STEP-UP
Step"-up`, a. (Elec.)
Defn: Transforming or converting a low-pressure current into one of high pressure; as, a step-up transformer.
-STER -ster. Etym: [OE. & AS. -estre, -istre.]
Defn: A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (= bakester), youngster.
Note: Brewing, baking, and weaving were formerly feminine labors, and consequently brewster, baxter, and webster meant, originally, the woman (not the man) who brews, bakes, or weaves. When men began to perform these duties the feminine appellations were retained.
STERCOBILIN
Ster`co*bi"lin, n. Etym: [L. stercus dung + E. bilin.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
Defn: A coloring matter found in the fæces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, — identical with hydrobilirubin.
STERCOLIN
Ster"co*lin, n. Etym: [L. stercus dung + oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Same as Serolin (b).
STERCORACEOUS
Ster`co*ra"ceous, a. Etym: [L. stercus, -oris, dung.]