10-Letter Words Containing K,A,N,E,H,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

• 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)

• 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.

• a container that is usually woven and has handles

• not bound by shackles and chains