coalition

coalition (http://definr.com/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]