elide /ē- or i-līdˈ/

1. To cut off (esp a syllable in verse)
2. To suppress or abridge
3. To rebut (archaic)

elision /i-lizhˈən/ noun

1. The suppression of a vowel or syllable
2. An omission

• half-assed
• halfback
• halfbacks
• half-baked
• half-ball
• half-balls
• half-baptise
• half-baptize
• half-baptized
• half-baptizes
• half-baptizing
• halfbeak
• halfbeaks
• half-binding
• half-blood
• half-blooded
• half-bloods
• half-blue
• half-blues
• half board
• half boards
• half-boot
• half-boots
• half-bound
• half-bred