of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious

the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as "I like it and so do they"

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary

intestinal cramps or other intestinal disturbances due to anxiety

an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock

a sudden violent squall blowing offshore from a mountainous coast

(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness