Vril

== English == === Alternative forms === vril === Etymology === Coined by British statesman and author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the 1871 science fiction novel The Coming Race, later titled Vril, apparently as a clipping of virile. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɹɪl/ Rhymes: -ɪl === Noun === Vril (uncountable) (science fiction, mysticism) A controllable form of energy. (ufology, attributive) A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis. Coordinate term: Haunebu 2010, George Romero, The Rescue, Lotus Vision Publishing Company, page 165: However, some weeks after Ger-many [sic] surrendered, both Haunebu and Vril craft were spotted in the skies over occupied Germany. ==== Derived terms ==== Bovril === Anagrams === virl