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| Word | Cite needed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sentient (n.) | antedating 1970 Philip José Farmer, 'Maker of Universes' | an intelligent being |
| sentient (adj.) | antedating 1920 Punch magazine | =sapient or intelligent |
| shapechange (n.) | antedating 1965 Fritz Leiber, 'Monster Lovers' (editorial) | an act or instance of shape-changing |
| shapechange (v.) | antedating 1988 T. Brooks 'The Wishsong of Shannara' | to change shape, by an imagined natural capability, and adopt the form and sometimes abilities of an animal or other being |
| shapechanger (n.) | antedating 1906 W. B. Yeats 'Poems, 1899-1905' | one who can shapechange |
| shapechanging (n.) | antedating 1964 H. R. Ellis Davidson 'Gods and Myths of Northern Europe' | the act of or ability to shapechange |
| shapechanging (adj.) | antedating 1621 G. Sandys 'Ovid's Met. II.' | pertaining to the act of or ability to shapechange |
| shapeshift (v.) | antedating 1986 S. Dexter 'The Mountains of Channadran' | to change shape, by an imagined natural capability, and adopt the form and sometimes abilities of an animal or other being |
| shapeshifter (n.) | antedating 1967 A. Garner 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' | one who shapeshifts |
| shapeshifting (n.) | antedating 1884 A. Lang in M. Hunt Grimm's Household Tales I. | the practice or act of changing shape to adopt the form or another animal or human |
| shapeshifting (adj.) | antedating 1895 A. Nutt in Kuno Meyer Voy. Bran I. | pertaining to shapeshifting |
| shield (n.) | antedating 1930 in Doc Smith's "Skylark Three" | a force field defence |
| ship (n.) | antedating 1925 in J. Schlossel's "Invaders from Outside" | a spaceship |
| shuttle (n.) | antedating 1950 in Theodore Sturgeon's "The Stars are the Styx" | a space shuttle |
| shuttlecraft (n.) | antedating 1967 E. Hamilton 'The Weapon From Beyond' | a small spacecraft designed for ferrying freight or humans between a planetary surface and a spaceship in orbit |
| Singularity (n.) | antedating 1983 in an Omni article by Vernor Vinge | the transition to posthumanity |
| skimmer (n.) | antedating 1949 W. Bade 'Lost Ulysses' | a small aircraft designed or typically used for low altitude flight |
| skinsuit (n.) | antedating 1957 Forrest J Ackerman in Imaginative Tales | a thin, tightly-fitting spacesuit or clothing convertible to a spacesuit) |
| skyhook (n.) | antedating 1966 J. D. Isaacs et al. 'Satellite Elongation into a True 'Sky-Hook'' | an orbital tower or other launch device |
| skyhook (n.) | antedating 1915 in Aeroplane 10 Mar. | an imaginary contrivance for attachment to the sky. |
| skyhook (n.) | antedating 1935 Meier & Lindbergh in Sci. Monthly (N.Y.) Jan. 5 | a hook on an aircraft or spaceship capable of lifting burdens |
| skyhook (n.) | antedating 1956 H. Goodwin 'The Science Book of Space Travel' | an orbiting space platform |
| sleeper ship (n.) | antedating 1968 J. Blish 'Space Seed' | a spaceship in which most or all of the passengers are in some form of suspended animation such as cold sleep in order to avoid aging during a very long voyage |
| slidewalk (n.) | antedating 1944 Fritz Leiber, 'Sanity' | =moving pavement |
| slideway (n.) | antedating 1942 R. Heinlein 'Beyond This Horizon' | =moving pavement |
| Sol (n.) | antedating 1929 L. F. Stone 'Out of the Void' | the sun as a star, rather than as a personification |
| Solarian (n.) | antedating 1930 John W. Campbell, Jr., 'The Black Star Passes' | an inhabitant of the Earth's solar system |
| Solarian (n.) | antedating 1851 Charles Fourier, The Passions of the Human Soul | an inhabitant of Sol |
| Solarian (adj.) | antedating 1930 John W. Campbell, Jr., 'The Black Star Passes' | pertaining to Earth's sun, solar system, or their inhabitants |
| solar sail (n.) | antedating 1960 Aeroplane XCIX | a surface designed to utilize the pressure of solar radiation to provide the propulsive force for a spacecraft to which it is attached |
| solar sailing (n.) | antedating 1960 Aeroplane XCIX | propelling a spaceship via a solar sail |
| solar system (n.) | antedating 1887 M. Corelli 'A Romance of Two Worlds' | a system of one or more stars, possibly with accompanying planets |
| Sol III (n.) | antedating 1941 Edward E.Smith,'The Vortex Blaster' | the Earth |
| sol-type (adj.) | any evidence 1943 A.E. van Vogt, 'M33 in Andromeda' | of the same class of star as Sol |
| somewhen (n.) | antedating 1941 R. Heinlein 'Elsewhen' | with regard to time travel, at an unknown time |
| sophont (n.) | antedating 1967 P. Anderson 'The Trouble Twisters' | an intelligent being, including humans as well as intelligent aliens |
| space (v.) | antedating 1952 R. Heinlein 'The Rolling Stones' | to put someone out into space without a spacesuit as a method of execution |
| space (v.) | any evidence 1947 B. I. Kahn 'Command' | to go out into space |
| space alien (n.) | antedating 1954 J. J. Ferrat 'Reel Life Films' | =alien |
| space ark (n.) | antedating 1948 N. Wilkinson 'Decision Illogical' | a large ship designed to move or rescue large numbers of people, often with large ecosystems and many animals and plants on board |
| space armor (n.) | antedating 1932 Raymond Z. Gallun, The Revolt of the Star Men | = a space suit |
| space-based (adj.) | antedating 1957 'John Christopher', Occupational Risk | based in outer space |
| space biology (n.) | antedating 1953 Hugo Gernsback, 'Science-Fiction Sematics' | the study of biology in outer space |
| spaceboat (n.) | antedating 1932 Raymond Z. Gallun, Revolt of the Star Men | = spaceship |
| space-borne (adj.) | antedating 1950 J. D. MacDonald 'Shadow on the Sand' | carried through space; also, carried out in space or by means of instruments in space |
| space-bound (adj.) | antedating 1960 in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact | restricted to space; also, headed for space |
| space-burned (adj.) | antedating 1946 Richard S. Shaver, "Earth Slaves to Space" | tanned to the point of burning from being in space |
| space bus (n.) | antedating 1961 in New Scientist 27 July | a spacecraft designed to ferry people and freight short distances |
| space cadet (n.) | antedating 1948 R. Heinlein 'Space Cadet' | a trainee spaceman |
| space capsule (n.) | antedating 1954 E. R. James 'Space Capsule' | a small spacecraft containing the instruments or crew relating to the purpose of a space flight |