accouplement

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ac=cou=ple=ment

CIDE DICTIONARY

accouplement, n. [Cf. F. accouplement.].

•  The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union.  Caxton.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which couples, as a tie or brace.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

accouplement

Junction

N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.