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Words ending with VES (10-letter)

A curated list of 10-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like VES often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: aardwolves, adjectives, adventives.

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73 words

Word	Length	Syllables
aardwolves	10	3
adjectives	10	4
adventives	10	4
afterlives	10	4
autoclaves	10	4
calmatives	10	4
causatives	10	4
champleves	10	3
cookstoves	10	3
corrosives	10	4
cowlstaves	10	3
defectives	10	4
defensives	10	4
detectives	10	4
detersives	10	4
digestives	10	4
directives	10	4
drawknives	10	3
drawshaves	10	3
effectives	10	4
exclusives	10	4
executives	10	5
expletives	10	4
explosives	10	4
flagstaves	10	3
forehooves	10	4
formatives	10	4
fricatives	10	4
gerundives	10	4
housewives	10	4
implosives	10	4
incentives	10	4
inceptives	10	4
intensives	10	4
intrusives	10	4
invectives	10	4
jackknives	10	3
kerchieves	10	3
longleaves	10	3
meatloaves	10	3
microwaves	10	4
misbehaves	10	4
mooncalves	10	3
narratives	10	4
nonnatives	10	4
objectives	10	4
obsessives	10	4
offensives	10	4
operatives	10	5
overdrives	10	4
palsgraves	10	3
pikestaves	10	4
primitives	10	4
privatives	10	4
purgatives	10	4
reapproves	10	3
recessives	10	4
reengraves	10	3
reflexives	10	4
reobserves	10	3
semibreves	10	4
sensitives	10	4
shinleaves	10	3
shortwaves	10	3
superwaves	10	4
superwives	10	4
tentatives	10	4
themselves	10	3
undeceives	10	4
unreserves	10	4
werewolves	10	4
woodstoves	10	3
yourselves	10	3

FAQs

What’s typical about VES-ending words?
VES often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.

Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.