1. (n.) The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.

2. (n.) To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.

3. (n.) The combination of several actions into one.

Anschluss abbreviation accelerando acceleration accretion addition adherence adhesion affiliation agglomeration agglutination aggravation aggregation alliance amalgamation assimilation association astriction astringency beefing-up blend blending blowing up blowup bottleneck cabal cahoots cartel centralization cervix circumscription cling clinging clotting clumping clustering coadunation coagulation coalescence coalition coarctation coherence cohesion cohesiveness colleagueship collegialism collegiality combination combine combo compactedness compaction composition compression compressure comradeship concentration concretion condensation confederacy confederation confraternity congealment congelation congeries conglobation conglomeration conjugation conjunction conspiracy constriction constringency contraction contracture copartnership copartnery curtailment decrease deepening densification diminuendo ecumenism embodiment encompassment enhancement enosis exacerbation exaggeration explosion federalization federation fellowship fraternalism fraternity fraternization freemasonry fusion hardening heating-up heightening hookup hourglass hourglass figure inclusion incorporation information explosion inseparability integration intensification isthmus junction junta knitting league magnification marriage meld melding mergence merger merging narrow place narrowing neck package package deal partnership pickup population explosion puckering pursing redoubling reduction reinforcement set shortening sodality solidification sorority speedup step-up sticking stranglement strangulation strengthening striction stricture syncretism syndication syneresis synthesis systole tie-in tie-up tightening unification union wasp waist wedding wrinkling