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

• soft sawders
• soft science
• soft sculpture
• soft-sectored
• soft-sectoring
• soft sell
• soft-sell
• soft sells
• soft-shell
• soft-shelled
• soft-shells
• soft-shoe
• soft skills
• soft-slow
• soft soap
• soft-soap
• soft-soaped
• soft-soaping
• soft soaps
• soft-soaps
• soft sore
• soft sores
• soft sowder
• soft-sowder
• soft spile