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| absurd |
of, showing, or having to do with the belief that there is no meaning or order in life or in the universe. [1/2 definitions] |
| agnostic |
one who believes it is impossible to know anything about the existence or nonexistence of God or about the essential nature of things beyond the material universe. [1/4 definitions] |
| alien |
a living being from another planet or other place in the universe; extraterrestrial. [2/6 definitions] |
| all |
the whole; the universe; everything; totality. [1/12 definitions] |
| animism |
the belief that the universe and all of its material objects, beings, and phenomena possess a spirit or consciousness. [2/3 definitions] |
| anthropocentric |
assuming man to be the most important purpose or being of the universe. [1/2 definitions] |
| astronomer |
a scientist who studies the universe beyond the earth. |
| astronomy |
the branch of science that studies the universe beyond the earth. |
| atom |
the smallest possible unit of a chemical element. The major parts of atoms contain protons, neutrons, and electrons. They are the basis of all matter in the universe. [1/2 definitions] |
| big bang theory |
the theory that the universe originated at a fixed point billions of years ago in a cosmic explosion of a mass of hydrogen atoms, and that it has been expanding ever since. (Cf. steady state theory.) |
| Brahma |
according to Hinduism, the impersonal, supreme, and eternal essence of the universe, from which all life originates. [2 definitions] |
| chaos |
the state of nothingness believed in some religions to have preceded the creation of the universe. [1/2 definitions] |
| cosmic |
of or relating to the universe. |
| cosmo- |
world; universe. |
| cosmochemistry |
the science concerned with the distribution of chemical substances in the universe. |
| cosmogony |
the study or a theory of the beginnings, structure, and evolution of the universe. |
| cosmography |
the science, or a particular description, of the physical arrangement of the universe and the earth. |
| cosmology |
the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature, origin, and development of the universe. [2 definitions] |
| cosmos |
the universe considered as a whole. |
| creation |
the universe or the creatures in it. [1/3 definitions] |
| creation science |
a form of creationism that opposes the scientific theory of evolution, holding that the origin of the universe as related in the Bible can be proved scientifically. |
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