Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| affix | to fix on to, append. |
| affixable | able to be affixed. |
| affixal | relating to an affix, an appendage. |
| affixation | the act of affixing. |
| affixial | relating to an affix, an appendage. |
| affixment | something affixed. |
| affixture | something affixed. |
| belay | to fasten a rope. |
| bind | a tie; a difficult situation; (verb) to tie, fasten. |
| bindingly | (Adv.) BINDING. |
| bolt | a bar or rod that slides into a hole or socket to fasten a door; (verb) to fasten with a bolt. |
| bond | something that binds; (verb) to secure with a bond. |
| cement | a fine powder made of clay and calcined limestone; (verb) to bind firmly. |
| chain | a series of links or rings passing through one another; (verb) to bind with a chain (a series of connected rings). |
| clamp | to fasten with a clamp (a securing device). |
| confix | (Shakesp.) to fix firmly. |
| cord | a small rope or thick string; (verb) to bind with a cord. |
| dorsifixed | attached at or by the back. |
| empight | (Spenser) fixed; (verb) to fix or position. |
| enchain | to bind with chains. |
| enfix | (Arch.) to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. |
| enroot | to fix by the root. |
| fasten | to secure. |
| fastener | one that fastens. |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet; (verb) to shackle. |
| fetterless | free from fetters. |
| fix | to make firm, to arrange. |
| fixable | capable of being fixed. |
| fixate | to make stable or stationary. |
| fixation | the act of fixating. |
| fixedly | (Adv.) FIXED, firm, stable. |
| fixedness | the state of being fixed. |
| fixer | one that fixes. |
| fixity | a fixed state; stability. |
| fixive | tending to fix. |
| hasp | a kind of clasp; (verb) to fasten with a hasp. |
| hesp | (Scots) a hasp; (verb) to fasten with a hesp. |
| hogtie | to tie a person up so as to prevent any movement of the arms or legs. |
| hoop | to fasten with a hoop (a circular band of metal). |
| hopple | to restrain by tying the feet together. |
| implant | to set securely. |
| implanter | one who implants. |
| infibulate | to fasten with a clasp. |
| infix | to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. |
| infixation | the act of infixing. |
| infixion | the act of infixing. |
| inset | to set in, to infix. |
| latch | a door catch lifted from the outside by a lever or string; (verb) to close with a latch. |
| lockfast | firmly fastened by locks. |
| moor | a wide expanse of uncultivated ground, esp upland, often covered with heath, and having a poor, peaty soil (verb) to secure a vessel by means of cables |
| nog | a wooden peg; a kind of drink; (verb) to fix with a nog, a wooden peg. |
| padlock | a type of lock; (verb) to secure with a padlock. |
| paste | a sticky mixture (verb) to fasten with a sticky mixture |
| peg | a pin or fixture; (verb) to fasten with a peg. |
| pin | a piece of wood or metal used for fastening; (verb) to fasten with a pin. |
| putty | a fine cement of slaked lime and water; (verb) to fix with putty. |
| reaffix | to affix again. |
| rebutton | to button again. |
| refasten | to fasten again. |
| refix | to fix again. |
| resecure | to secure again. |
| screw | a type of metal fastener (verb) to attach with a screw |
| secure | free from danger (verb) to make firm or tight |
| securely | (Adv.) SECURE, firm, safe. |
| sneck | (Scots) a latch; (verb) to fasten with a latch. |
| snib | (Scots) a small bolt, a catch for a window-sash; (verb) to fasten with such. |
| spike | a long thick nail (verb) to fasten with a spike |
| stake | a pointed piece of wood or metal; (verb) to fasten with a stake. |
| staple | a U-shaped metal loop; (verb) to fasten by means of a U-shaped metal loop. |
| strap | a narrow strip of flexible material (verb) to fasten with a strap |
| tack | a short, sharp-pointed nail; a shoddy object (verb) to fasten with tacks |
| tape | a long, narrow strip or band (verb) to fasten with tape |
| tether | to fasten to a fixed object with a rope. |
| tie | to fasten. |
| toggle | a type of pin or short rod; (verb) to fasten with a type of pin or short rod. |
| truss | a bundle, esp of hay or straw; (verb) to tie up. |
| tyde | (Spenser) tied. |
| upbind | to bind up. |
| uptie | to tie up. |
| wire | a slender rod, strand, or thread of ductile metal (verb) to fasten with wire |
| zip | a kind of fastener; energy (verb) to fasten with a zip |
| zipper | a zip; (verb) to fasten with a zipper. |