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Other crossword clues for answer "ELISION"

ELISION
Utterance of "fo'c's'le" or "bos'n"
Speaker's omission
Speaker's shortcut
What "o'er" is an example of
Apostrophe's purpose, often
Slurring
Talkin' like this
Syllable skipping
Pronunciation omission
Jack-o'-lantern feature
Saying "I dunno," say
Speech shortening
Sound loss
A striking out.
Striking out part of a word.
Slurring over of a vowel.
Suppression of a vowel.
Euphonic omission.
Relative of syncope.
Omission of a vowel.
Syncope.
Omission of a syllable.
Vowel suppression.
Vowel omission.
Omission
Act of omitting
Syllable omission
Omission, as of a vowel
Apocope
Dropping of a vowel in pronunciation
A dropping-out
A going-over
What an apostrophe may signal
Skip it
Fo'c'sle feature
Will-o'-the-wisp feature
Feature of "G'day" or "Yes'm"
Omission of a vowel in pronunciation
Omission of a syllable in pronunciation