cineration

2 definitions found

cineration - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cineration \Cin`er*a"tion\, n. [L. cinis ashes: cf. F.
     cin['e]ration.]
     The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
     [1913 Webster]

cineration - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "cineration":
     blazing, blistering, branding, burning, calcination, carbonization,
     cauterization, cautery, combustion, concremation, cracking,
     cremation, cupellation, deflagration, destructive distillation,
     distillation, distilling, flaming, incineration, oxidation,
     oxidization, parching, pyrolysis, refining, scorching,
     scorification, searing, self-immolation, singeing, smelting,
     suttee, the stake, thermogenesis, vesication