(transitive) To secure (someone or something) in a locked enclosure. / (transitive) To fix the value of (something potentially variable).

(slang, Britain) Coming into or saving money through some financial transaction.

Someone's nephew's wife. / Someone's sibling's daughter-in-law. / Someone's spouse's sibling's daughter-in-law. / Someone's husband's niece. (Usually called a niece.)

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.

The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

A sowing of seed; the act of inseminating. / The act of impregnating (making pregnant).

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination

The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others. / The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

the forefinger

The half brother of one's spouse. / The husband of one's half-sibling. / The husband of the half-sibling of one's spouse.