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

• bullocks
• bullock's-heart
• bullocky
• bull-of-the-bog
• bull pen
• bull pens
• bull point
• bull points
• bull-pup
• bull-pups
• bullring
• bullrings
• bull-roarer
• bull-roarers
• bulls
• bull session
• bull sessions
• bull's-eye
• bull's-eyes
• bull shark
• bull sharks
• bullshit
• bullshits
• bullshitted
• bunded