Anagrams of: TERMPAPER

• a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

• acquire for oneself before others can do so

• take the place of or have precedence over

• gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)

• make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge

• treat with excessive indulgence

• a clerk who marks data on a chart

• Preamplifier

• Preamplify

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery

• arrange by systematic planning and united effort

• educate for a future role or function

• create by training and teaching

• lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord

• undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession

• someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)

• pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

• To apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.