Anagrams of: VENTILATIVE

• a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

• smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

• resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

• expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen

• expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage

• circulate through and freshen

• give expression or utterance to

• furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape

• a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

• device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone

• control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid

• the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs

• one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods

• cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity

• be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

• remedy that eases pain and discomfort

• moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

• an examination conducted by spoken communication

• lack of sophistication or worldliness

• a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• make imperfect

• take away the legal force of or render ineffective