Answer:

elision

Answer	Crossword Clue
ELISION	Apostrophe's purpose, often
ELISION	Utterance of "fo'c's'le" or "bos'n"
ELISION	Speaker's omission

ELISION	Speaker's shortcut
ELISION	What "o'er" is an example of
ELISION	Slurring
ELISION	Talkin' like this
ELISION	Syllable skipping
ELISION	Pronunciation omission
ELISION	Sound loss
ELISION	A striking out.

ELISION	Striking out part of a word.
ELISION	Slurring over of a vowel.
ELISION	Suppression of a vowel.
ELISION	Euphonic omission.
ELISION	Relative of syncope.
ELISION	Omission of a vowel.
ELISION	Syncope.
ELISION	Omission of a syllable.

ELISION	Vowel suppression.
ELISION	Vowel omission.
ELISION	Omission
ELISION	Act of omitting
ELISION	Syllable omission
ELISION	Omission, as of a vowel
ELISION	Apocope
ELISION	Dropping of a vowel in pronunciation

ELISION	A dropping-out
ELISION	Vowel omission
ELISION	A going-over
ELISION	What an apostrophe may signal
ELISION	Skip it
ELISION	Fo'c'sle feature
ELISION	Jack-o'-lantern feature
ELISION	Will-o'-the-wisp feature

ELISION	Omission of a vowel in pronunciation
ELISION	Vowel suppression
ELISION	Omission of a syllable in pronunciation
ELISION	Something Cap'n Crunch has