| antepartum | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal |
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| antepenult | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenultima, antepenultimate |
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| antepenultima | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultimate |
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| antepenultimate | (adjective) third from last | - |
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| (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultima |
| biteplate | (noun) a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | Synonyms: bite plate |
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| corbiestep | (noun) (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall | Synonyms: corbel step, corbie-step, crow step |
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| doorstep | (noun) the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | Synonyms: doorsill, threshold |
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| dubstep | (noun) A genre of electronic music descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its dark mood, sparse, half-step and two-step rhythms, an average bpm of 140 and an emphasis on sub-bass. | - |
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| footstep | (noun) the act of taking a step in walking | - |
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| (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footfall, step |
| (noun) the distance covered by a step | Synonyms: pace, step, stride |
| gatepost | (noun) either of two posts that bound a gate | - |
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| instep | (noun) the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot | - |
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| (noun) the arch of the foot | - |
| lockstep | (noun) a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead | - |
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| (noun) a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly | - |
| misstep | (noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | Synonyms: stumble, trip-up, trip |
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| notepad | (noun) a pad of paper for keeping notes | - |
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| notepaper | (noun) writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters | - |
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| overstep | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: transgress, trespass |
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| (verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, pass, top, transcend |
| quickstep | (noun) a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps | - |
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| (noun) military march accompanying quick time | - |
| (verb) perform a quickstep | - |
| ratepayer | (noun) a person who pays local rates (especially a householder) | - |
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| sidestep | (noun) a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing) | - |
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| (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt |
| step | (noun) the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down | - |
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| (noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | Synonyms: measure |
| (noun) a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance | Synonyms: dance step |
| (noun) support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway | Synonyms: stair |
| (noun) a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed | - |
| (noun) a musical interval of two semitones | Synonyms: tone, whole step, whole tone |
| (noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footmark, footprint |
| (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footfall, footstep |
| (noun) the distance covered by a step | Synonyms: footstep, pace, stride |
| (noun) a short distance | Synonyms: stone's throw |
| (noun) relative position in a graded series | Synonyms: gradation |
| (verb) measure (distances) by pacing | Synonyms: pace |
| (verb) move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation | - |
| (verb) place (a ship's mast) in its step | - |
| (verb) shift or move by taking a step | - |
| (verb) put down or press the foot, place the foot | Synonyms: tread |
| (verb) walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner | - |
| (verb) move with one's feet in a specific manner | - |
| (verb) furnish with steps | - |
| (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat |
| (verb) cause (a computer) to execute a single command | - |
| stepbrother | (noun) a brother who has only one parent in common with you | Synonyms: half-brother, half brother |
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| stepchild | (noun) a child of your spouse by a former marriage | - |
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| stepdaughter | (noun) a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage | - |
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| stepfather | (noun) the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage | - |
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| stephanion | (noun) the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus | - |
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| stephanotis | (noun) any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers | - |
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| stephead | (noun) a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right | Synonyms: drop line, dropline, stagger head, staggered head, stepped line |
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| stepladder | (noun) a folding portable ladder hinged at the top | Synonyms: step ladder |
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| stepmother | (noun) the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage | - |
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| stepparent | (noun) the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage | - |
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| steppe | (noun) extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) | - |
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| stepper | (noun) a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting | Synonyms: high stepper |
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| (noun) a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps | Synonyms: stepping motor |
| (noun) a professional dancer | Synonyms: hoofer |
| steprelationship | (noun) a family relationship by virtue of remarriage | - |
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| steps | (noun) a flight of stairs or a flight of steps | Synonyms: stairs |
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| (noun) the course along which a person has walked or is walking in | - |
| stepsister | (noun) a sister who has only one parent in common with you | Synonyms: half-sister, half sister |
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| stepson | (noun) the son of your spouse by a former marriage | - |
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| stepwise | (adjective) one thing at a time | Synonyms: bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step |
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| (adverb) proceeding in steps | Synonyms: step by step |
| tepal | (noun) an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips) | - |
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| tepee | (noun) a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | Synonyms: teepee, tipi |
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| tepid | (adjective) feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm | Synonyms: half-hearted, halfhearted, lukewarm |
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| (adjective) moderately warm | Synonyms: lukewarm |
| tepidity | (noun) a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin | Synonyms: lukewarmness, tepidness |
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| tepidly | (adverb) in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner | Synonyms: lukewarmly |
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| tepidness | (noun) a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin | Synonyms: lukewarmness, tepidity |
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| (noun) lack of passion, force or animation | Synonyms: lukewarmness |
| thiotepa | (noun) an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies | - |
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