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Words That End With VES
4-Letter Words
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2 found
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aves
eves
5-Letter Words
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27 found
)
caves
coves
dives
doves
eaves
elves
faves
fives
gives
gyves
haves
hives
jives
laves
lives
loves
moves
naves
neves
oaves
paves
raves
rives
roves
saves
waves
wives
6-Letter Words
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65 found
)
aboves
agaves
beeves
braves
breves
calves
carves
chives
claves
cloves
corves
craves
curves
deaves
delves
drives
droves
fauves
gloves
graves
groves
halves
heaves
helves
hooves
keeves
knaves
knives
leaves
loaves
mauves
naives
nerves
nieves
ogives
olives
peeves
pelves
proves
reaves
reeves
reives
salves
selves
serves
shaves
shives
shoves
sieves
skives
slaves
soaves
solves
staves
stoves
swives
traves
troves
turves
valves
varves
verves
waives
weaves
wolves
7-Letter Words
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48 found
)
actives
alcoves
arrives
behaves
behoves
cleaves
datives
derives
dwarves
endives
evolves
glaives
greaves
grieves
grooves
motives
natives
octaves
regives
releves
relives
removes
repaves
revives
scarves
scrives
sheaves
sheeves
shelves
shrives
sleaves
sleeves
slieves
slurves
starves
steeves
strives
swerves
thieves
thraves
thrives
twelves
unlives
updives
votives
wharves
wherves
zouaves
8-Letter Words
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81 found
)
absolves
achieves
airwaves
alewives
approves
archives
beehives
behalves
behooves
believes
bereaves
bivalves
captives
codrives
commoves
concaves
connives
cursives
deceives
decurves
deleaves
depraves
deprives
deserves
devolves
dissaves
distaves
elatives
enclaves
engraves
enslaves
exclaves
forgives
huswives
improves
incurves
innerves
involves
inweaves
jussives
khedives
lowlives
midlives
midwives
misgives
mislives
mismoves
missives
nonlives
observes
oldwives
outgives
outlives
outloves
outmoves
outraves
passives
plosives
prelives
prepaves
receives
recurves
redrives
relieves
reproves
reserves
reshaves
resolves
revolves
reweaves
scrieves
shrieves
skydives
statives
survives
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9-Letter Words
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81 found
)
ablatives
abrasives
additives
adhesives
agentives
aggrieves
auditives
autosaves
aversives
burgraves
coderives
coevolves
conceives
conclaves
conserves
contrives
convolves
creatives
curatives
disproves
disserves
dissolves
donatives
duratives
ejectives
electives
endleaves
ergatives
eruptives
farmwives
fishwives
fixatives
flyleaves
folklives
foxgloves
fugitives
genitives
goodwives
halflives
illatives
kalewives
ladyloves
laxatives
lenitives
locatives
mangroves
margraves
misdrives
negatives
nonselves
nosedives
optatives
ourselves
outbraves
outcurves
outdrives
outserves
overlives
overloves
oversaves
penknives
perceives
picowaves
positives
preserves
presolves
regrooves
relatives
reprieves
restrives
retrieves
ringdoves
sedatives
subserves
tipstaves
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10-Letter Words
(
70 found
)
aardwolves
adjectives
adventives
afterlives
autoclaves
calmatives
causatives
champleves
cookstoves
corrosives
defensives
detectives
detersives
digestives
directives
drawknives
drawshaves
effectives
exclusives
executives
expletives
explosives
forehooves
formatives
fricatives
gerundives
housewives
implosives
incentives
inceptives
intensives
intrusives
invectives
jackknives
kerchieves
longleaves
meatloaves
microwaves
misbehaves
mooncalves
narratives
nightlives
nonnatives
objectives
obsessives
offensives
operatives
overdrives
palsgraves
pikestaves
privatives
purgatives
quotatives
reapproves
recessives
reengraves
reflexives
reobserves
semibreves
sensitives
shinleaves
shortwaves
superwaves
tentatives
themselves
undeceives
unreserves
werewolves
woodstoves
yourselves
11-Letter Words
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41 found
)
aftershaves
apperceives
appositives
architraves
bookshelves
collectives
constatives
correctives
definitives
derivatives
diminutives
disapproves
disbelieves
hyperdrives
inchoatives
indicatives
infinitives
initiatives
interfluves
interleaves
interweaves
locomotives
misbelieves
nominatives
outachieves
palliatives
pejoratives
pendentives
possessives
preapproves
preventives
recitatives
reconceives
redissolves
semidwarves
spokeshaves
subversives
sugarloaves
theirselves
turtledoves
waterleaves
12-Letter Words
(
34 found
)
affirmatives
affricatives
alternatives
antitussives
attributives
carminatives
cloverleaves
comparatives
conjunctives
consumptives
cooperatives
correlatives
countermoves
deverbatives
diapositives
hypotensives
microgrooves
misconceives
misperceives
nonrelatives
overachieves
perspectives
pocketknives
preconceives
preparatives
prerogatives
progressives
provocatives
restoratives
restrictives
shirtsleeves
subjunctives
substantives
superlatives
13-Letter Words
(
16 found
)
cryopreserves
denominatives
disincentives
ditransitives
manipulatives
mantelshelves
neckerchieves
nonexecutives
normotensives
performatives
photoengraves
preservatives
preventatives
quarterstaves
reproductives
underachieves
14-Letter Words
(
9 found
)
collaboratives
commemoratives
contraceptives
demonstratives
frequentatives
handkerchieves
interrogatives
nonderivatives
retrospectives
15-Letter Words
(
2 found
)
contrapositives
representatives
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