self-contained

self-contained
    adj 1: constituting a complete and independent unit in and of
           itself; "the university is like a self-contained city
           with shops and all amenities"
    2: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
       collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
       poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more
       dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and
       self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: {collected},
       {equanimous}, {poised}, {self-collected}, {self-contained},
       {self-possessed}]
    

Self-contained \Self`-con*tained"\, a.
   1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly
      engrossed in one's self.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mach.) Having all the essential working parts connected
      by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc.,
      so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon
      fastening outside of the machine itself.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Self-contained steam engine}.
      (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank
          shaft attached to the frame of the engine.
      (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened
          together; a portable steam engine.
          [1913 Webster]
    

106 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-contained":
      acquisitive, aloof, ambitious for self, autarchic, autarkic,
      autistic, autonomous, bashful, calm, careerist, close, collected,
      complete, composed, controlled, cool, detached, dissociable,
      distant, egotistical, entire, even-tempered, formal, free-spirited,
      freewheeling, grasping, grave, greedy, imperturbable, in control,
      incompatible, independent, individualistic, inner-directed,
      insociable, mopey, mopish, morose, narcissistic, neutral,
      nonaligned, nongregarious, nonpartisan, peaceful, personalistic,
      placid, possessive, privatistic, remote, reserved, reticent,
      self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-advancing, self-besot,
      self-centered, self-considerative, self-controlled, self-dependent,
      self-determined, self-devoted, self-directing, self-esteeming,
      self-governed, self-governing, self-indulgent, self-interested,
      self-jealous, self-occupied, self-pleasing, self-possessed,
      self-reliant, self-seeking, self-serving, self-subsistent,
      self-sufficient, self-supporting, selfish, serene, serious, snug,
      sober, socially incompatible, solemn, sovereign, standoffish,
      sullen, third-force, third-world, tranquil, unclubbable,
      uncommunicative, uncompanionable, uncongenial, undisturbed,
      unemotional, unflappable, unfriendly, ungenial, unitary,
      unperturbed, unruffled, unsociable, unsocial, whole, withdrawn