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

• brood-sac
• broody
• brook
• brooked
• brooking
• brookite
• brookites
• brooklet
• brooklets
• brooklime
• brooklimes
• brooks
• brook trout
• brookweed
• brookweeds
• brool
• brools
• broom
• broomball
• broomballs
• broom-corn
• broomed
• broomier
• broomiest
• brooming