• arthropodal, arthropodous
• to coax, to cozy up to sy, to fawn upon, to flatter, to lay it on thick, to make fair weather, to smarm, to stroke, to stroke down, to suck up to sy, to sugar, to toady, to wheedle
• buttery, coaxing, complimentary, encomiast, fawning, flatterer, flattering, pip-squeak, pipsqueak, smarmy, smooth, spaniel, sycophant, sycophantic, tame spaniel, toady
• blandishment, blarney, butter, cajolery, coaxing, flattery, soft soap, soft solder, sycophancy, toadyism
• coaxing, ingratiating, insinuating, silken, suave, sweet, unctuous
• diesel engine, diesel locomotive