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

• impeding
• impedingly
• impeditive
• impel
• impelled
• impellent
• impellents
• impeller
• impellers
• impelling
• impels
• impend
• impended
• impendence
• impendences
• impendencies
• impendency
• impendent
• impending
• impends
• impenetrabilities
• impenetrability
• gump
• gumped
• gumphion