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

• nephelometry
• nephew
• nephews
• nepho-
• nephogram
• nephograms
• nephograph
• nephographs
• nephologic
• nephological
• nephologies
• nephologist
• nephologists
• nephology
• nephoscope
• nephoscopes
• nephr-
• nephralgia
• nephralgias
• nephralgies
• nephralgy
• nephrectomies
• nephrectomy
• nephric
• nephridia