10-Letter Words with E,R,A,N,K,S

• a standard by which something can be measured or judged

• a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

• an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence

• English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)

• A woman skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

• a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces

• Any voucher or note from a merchant to a customer to provide an item the merchant has run out of at a later date for the item's current price, or (in a more literal sense) to provide a service at a later date.

• In social interactions, a polite way to turn down an invitation, with the implication one is simply postponing it and that another time would be acceptable.

• the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

• a mental or physical breakdown

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• a cessation of normal operation

• an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

• (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

• a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg

• hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion