10-Letter Words Containing: A,N,K,E,D

• a large knife with one or more folding blades

• a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out

• dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife

• To break up into small, mutually hostile units, especially on a political basis.

• (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

• roundabout or ambiguous

• a backhanded blow

• the wick of a candle

• loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern

• intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system

• initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state

• a very thorough search of a person or a place

• extortion of money (as by blackmail)

• grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)