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

• springalds
• spring a leak
• springals
• spring a mine
• spring balance
• spring balances
• spring beauties
• spring beauty
• spring beetle
• spring beetles
• spring-bladed
• springboard
• springboards
• springbok
• springboks
• spring box
• spring boxes
• springbuck
• springbucks
• spring-carriage
• spring-carriages
• spring-cart
• spring-carts
• spring chicken
• spring chickens