coalition
     n 1: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact
          or treaty [syn: {alliance}, {alignment}, {alinement}]
          [ant: {nonalignment}]
     2: the state of being combined into one body [syn: {fusion}]
     3: the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;
        the growing together of parts [syn: {coalescence}, {coalescency},
         {concretion}, {conglutination}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0