catalectic /ka-tə-lekˈtik/

1. Incomplete
2. Lacking one syllable in the last foot (prosody)

• postal tube
• postal tubes
• postal union
• postal unions
• postal vote
• postal votes
• post and pair
• postbag
• postbags
• post-bellum
• postbox
• postboxes
• post boy
• post boys
• postbus
• postbuses
• rearguard
• rearguards
• rearhorse
• rearhorses
• rearing
• rearise
• rearisen
• rearises
• rearising