The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.
The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae.
A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
to combine; to fuse
A concerted effort to push forward mutually advantageous legislative agendas by combining two items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.
The act of balancing on a log floating on a river to guide it downstream, often involving rolling it using one's feet; birling.
Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products, such as book recommendations in literary reviews.
The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.
A sport in which two people balance on a log floating in a body of water, each one aiming to cause the opponent to fall off by rolling or kicking the log.