The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word UNION
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More clues leading to the result UNION
- Club foot’s swelling, but not at the tip
- Were bachelor to join this marriage there'd be trouble afoot
- Something nasty afoot has leader deserting alliance
- President wanting vote to support acceptable alliance
- . Public sector workers give up Sunday league
- What might call on you to strike a match
- Place to learn about harmony
- Remove tip from inflammation for wedding, perhaps
- Harmony in marriage
- Marriage, something painful afoot, non-starter
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What does UNION mean?
UNION noun- The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- A trade union; a workers' union.
- An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- The act or state of marriage.
- Sexual intercourse.
- A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- A large, high-quality pearl.
- An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
- To combine sets using the union operation.