10-Letter Words with E,S,H,A,N,K,S,_

• a knot for shortening a line

• any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails

• 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)

• a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever

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

• To remove shackles from someone or something.

• To remove restrictions or inhibitions; to allow full freedom and power.

• process or result of becoming less or smaller

• the amount by which something shrinks

• the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store

• showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple

• the quality of a rake

• stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance