scuro (dark), and gráphō (to draw).
- Source
- Bruno’s Shadow
Neighborling
- noun
- A cohabitant from a lower level of the great indoors.
- Source
- Love Comes to the Middleman
Godshatter
- noun
- Fragments of a superintelligence melded with a human-level intellect.
- Source
- A Fire Upon the Deep
Agrav
- noun
- A material producing an anti-gravity effect.
- Source
- A Fire Upon the Deep
Manhome
- noun proper
- The Earth.
- Source
- Norstrilia
Hier
- verb
- To perceive the thoughts of others telepathically.
- Origin
- Corruption of ‘hear’.
- Source
- Norstrilia
Oophase
- adjective
- Of a child: born after the waning years of the On-Off sun.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘out of phase’.
- Source
- A Deepness in the Sky