Crem`as*ter"ic (kr?m`3s-t?r"?k), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
Cre"mate (kr?"m?t or kr?-m?t"), v. t. [L. crematus, p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. cr&?; to cook.] To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.
Cre*ma"tion (kr?-m?"sh?n), n. [L. crematio.] A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.
Without cremation . . . of their bodies.
Sir T. Browne.
Cre*ma"tion*ist, n. One who advocates the practice of cremation.
Cre*ma"tor (-t?r), n. [L.] One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes.
{ Crem`a*to"ri*um (kr?m`?-t?"r?-?m), Crem"a*to*ry (kr?m"?-t?-r?), } n.; pl. Crematoriums (-ŭmz), Crematories (-r&?;z). [NL. crematorium, fr. L. cremator.] A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.
Crem"a*to*ry, a. Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.
Crem"o*carp (kr&ebreve;m"&osl;*kńrp or krē"m&osl;-), n. [Gr. kremanny`nai to hang + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
Cre*mo"na (kr&esl;*mō"n˙), n. A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.
||Cre"mor (kr?"m?r), n. [L. CF. Cream.] Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.