List of letter deletion indicators

This is an incomplete list of letter deletion indicators. Note that deleting all the middle letters is equivalent to selecting the first and last letters; those indicators which explicitly suggest selection of these letters may be found over at the selection indicators list. Indicators such as "regularly" suggesting selection of alternate letters may also be found on the selection indicators list, though ones suggesting deletion are included here. =      First letter       =

=      Last letter       =
 * beheaded
 * decapitated
 * don't start
 * failing to start
 * headless
 * headlessly
 * heading off
 * leaderless
 * lead-free
 * needing no introduction
 * not originally
 * topless
 * unopened

=      Both first and last letters       =
 * abbreviated
 * abrupt
 * abruptly
 * bottomless
 * brief
 * briefly
 * clipped
 * contract
 * cut short
 * detailed
 * docked
 * endless
 * endlessly
 * incomplete
 * mostly
 * nearly
 * no end of
 * short
 * shortly
 * unfinished

=      Middle one or two letters       =
 * endless
 * endlessly
 * limitless
 * limitlessly
 * peeled
 * shelled
 * side-splitting
 * topped and tailed
 * unlimited
 * wingless

=     All middle letters      =
 * disheartened
 * heartless
 * heartlessly

=  Alternate letters   =
 * disembowelled
 * empty
 * evacuated
 * gutted

=      Half of the middle two letters       =
 * making regular sacrifices
 * regularly ignored


 * half-heartedly