Habiform

verb
Technically correct term for what is usually called terraforming; altering any already existing environment to suit it to the needs of one or more species.
Origin
Pairing of ‘habitat’ and form (to create).
Source
Matter

Behemothaur

noun
A large floating animal, able to move about its gaseous environment.
Origin
Pairing of behemoth (mighty beast) and aura (air).
Source
Look to Windward

Metamathics

noun
The investigation of the properties of Realities (more correctly, Reality-fields) intrinsically unknowable by and from our own, but whose general principles could be hazarded at.
Origin
Contraction of metamathematics, a branch of mathematics dealing with mathematical systems and their nature.
Source
Excession

Impietist

noun
One who practises impiety.
Origin
Pairing of ‘impiety’ with the suffix -ist (to practice).
Source
Against A Dark Background

Theophobia

noun
The fear and hatred of gods.
Origin
Pairing of theo (god) and phobia (fear).
Source
Against A Dark Background

Metaplegic

adjective
Of or relating to a bodily paralysis triggered by a disorder elsewhere in the body.
noun
A person who suffers from metaplegia.
Origin
Pairing of meta (from ‘metastasis’) and plegia (paralysis).
Source
Against A Dark Background

Junklight

noun
The light reflected by orbiting artificial satellites seen in the night sky.
Origin
Space junk, objects in orbit with no useful purpose.
Source
Against A Dark Background

Synchroneurobonding

noun
A virus that makes a group of infectees better able to anticipate one another’s reactions.
Source
Against A Dark Background

Marain

noun
The shared constructed language of the Culture.
Origin
Possibly derived from maireannach (long-lived).
Source
Consider Phlebas

Tream

noun
A virtual reality scenario experienced via direct interface with the brain.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘transmit’ and ‘dream’.
Source
The Algebraist

Loyaltician

noun
An advisor in matters of fealty.
Source
Surface Detail

Confliction

noun
A formal conflict within a virtual reality – i.e. one where the outcome matters beyond the confines of the battle environment itself.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘conflict’ and ‘simulation’.
Source
Surface Detail