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)

• shopsoiled
• shop steward
• shop stewards
• shop talk
• shop walker
• shop walkers
• shop window
• shop windows
• shopwoman
• shopworn
• shoran
• shorans
• shore
• shorebird
• shorebirds
• shore boat
• shore boats
• shore crab
• shore crabs
• shored
• shore due
• shore dues
• shore effect
• shore effects
• shore-going