Anagrams of: GRADIENTS

• a step in walking or running

• the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

• the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

• structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

• put down or press the foot, place the foot

• tread or stomp heavily or roughly

• crush as if by treading on

• brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

• apply (the tread) to a tire

• mate with (used of male birds)

• Having strings.

• a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

• characterized by dignity and propriety

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus

• a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)

• a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths

• A toothed chisel used by sculptors

• Any member like a step, such as the raised back of an altar; a gradin.

• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

• a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs

• of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

• of or befitting a lord

• ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

• extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

• of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

• large and impressive in physical size or extent

• the most important and magnificent in adornment

• used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person