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

• hobby-horsical
• hobbyism
• hobbyisms
• hobbyist
• hobbyists
• hobbyless
• hobday
• hobdayed
• hobdaying
• hobdays
• hobgoblin
• hobgoblinism
• hobgoblinisms
• hobgoblinries
• hobgoblinry
• hobgoblins
• hobjob
• hobjobbed
• hobjobber
• make sense of
• make sheep's eyes at
• makeshift
• makeshifts
• make short work of
• make so free as to