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20 answers for: Omits a written sound or syllable when speaking
RANKANSWERCLUE
ELIDESOmits a written sound or syllable when speaking
ARFSSandy's written sounds
ELIDEOmit (a sound or syllable) when speaking
ELISIONThe leaving out of a sound or syllable when speaking (7)
APOCOPEOmission of the final sound or syllable of a word, as when photograph becomes photo (7)
PROSTHESISExperts' treatise on the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word (10)
APOCOPATETo omit the last sound or syllable of a word (9)
SUFFIXA letter or syllable added to the end of a word (6)
LIPOGRAMSCompositions in which a writer omits a certain letter of the alphabet
TRALAMeaningless syllables when humming a tune (3-2)
SYNCOPEOmission of a letter or syllable from the middle of a word, as in the common pronunciations of Wednesday, library etc. (7)
METATHESISTransposition of sounds or syllables in a word, or of words in a sentence (10)
ACCENTEDOf a word or syllable, stressed (8)
THISTLESpecified yarn omits a plant (7)
EERContraction that omits a "v"
MAOISTCarelessly omits a Chinese revolutionary
OERPoetic preposition that omits a "v"
EXTRATax return lodged in time omits a bonus
LASSyllables when you forget the words
MANTRAIn Hinduism, a sacred word or syllable used as an object of concentration and holding some spiritual power (6)