vril

Noun capitalized: Vril

Vril (uncountable)

1. A controllable form of energy.
   • These subterranean philosophers assert that by one operation of vril, which Faraday would perhaps call ‘atmospheric magnetism,’ they can influence the variations of temperature—in plain words, the weather; […]1871, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (published anonymously), The Coming Race, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 47
   • It devoted its time to the study of vril, and taught that the secret of vril could be divined by contemplating the structure of an apple sliced in half.2003, John Michael Greer, The New Encyclopedia of the Occult, Llewellyn Publications, page 506
2. (attributive) A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis.
   • This technology led to the amazing German flying saucers of the Haunebu and Vril classes built under SS auspices.2003, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity, NYU Press, page 295
   • However, some weeks after Ger-many surrendered, both Haunebu and Vril craft were spotted in the skies over occupied Germany.2010, George Romero, The Rescue, Lotus Vision Publishing Company, page 165