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Step :: Step (v. i.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder..

Calvary :: Calvary (n.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary..

Stepped :: Steppe (n.) One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna..

Stepmother :: Stepladder (n.) A portable set of steps.

Gradatory :: Gradatory (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual..

Stepstone :: Stepson (n.) A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.

Racket :: Racket (n.) A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground..

Lift :: Lift (n.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Evolution :: Evolution (n.) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.

Sandal :: Sandal (n.) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.

Initiative :: Initiative (n.) An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.

Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows..

Plantigrade :: Plantigrade (n.) A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears..

High-stepper :: High-stepper (n.) A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C..

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort..

Sequence :: Sequence (n.) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.

Shin :: Shin (v. i.) To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast..

Trip :: Trip (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.

Rosalia :: Rosalia (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence..

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