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

• stillers
• stillest
• still have shot in the locker
• still-head
• still-heads
• stillhouse
• stillhouses
• still hunt
• still-hunt
• still-hunted
• still-hunter
• still-hunters
• still hunting
• still-hunting
• still hunts
• still-hunts
• stillicide
• stillicides
• stillier
• stilliest
• stilling
• stillings
• stillion
• stillions
• still life