| affine | (adjective) (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations | - |
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| (adjective) (anthropology) related by marriage | Synonyms: affinal |
| (noun) (anthropology) kin by marriage | - |
| affined | (adjective) closely related | - |
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| confine | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: constrain, hold, restrain |
| (verb) prevent from leaving or from being removed | - |
| (verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | Synonyms: detain |
| (verb) close in | Synonyms: enclose, hold in |
| confined | (adjective) not free to move about | - |
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| (adjective) not invading healthy tissue | - |
| (adjective) being in captivity | Synonyms: captive, imprisoned, jailed |
| confinement | (noun) the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them | - |
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| (noun) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) | Synonyms: restriction |
| (noun) the state of being confined | - |
| (noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail |
| confines | (noun) a bounded scope | - |
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| define | (verb) give a definition for the meaning of a word | - |
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| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: determine, fix, limit, set, specify |
| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify |
| (verb) determine the nature of | - |
| (verb) show the form or outline of | Synonyms: delineate |
| defined | (adjective) clearly characterized or delimited | - |
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| (adjective) showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary | Synonyms: outlined |
| fine | (adjective) of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment | - |
| (adjective) minutely precise especially in differences in meaning | - |
| (adjective) free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity | - |
| (adjective) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition | Synonyms: all right, cool, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay |
| (adjective) thin in thickness or diameter | - |
| (noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: amercement, mulct |
| (adverb) an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence | Synonyms: all right, alright, OK, very well |
| (adverb) in a delicate manner | Synonyms: delicately, exquisitely, finely |
| (verb) impose a fine on | Synonyms: mulct |
| (verb) record a fine as a penalty in a police record | Synonyms: ticket |
| fineable | (adjective) liable to a fine | Synonyms: finable |
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| finedraw | (verb) sew together very finely | - |
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| fineliner | (noun) A felt-tip pen with a thin tip that produces thin lines. | Synonyms: fineliner pen |
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| finely | (adverb) in a delicate manner | Synonyms: delicately, exquisitely, fine |
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| (adverb) in an elegant manner | - |
| (adverb) in tiny pieces | - |
| fineness | (noun) the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance | Synonyms: daintiness, delicacy |
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| (noun) the property of being very narrow or thin | Synonyms: thinness |
| (noun) having a very fine texture | Synonyms: powderiness |
| (noun) the quality of being very good indeed | Synonyms: choiceness |
| finer | (adjective) (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence | - |
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| finery | (noun) elaborate or showy attire and accessories | - |
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| finespun | (adjective) developed in excessively fine detail | Synonyms: hairsplitting |
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| (adjective) developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | Synonyms: delicate |
| finesse | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness |
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| fluffiness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: downiness, featheriness |
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| huffiness | (noun) a passing state of anger and resentment | - |
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| hyperfine | (adjective) extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components | - |
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| olefine | (noun) any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon | Synonyms: alkene, olefin |
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| overrefine | (verb) refine too much or with excess of subtlety | Synonyms: over-refine |
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| overrefined | (adjective) excessively delicate or refined | Synonyms: superfine |
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| overrefinement | (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: distortion, straining, torture, twisting |
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| puffiness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness |
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| (noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: lump, swelling |
| redefine | (verb) give a new or different definition of (a word) | - |
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| (verb) give a new or different definition to | - |
| refine | (verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities | Synonyms: rectify |
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| (verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | Synonyms: down, fine-tune, polish |
| (verb) treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition | - |
| (verb) attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying | - |
| (verb) make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of | - |
| (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: complicate, elaborate, rarify |
| refined | (adjective) (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel | - |
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| (adjective) freed from impurities by processing | Synonyms: processed |
| (adjective) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | Synonyms: elegant, graceful |
| (adjective) precise to a fine degree | - |
| (adjective) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience | Synonyms: polished, urbane |
| refinement | (noun) the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
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| (noun) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude | Synonyms: nicety, nuance, shade, subtlety |
| (noun) the result of improving something | Synonyms: elaboration |
| (noun) the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) | Synonyms: purification, refining |
| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, culture, finish, polish |
| refiner | (noun) one whose work is to refine a specific thing | - |
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| refinery | (noun) an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance | - |
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| stuffiness | (noun) dull and pompous gravity | Synonyms: stodginess |
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| (noun) the quality of being close and poorly ventilated | Synonyms: closeness |
| (noun) state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat | - |
| superfine | (adjective) (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality | - |
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| (adjective) of extremely fine size or texture | - |
| (adjective) excessively delicate or refined | Synonyms: overrefined |
| terbinafine | (noun) an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease | Synonyms: Lamisil |
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| unconfined | (adjective) not confined | - |
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| (adjective) free from confinement or physical restraint | Synonyms: unimprisoned |
| undefined | (adjective) not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished | Synonyms: vague |
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| unrefined | (adjective) (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth | - |
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| (adjective) not refined or processed | Synonyms: crude, unprocessed |