abeyance /ə-bāˈəns/ or abeyancy /-ən-si/

1. A state of suspension or temporary inactivity
2. The state of being without a claimant (eg of a peerage)

abeyˈant adjective

• hiccough
• hiccoughed
• hiccoughing
• hiccoughs
• hiccup
• hiccuped
• hiccuping
• hiccups
• hiccupy
• hic et ubique
• hic jacet
• hick
• hickery-pickery
• hickey
• hickeys
• hickories
• hickory
• hicks
• hickwall
• hickwalls
• hic sepultus
• hid
• hidage
• hidages
• hidalga