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

• hour
• hour-angle
• hour-angles
• hour-circle
• hour-circles
• hourglass
• hourglasses
• hour hand
• hour hands
• houri
• houris
• hourlong
• hourly
• hour of cause
• hourplate
• hourplates
• hours
• house
• house agent
• house agents
• house arrest
• houseboat
• houseboats
• house-bote
• house-botes