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modified collapse: changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"

tempered collapse: adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"; made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"

confined collapse: not free to move about; not invading healthy tissue; enclosed by a confining fence; deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or restraint

restricted collapse: the lowest level of official classification for documents; restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man'); subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance"

conditioned collapse: physically fit; "exercised daily to keep herself in condition"; established by conditioning or learning; "a conditioned response"

qualified collapse: legally qualified; "a competent witness"; meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job"; limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval"

ringed collapse: wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married; "a ringed wife"- Tennyson; having colored rings around the body

encircled collapse: adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with daisies"; "smoke-wreathed"; enclosed within a circle; "the encircled camp was complete cut off"

surrounded collapse: confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers"

seasoned collapse: rendered competent through trial and experience; "troops seasoned in combat"; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer"; aged or processed; "seasoned wood"

cramped collapse: constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

limited collapse: including only a part; not unlimited; "a limited list of choices"; having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission"; small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends"; not excessive; mediocre

enclosed collapse: closed in or surrounded or included within; "an enclosed porch"; "an enclosed yard"; "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling"

defined collapse: clearly characterized or delimited; "lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined"; "each child has clearly defined duties"; clearly defined; "I have no formed opinion about the chances of success"; showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; "hills defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill"

cloistered collapse: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"; of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

specific collapse: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"; stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"; (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"; being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"; relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters"

determinate collapse: precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals"; not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth"

barred collapse: firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured"

determined collapse: having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation; characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy"; determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"; devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"

dependent collapse: addicted to a drug; contingent on something else; not independent; "dependent children"; (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"

definite collapse: known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"; precise; explicit and clearly defined; "I want a definite answer"; "a definite statement of the terms of the will"; "a definite amount"; "definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol"; "the wedding date is now definite"; "a definite drop in attendance"

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