| IMPOWER | • impower v. Archaic form of empower. • IMPOWER v. to authorize, also EMPOWER. |
| PAWKIER | • pawkier adj. Comparative form of pawky: more pawky. • PAWKY adj. (Scots) drily or slily humorous. |
| PERIWIG | • periwig n. (Now historical) A wig, especially any kind of stylised wig as formerly worn by men and women. • periwig v. (Transitive) To dress with a periwig, or with false hair; to bewig. • PERIWIG n. (historical) a wig or peruke. |
| PREVIEW | • preview n. An experience of something in advance. • preview n. (Colloquial) An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc. • preview n. Something seen in advance. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| PREWIRE | • prewire v. To install a wiring system in advance of it being used or needed. • PREWIRE v. to wire beforehand. |
| PURVIEW | • purview n. (Law) The enacting part of a statute. • purview n. (Law) The scope of a statute. • purview n. Scope or range of interest or control. |
| SPEWIER | • SPEWY adj. boggy. |
| SWIPERS | • swipers n. Plural of swiper. • SWIPER n. one who sweeps for old anchors. |
| SWIPIER | • SWIPEY adj. fuddled with malt liquor. |
| WASPIER | • waspier adj. Comparative form of waspy: more waspy. • WASPier adj. Comparative form of WASPy: more WASPy. • WASPY adj. like a wasp, waspish. |
| WEEPIER | • weepier adj. Comparative form of weepy: more weepy. • WEEPY adj. tending to weep. |
| WHIMPER | • whimper n. A low intermittent sob. • whimper v. To cry or sob softly and intermittently. • whimper v. To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain. |
| WHIPPER | • whipper n. A person or thing that whips. • WHIPPER n. one who whips. |
| WHISPER | • whisper n. The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords. • whisper n. (Usually in the plural) A rumor. • whisper n. (Figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something). |
| WIMPIER | • wimpier adj. Comparative form of wimpy: more wimpy. • WIMPY adj. ineffectual, also WIMPISH. |
| WIRETAP | • wiretap n. A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications system in order to allow a third… • wiretap v. To install or to use such a connection. • wire-tap n. Alternative form of wiretap. |
| WISPIER | • wispier adj. Comparative form of wispy: more wispy. • WISPY adj. like a wisp, also WISPISH, WISPLIKE. |
| ZIPWIRE | • zipwire n. Alternative form of zip-wire. • zipwire v. To install, or to ride on a zip-wire. • zip-wire n. Synonym of zipline. |