9-Letter Words Matching A_____V__

There are 14 9-letter words that match A_____V__. 8 are common words, such as ABLATIVES and ABRASIVES. A rarer one is AUDITIVES. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

ablativesabrasivesacycloviradditivesadhesivesaffidavitaggrievedaggrievesagentivalalmsgiverantinovelarchrivalagentivesauditives

About this list

Words
14 (8 common words)
Common example
ablatives
Rare example
auditives
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
I (14)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching a_____v__ are there?

14. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABLATIVES is among the common words in this set.