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Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.

A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.

One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.

The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.

Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions.

A catechumen. Bp. Morton.

The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n.., 2.

Steel produced by cementation; blister steel.

Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes. R. Owen.

The act or process of cementing.

Having the quality of cementating or uniting firmly.

A person or thing that cements.

Of the nature of cement. [R.] Forsyth.

A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.

The yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the external ear; the earwax.

An assessment or tax. [Obs.] Johnson.

The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. Cleaceland.

Encouragement; comfort. [Obs.] Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.

Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene.