Answer:

calms

Answer	Crossword Clue
CALMS	Pacifies
CALMS	Sedates
CALMS	They come before storms

CALMS	They sometimes precede storms
CALMS	Storm preceders
CALMS	Composes
CALMS	Heads off hysteria
CALMS	Puts at ease
CALMS	Settles down
CALMS	Allays the fears of
CALMS	Tranquilizes

CALMS	Quiets down
CALMS	Instills peace in
CALMS	Quiets
CALMS	Settles
CALMS	Mollifies
CALMS	Eases one's anxiety
CALMS	Soothes
CALMS	Pre-storm lulls

CALMS	Assuages
CALMS	Soothes.
CALMS	Doldrums.
CALMS	Pacifies.
CALMS	Tranquilizes.
CALMS	Stills.
CALMS	Lulls
CALMS	... down (subsides)

CALMS	Windless conditions
CALMS	Storms' precursors
CALMS	Kon-Tiki's troubles
CALMS	Allays
CALMS	Beaufort-scale recordings
CALMS	Quiet times
CALMS	Appeases
CALMS	Placates

CALMS	Quiets anger
CALMS	Quiets, as anger
CALMS	Difficult conditions for sailing