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

• pedagoguisms
• pedagogy
• pedal
• pedal-action
• pedal bin
• pedal bins
• pedal-board
• pedal-boards
• pedal-bone
• pedal-bones
• pedal-clavier
• pedal cycle
• pedal cycles
• pedaled
• Pedaliaceae
• pedalier
• pedaliers
• pedaling
• pedalled
• pedaller
• pedallers
• pedalling
• pedallings
• pedalo
• pedaloes