Synonyms of the word

interbreeding

• v. present participle of interbreed.
• n. breeding within a narrow range of individuals.

breeding

• n. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
• n. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
• n. The act of copulation in animals.
• n. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
• n. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
• n. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
• n. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
• adj. Of, relating to or used for breeding.
• v. present participle of breed.

conjugation

• n. The coming together of things.
• n. (biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction.
• n. Sexual relations within marriage.
• n. (grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they…
• n. (grammar) The act of conjugating a verb.
• n. (grammar) The conjugated forms of a verb.
• n. (chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds.
• n. (mathematics) A mapping sending x to gxg^-1, where g and x are elements of a group; inner automorphism.
• n. (mathematics) A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; complex…

coupling

• v. present participle of couple.
• n. act of joining together to form a couple.
• n. a device that couples two things together.
• n. (computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules.
• n. (electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
• n. (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other.
• n. (sexuality) sexual intercourse.

cross

• n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
• n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
• n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
• n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
• n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
• n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
• n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
• n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
• n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
• n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
• n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
• n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
• n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
• n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
• n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
• n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
• n. A line drawn across or through another line.
• n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
• n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
• n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
• adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
• adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
• adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
• adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
• adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
• prep. (archaic) across.
• prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
• v. To make or form a cross.
• v. To move relatively.
• v. (social) To oppose.
• v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
• v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…

crossbreeding

• v. present participle of crossbreed.

crossing

• n. An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
• n. A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
• n. A voyage across a body of water.
• n. (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church;…
• n. Movement into a crossed position.
• n. (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
• n. A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
• adj. (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
• v. present participle of cross.

hybridisation

• n. Alternative form of hybridization.

hybridization

• n. The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.
• n. (transport) the conversion of a fleet of vehicles to hybrids.

hybridizing

• v. present participle of hybridize.

mating

• adj. Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
• n. (zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
• v. present participle of mate.

miscegenation

• n. (chiefly US) The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage.
• n. (figuratively) A mixing or blending, especially one which is considered to be inappropriate.

pairing

• n. The combination or union of two things.
• v. present participle of pair.

procreation

• n. The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind.
• n. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring.

reproduction

• n. The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
• n. The act of making copies.
• n. A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.

union

• n. (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being united or joined.
• n. (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts…
• n. (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
• n. (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some…
• n. (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
• n. (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
• n. (countable) The act or state of marriage.
• n. (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
• n. (countable, computing) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a…
• n. (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
• v. To combine sets using the union operation.