tellurian
Of this planet
Tellurian means of or relating to the Earth or its inhabitants.
As a noun, a tellurian is an earthling—a human being considered as a resident of Earth rather than some other world.
The word appears mainly in science fiction, where distinguishing Earth's inhabitants from alien species becomes necessary: The tellurians greeted their Martian visitors.
A tellurian is also a mechanical model showing how Earth's rotation and orbit produce day, night, and seasons.
Commonplace, lacking excitement
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- terrestrialRelating to land
- corporealHaving physical existence
- physicalOf body or matter
temporal · secular · earthbound · mortal · finite · transient · ephemeral · perishable
Our world
- globeSpherical representation of landmasses
- biosphereAll life on Earth
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
- geospherePlanet's solid rocky component
hydrosphere · lithosphere · ecosystem · climate · geology · tectonic · continental · hemisphere
Homo sapiens individual
- mortalSubject to death
- denizenOne who inhabits
- nativeOriginating from a place
- dwellerOne who resides somewhere
resident · terrestrial · humanity · mankind · humankind · populace · civilization · society
Being from outer space
- alienNon-native being
- spacefarerOne traversing the cosmos
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- cosmonautRussian orbital traveler
off-worlder · starfarer · interplanetary · galactic · humanoid · Venusian · spaceman · otherworldly
mundane
Commonplace, lacking excitement
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- terrestrialRelating to land
- corporealHaving physical existence
physical · temporal · secular · earthbound · mortal · finite · transient · ephemeral · perishable · material
Earth
Our world
- globeSpherical representation of landmasses
- biosphereAll life on Earth
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
geosphere · hydrosphere · lithosphere · ecosystem · climate · geology · tectonic · continental · hemisphere · equator
human
Homo sapiens individual
dweller · resident · terrestrial · humanity · mankind · humankind · populace · civilization · society · species
extraterrestrial
Being from outer space
- alienNon-native being
- spacefarerOne traversing the cosmos
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
cosmonaut · off-worlder · starfarer · interplanetary · galactic · humanoid · Venusian · spaceman · otherworldly · homeworld
tellurianlunar
Of the moon
extraterrestrial · alien · Venusian · Saturnian · off-worlder
tellurianethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
spiritual · divine · transcendent · incorporeal · immaterial
- cadmium tellurideSemiconductor for solar cells
- bismuth tellurideChalcogenide thermoelectric compound