| ANODYNE | • anodyne adj. (Pharmacology) Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. • anodyne adj. (Figuratively) Soothing or relaxing.
 • anodyne adj. (By extension) Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate.
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| AERODYNE | • aerodyne n. (Aviation) A heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift from motion. • AERODYNE n. a heavier-than-air aircraft (as an airplane, helicopter, or glider), as opposed to aerostat.
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| ANODYNES | • anodynes n. Plural of anodyne. • ANODYNE n. a medicine that relieves pain.
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| AUTODYNE | • autodyne n. (Radio, historical) A circuit that improved radio signal amplification by means of an audion. • AUTODYNE n. a type of electrical circuit.
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| ENDODYNE | • ENDODYNE adj. of an electrical circuit in which the same elements and valves are used both as oscillator and detector, aka autodyne. | 
| GYRODYNE | • gyrodyne n. A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing… • GYRODYNE n. a rotorcraft in which the rotors are powered only for takeoff and landing, not for cruising flight.
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| HOMODYNE | • homodyne adj. (Physics, of radiation) Pertaining to two waves which originate from a single radiation source, or have… • homodyne v. To combine two waves of identical frequency.
 • HOMODYNE adj. describing a boosted radio reception.
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| AERODYNES | • aerodynes n. Plural of aerodyne. • AERODYNE n. a heavier-than-air aircraft (as an airplane, helicopter, or glider), as opposed to aerostat.
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| AUTODYNES | • autodynes n. Plural of autodyne. • AUTODYNE n. a type of electrical circuit.
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| GYRODYNES | • gyrodynes n. Plural of gyrodyne. • GYRODYNE n. a rotorcraft in which the rotors are powered only for takeoff and landing, not for cruising flight.
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| CHLORODYNE | • chlorodyne n. A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia and other substances. • CHLORODYNE n. a patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.
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| HETERODYNE | • heterodyne adj. Of two oscillations: having two slightly different frequencies such that, when combined, they produce a beat. • heterodyne n. The beat so produced.
 • heterodyne n. Either the sum or difference of the two oscillations.
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| CHLORODYNES | • chlorodynes n. Plural of chlorodyne. • CHLORODYNE n. a patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.
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| HETERODYNED | • heterodyned v. Simple past tense and past participle of heterodyne. • HETERODYNE v. to change the frequency of (a signal) by imposing on a continuous wave another of slightly different length to produce beats.
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| HETERODYNES | • heterodynes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heterodyne. • HETERODYNE v. to change the frequency of (a signal) by imposing on a continuous wave another of slightly different length to produce beats.
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| SUPERHETERODYNE | • superheterodyne adj. (Electronics) Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular… • superheterodyne n. A receiver of this kind.
 • SUPERHETERODYNE n. applied to radio reception in which oscillations of slightly different frequency are imposed on the received oscillations, producing beats of a frequency above audio-frequency which are easily amplified.
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