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| Word | Cite needed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dirtball (n.) | antedating 1978 Richard A. Lupoff, "Space War Blues" | a planet |
| dirtside (n.) | antedating 1953 Robert A. Heinlein, "Starman Jones" | the surface of a planet |
| dirtside (adj.) | antedating 1953 Heinlein, "Starman Jones" | on the surface of a planet (as opposed to in space) |
| dirtside (adv.) | antedating 1957 Robert A. Heinlein, 'Double Star' | toward the surface of a planet |
| dirtsider (n.) | any evidence 1984 Timothy Zahn, "Return to the Fold" | a spacer's term for an inhabitant of a planet |
| disintegrator (n.) | antedating 1925 in OED s.v. | a disintegrating weapon |
| disruptor (n.) | antedating 1931 Schachner & Zagat 'The Emperor of the Stars' | A weapon that causes disruption to some structure or function of its target, such as an object's interatomic bonds, or a person's neural function. |
| droid (n.) | antedating 1952 | Abbreviation for "android", but also used generically for a robot |
| drone (n.) | antedating 1967 Mike Hodous' 'Dead End' | a robot |
| dropshaft (n.) | antedating 1957 Harlan Ellison, 'Deeper Than the Darkness' | a liftshaft with no lift-cages, using controlled gravity to move people up and down at high speed |
| Dyson sphere (n.) | antedating 1970 Larry Niven, Ringworld | an artificial structure, in the form of a hollow shell surrounding a star. |
| earthborn (n.) | antedating 1940 Malcolm Jameson, "Quicksands of Youthwardness" | People born on the Earth |
| earthborn (adj.) | antedating 1900 George Griffith, 'A Honeymoon in Space' | also 'earth-born'; originating on the planet Earth, as opposed to outer space or another celestial body |
| earthbound (adj.) | antedating 1935 | headed toward the planet Earth |
| earthbound (adj.) | antedating 1937 E.E. Smith, 'Galactic Patrol' | unable to leave the planet Earth |
| earther (n.) | antedating 1952 C.M. Kornbluth, "Make Mine Mars" | an inhabitant of Earth |
| earth folk (n.) | antedating 1936 Frank Belknap Long, 'Cones' | = earthpeople |
| earthgirl (n.) | antedating 1936 A. Macfadyen, Jr., 'The Time Decelerator' | a girl or woman from the planet Earth |
| Earthian (n.) | antedating 1907 | an Earthling |
| earthian (n.) | any evidence 1943 Clifford Simak, "Hunch" | the language spoken on Earth |
| Earthian (adj.) | antedating 1907 | of or pertaining to the Earth or Earthlings |
| earthie (n.) | antedating 1947 James MacCreigh, 'Donovan Had a Dream' | an earthling |
| earthlike (adj.) | antedating 1928 E.E. Smith, The Skylark of Space | like the Earth |
| earthling (n.) | antedating 1593 Thomas Nashe, 'Christ's Tears Over Jerusalem' | An inhabitant of the earth. |
| earthman (n.) | antedating 1913 Reinhard A. Wetzel, The New Relativity in Physics | human living on or from this planet |
| earth-norm (n.) | antedating 1951 Milton Lesser, ''A' as in Android' | = earth-normal |
| Earth-normal (adj.) | antedating 1932 John W. Campbell, Jr., 'The Electronic Siege' | as normally found on earth, such as gravity or atmosphere |
| earthperson (n.) | antedating 1930 Edward E. Smith, 'Skylark Three' | a human who lives on or is from the Earth |
| earthside (n.) | any evidence 1953 Robert A. Heinlein, 'Starman Jones' | an earthside location or organization. Also "earth-side". |
| Earthside (adj.) | antedating 1951 Cyril Judd, 'Mars Child' | on or from the planet Earth |
| Earthside (adv.) | antedating 1947 Hudson Hastings, 'The Big Night' | |
| Earth-type (adj.) | antedating 1941 Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah's Children | 'like the planet Earth', usually in the phrase 'an earth-type planet' |
| earth-type (adj.) | antedating 1941 Jack Williamson, 'Son of Two Worlds' | being of Earth style or manufacture |
| Earthward (adj.) | antedating 1940 Robert Heinlein, 'Requiem' | facing toward the planet earth |
| Earthward (adv.) | antedating 1939 'Dennis Clive', "Valley of Pretenders" | toward the planet Earth (as opposed to toward the ground) |
| earthwoman (n.) | antedating 1934 Frank K. Kelly, 'Famine on Mars' | a woman living on or from this planet |
| eetee (n.) | antedating 1956 Robert A. Heinlein, Double Star | = ET |
| elsewhen (n.) | antedating 1943 Anthony Boucher, Elsewhen | another time |
| elsewhen (adv.) | antedating 1984 Robert Silverberg, Far Side of the Bell_shaped curve | (in time-travel situations) at another point in time |
| empath (n.) | antedating 1956 J.T. McIntosh, Empath | one with the empathic ability to sense others' emotions. |
| empathic (adj.) | antedating 1959 | having the ability of empathy (in the SF sense) |
| empathy (n.) | antedating 1955 Poul Anderson, The Long Way Home | The (extra-)sensory perception of others emotions |
| energy gun (n.) | any evidence 1941 A.E. van Vogt, The Seesaw | a weapon firing a beam of energy =ray gun |
| energy screen (n.) | any evidence 1939 A.E. van Vogt, 'Discord in Scarlet' | a barrier made of or against energy: a force field |
| energy weapon (n.) | antedating 1941 A.E. van Vogt, The Seesaw | a weapon that fires a beam of energy |
| escape pod (n.) | antedating 1976 George Lucas, 'Star Wars' | a small, minimally equipped spacecraft for emergency use (see lifeboat) |
| esp (v.) | any evidence 1949 Eric Frank Russell, 'Postscript' | to use extrasensory powers |
| esper (n.) | antedating 1942 E.E. Smith, "Storm Cloud on Deka" | a person with extrasensory powers |
| ET (n.) | antedating 1945 John Campbell, Astounding editorial | an alien: abbreviation for "extra-terrestrial" |
| everywhen (adv.) | antedating 1942 | sense needed is with regard to time travel |