Anagrams of: DEFENSATIVES

• intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack

• an attitude of defensiveness

• attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

• offering fun and gaiety

• the attribute of having a strong offensive smell

• the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

• tending to soothe or tranquilize

• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

• tending to soothe or tranquilize

• firmly closed or secured

• furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike

• fastened with strings or cords

• the decade from 1970 to 1979

• the time of life between 70 and 80

• partial or complete loss of hearing