Xenotech

noun
A specialist in the analysis of alien technology.
Origin
Abbreviation of ‘xeno-technologist’.
Source
Gateway

Piezophone

noun
A device for sending and receiving wireless voice communications.
Origin
Formed from the prefix piezo- (relating to piezoelectricity) and phone (sound).
Source
Gateway

Voxophone

noun
A portable audio recording and playback device, employing phonograph records as the storage medium.
Origin
Formed from vox (voice) and phone (sound).
Source
Bioshock Infinite

Versificator

noun
A device for composing songs entirely by mechanical means.
Origin
Pairing of ‘verse’ with the French suffix -ificateur (to realise an action).
Source
Nineteen Eighty-Four

Hyperdrive

noun
A propulsion system for hyperspace travel.
Source
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Xenomorph

noun
An endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species.
Origin
Derived from ksenos (foreign) and morphē (shape).
Source
Aliens

Splicer

noun
A person who has become murderously and irreversibly insane due to excessive genetic modification.
Source
Bioshock

Mentat

noun
A class of Imperial citizens trained for supreme accomplishments of logic; human computers.
Origin
Possibly abbreviated from ‘mental attainment’.
Source
Dune

Persuadertron

noun
A chemical weapon that renders the victim totally open to suggestion.
Source
Syndicate

Preservationeer

noun
A person who likes their wilderness just as it is.
Source
Look to Windward

Droid

noun
A robot with an anthropomorphic appearance.
Origin
Abbreviation of ‘android’.
Source
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Girlygirl

noun
A professionally flirtatious hostess, akin to a geisha.
Source
The Ballad of Lost C’mell