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

• Yorkshire pudding
• Yorkshire puddings
• Yorkshire terrier
• Yorkshire terriers
• Yoruba
• yotta-
• you
• you-all
• you and yours
• you are in good company
• you beauty
• you bet
• you can'can talk
• you can say that again
• you can't talk
• you can't win
• you could have knocked me down with a feather
• you'd
• you don't say
• youk
• you know
• you-know-what
• you-know-who
• you'll
• you name it