agglomerating

Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agglomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agglomerating.] [L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See Glomerate.] To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. [1913 Webster]