STEPCHILD
Step"child`, n. Etym: [AS. steópcild.]
1. A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother. [Obs.]
2. A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
STEPDAME
Step"dame`, n.
Defn: A stepmother. Spenser.
STEPDAUGHTER
Step"daugh`ter, n. Etym: [AS. steópdohtor.]
Defn: A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
STEP-DOWN
Step"-down`, a. (Elec.)
Defn: Transforming or converting a current of high potential or pressure into one of low pressure; as, a step-down transformer.
STEPFATHER
Step"fa`ther, n. Etym: [AS. steópfæder.]