accoupling
/əˈkʌplɪŋ/Now rare
noun
The act of joining two persons or things into a couple or pair, or together; coupling, mating; especially union in marriage.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas More (1478–1535), lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr. From accouple + -ing.
- decapitate
- decapitation
- decapitation strike
- decapitator
- decapod
- Decapoda
- decapodan
- decapsulate
- decapsulation
- decarbonise
- decarbonization
- decarbonize
- decarbonizer
- decarboxylase
- decarboxylate
- decarboxylation
- decarburise
- decarburization
- decarburize
- decastyle
- decasyllabic
- decasyllable
- decathlete
- decathlon
- Decatur