merging (n.)
- acme
- agglomeration
- agglutination
- aggregation
- apex
- apogee
- articulation
- blending
- bond
- climax
- clustering
- combination
- combining
- communication
- concatenation
- concourse
- concurrence
- confluence
- congeries
- conglomeration
- conjugation
- conjunction
- connection
- convergence
- copulation
- coupling
- culmination
- federal
- fusing
- gathering
- hookup
- intercommunication
- intercourse
- joinder
- joining
- jointure
- junction
- liaison
- linkage
- linking
- marriage
- meeting
- merger
- pairing
- peak
- pinnacle
- splice
- summit
- symbiosis
- tie
- tie-in
- tie-up
- unification
- union
- uniting
- zenith