| attemper | (verb) modify the temperature of | - |
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| caliper | (verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers | Synonyms: calliper |
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| calliper | (verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers | Synonyms: caliper |
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| caper | (verb) jump about playfully | - |
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| cooper | (verb) make barrels and casks | - |
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| copper | (verb) coat with a layer of copper | - |
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| distemper | (verb) paint with distemper | - |
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| hamper | (verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: cramp, halter, strangle |
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| (verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: handicap, hinder |
| pamper | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, spoil |
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| paper | (verb) cover with paper | - |
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| (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: wallpaper |
| pepper | (verb) attack and bombard with or as if with missiles | Synonyms: pelt |
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| (verb) add pepper to | - |
| prosper | (verb) make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance | Synonyms: flourish, fly high, thrive |
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| sandpaper | (verb) rub with sandpaper | Synonyms: sand |
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| scamper | (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scurry, scuttle, skitter |
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| scarper | (verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
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| scupper | (verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, queer |
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| (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, waylay |
| simper | (verb) smile affectedly or derisively | Synonyms: smirk |
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| skipper | (verb) work as the skipper on a vessel | - |
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| stopper | (verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper | Synonyms: stopple |
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| tamper | (verb) play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | Synonyms: fiddle, monkey |
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| (verb) intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly | Synonyms: meddle |
| taper | (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, sharpen |
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| (verb) diminish gradually | - |
| temper | (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, mollify, season |
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| (verb) adjust the pitch (of pianos) | - |
| (verb) harden by reheating and cooling in oil | Synonyms: harden |
| (verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: chasten |
| (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: anneal, normalize |
| wallpaper | (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: paper |
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| whimper | (verb) cry weakly or softly | Synonyms: mewl, pule, wail |
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| whisper | (verb) speak softly; in a low voice | - |
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| zipper | (verb) close with a zipper | Synonyms: zip, zip up |
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