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Cajoles
- verb - Coax
- influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
- Wheedles
Caliber
- noun - a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
Calipee
- - A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy.
Caliper
- noun - an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural)
- measure the diameter of something with calipers
Caliver
- - An early form of hand gun, a variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore.
Calomel
- noun - a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
Caloyer
- - A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.
Calques
- noun - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
Calumet
- noun - a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
Calyces
- noun - (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green