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A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like VES often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: absolves, achieves, airwaves.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolves | 8 | 3 | |
| achieves | 8 | 3 | |
| airwaves | 8 | 3 | |
| alewives | 8 | 4 | |
| approves | 8 | 3 | |
| archives | 8 | 3 | |
| beehives | 8 | 3 | |
| behalves | 8 | 3 | |
| behooves | 8 | 3 | |
| believes | 8 | 3 | |
| bereaves | 8 | 3 | |
| bivalves | 8 | 3 | |
| captives | 8 | 3 | |
| codrives | 8 | 3 | |
| commoves | 8 | 3 | |
| concaves | 8 | 3 | |
| connives | 8 | 3 | |
| cursives | 8 | 3 | |
| deceives | 8 | 3 | |
| decurves | 8 | 3 | |
| deleaves | 8 | 3 | |
| depraves | 8 | 3 | |
| deprives | 8 | 3 | |
| deserves | 8 | 3 | |
| devolves | 8 | 3 | |
| dissaves | 8 | 3 | |
| distaves | 8 | 3 | |
| elatives | 8 | 4 | |
| enclaves | 8 | 3 | |
| engraves | 8 | 3 | |
| enslaves | 8 | 3 | |
| exclaves | 8 | 3 | |
| forgives | 8 | 3 | |
| huswives | 8 | 3 | |
| improves | 8 | 3 | |
| incurves | 8 | 3 | |
| innerves | 8 | 3 | |
| involves | 8 | 3 | |
| inweaves | 8 | 3 | |
| jussives | 8 | 3 | |
| khedives | 8 | 3 | |
| lowlives | 8 | 3 | |
| midlives | 8 | 3 | |
| midwives | 8 | 3 | |
| misgives | 8 | 3 | |
| mislives | 8 | 3 | |
| mismoves | 8 | 3 | |
| missives | 8 | 3 | |
| nonlives | 8 | 3 | |
| observes | 8 | 3 | |
| oldwives | 8 | 3 | |
| outgives | 8 | 3 | |
| outlives | 8 | 3 | |
| outloves | 8 | 3 | |
| outmoves | 8 | 3 | |
| outraves | 8 | 3 | |
| passives | 8 | 3 | |
| plosives | 8 | 3 | |
| prelives | 8 | 3 | |
| receives | 8 | 3 | |
| recurves | 8 | 3 | |
| redrives | 8 | 3 | |
| relieves | 8 | 3 | |
| reproves | 8 | 3 | |
| reserves | 8 | 3 | |
| reshaves | 8 | 3 | |
| resolves | 8 | 3 | |
| revolves | 8 | 3 | |
| reweaves | 8 | 3 | |
| scrieves | 8 | 2 | |
| shrieves | 8 | 2 | |
| skydives | 8 | 3 | |
| statives | 8 | 3 | |
| survives | 8 | 3 | |
| ungloves | 8 | 3 | |
| unnerves | 8 | 3 | |
| unreeves | 8 | 3 | |
| unweaves | 8 | 3 | |
| upcurves | 8 | 3 | |
| upheaves | 8 | 3 |
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.