The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ointment \Oint"ment\, n. [OE. oinement, OF. oignement, fr. F.
   oindre to anoint, L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. a[~n]j,
   and to G. anke (in Switzerland) butter. The first t in the E.
   word is due to the influence of anoint. Cf. Anoint,
   Unguent.]
   That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used
   for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ointment
    n 1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine)
         applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an
         irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm,
         salve]
    2: toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form
       of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing
       effect when applied to the skin [syn: cream, ointment,
       emollient]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

75 Moby Thesaurus words for "ointment":
   balm, balsam, blunt, boodle, brass, bread, brilliantine, bucks,
   cabbage, cerate, chips, chrism, chrismal, chrismation, chrismatory,
   chrisom, cold cream, collyrium, cream, demulcent, dinero, dough,
   dressing, embrocation, emollient, extreme unction, eye-lotion,
   eyewash, eyewater, face cream, gelt, gilt, grease, green,
   green stuff, hand lotion, inunction, inunctum, jack, kale, lanolin,
   last rites, lenitive, liniment, lotion, mazuma, moolah, mopus,
   nard, oil, oil of palms, oof, ooftish, petrolatum, pomade, pomatum,
   rhino, rocks, sacramental anointment, sacred unction, salve,
   shekels, simoleons, soothing syrup, spikenard, spondulics, sugar,
   the needful, tin, unction, unguent, unguentum, viaticum, vulnerary,
   wampum



Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Ointment
   Various fragrant preparations, also compounds for medical
   purposes, are so called (Ex. 30:25; Ps. 133:2; Isa. 1:6; Amos
   6:6; John 12:3; Rev. 18:13).