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Defending [D IH F EH N D IH NG] Alliteration | Wikipedia.com | Dictionary.com | Google.com | Images

2 Steps Apart

Defend
Descending

3 Steps Apart

Deadening
Deafening
Defender
Defining
Dissenting
Ending
Offending

4 Steps Apart

Bending
Deadening
Deafening
Defence
Defense
Defensive
Defined
Demanding
Depend
Descend
Dissenting
Dwindling
Ended
Ephedrine
Fencing
Fend
Finding
Founding
Funding
Impending
Inning
Lending
Mending
Offended
Pending
Rending
Sending
Tending
Vending

5 Steps Apart

Ascending
Attending
Bedding
Befriend
Beheading
Bended
Bidding
Blending
Condescending
Daring
Dawning
Deciding
Decoding
Defendant
Define
Demeaning
Dented
Designing
Digging
Dining
Discerning
Distend
Dowding
Downing
Drenching
Drifting
Dumbfounding
Dwindling
Editing
Encoding
Endearing
Endive
Enduring
Entering
Fading
Fawning
Feeding
Feigning
Fender
Fetching
Fiddling
Findings
Fondling
Foundering
Foundling
Friend
Funded
Heading
Hindering
Indebted
Indexing
Indic
Inducing
Innings
Intended
Invading
Kenning
Kindling
Nodding
Offend
Penning
Pfennig
Pinning
Reading
Redding
Refining
Rendering
Shedding
Sinning
Spending
Stiffening
Thinning
Unending
Wedding
Winning

6 Steps Apart

Amended
Banding
Binding
Blended
Bonding
Building
Dairying
Dancing
Daunting
Dawdling
Debriefing
Defeated
Defect
Defection
Defective
Defensively
Defraud
Defusing
Degrading
Demandingly
Depressing
Descent
Despairing
Destined
Detecting
Dickhead
Diffusing
Diphthong
Directing
Dissent
Dithering
Doddering
Draining
Dreaded
Dresden
Dressing
Drilling
Dripping
Droning
Dwelling
Eddington
Edifying
Edited
Editing
Effected
Eluding
Enduring
Ensuing
Entering
Eroding
Fastening
Fattening
Feathering
Feathering
Fermenting
Ferrying
Fielding
Fiendish
Finishing
Flaring
Fleming
Flooding
Folding
Fondling
Forbidding
Forbidding
Friendship
Frowning
Furnishing
Gilding
Grinning
Headwind
Impend
Impounding
Inbreeding
Incurring
Indulging
Infected
Infidel
Infrared
Intend
Intruding
Landing
Listening
Lynching
Maddening
Meddling
Menninger
Middling
Mincing
Offended
Offender
Peddling
Piddling
Pounding
Printing
Readying
Reckoning
Refined
Refreshing
Refund
Renewing
Renting
Rinsing
Rounding
Ruining
Sensing
Shifting
Sickening
Sifting
Sledding
Softening
Sounding
Spiffing
Spinning
Stiffening
Tenting
Thickening
Unbending
Undefined
Undoing
Undying
Venting
Welding
Winding
Winnings
Winnowing
Wounding
Wrenching

7 Steps Apart

Abounding
Addendum
Affecting
Appendage
Befitting
Beginning
Benedick
Blinding
Boyfriend
Branding
Broadening
Bundling
Censoring
Centering
Christening
Cleansing
Condemning
Condensing
Confiding
Confounding
Daffodil
Damaging
Dampening
Darkening
Debasing
Deciphered
Declared
Deepening
Defeated
Defector
Defenseless
Defensiveness
Defiance
Defiant
Deficient
Definitive
Deflated
Deflect
Deflection
Deformed
Defunct
Denigrating
Density
Dentist
Deserving
Detailing
Detected
Determining
Detested
Developing
Devising
Devouring
Difference
Difference
Different
Different
Differential
Differentiated
Differently
Diffused
Dignified
Diminishing
Directing
Direction
Disaffected
Disappointing
Disinfect
Dismaying
Disorienting
Dispense
Dissembling
Dissenter
Distressing
Diverting
Downswing
Downwind
Drafting
Dribbling
Drizzling
Dumbfound
Dumbfounded
Effected
Effective
Enabling
Enchanting
Encouraging
Endemic
Endicott
Endorphin
Engender
Enjoining
Enlisting
Ennobling
Enticing
Erecting
Exceeding
Expend
Expending
Expounding
Extend
Fashioning
Fastening
Fattening
Featherbedding
Federated
Ferdinand
Festering
Financing
Fledgling
Forensic
Frederick
Frederick
Frenzied
Friendly
Frightening
Gardening
Glinting
Glistening
Grinding
Grounding
Handling
Hardening
Impeding
Incoming
Indentured
Infective
Inflaming
Informing
Inoffensive
Interfering
Investing
Kidnapping
Laundering
Leavening
Lessening
Listening
Long-winded
Maddening
Meddling
Medellin
Menacing
Middling
Misspend
Never-ending
Offensive
Peddling
Pharynx
Piddling
Pondering
Pretending
Printing
Quenching
Receding
Reckoning
Redeeming
Redefine
Reducing
Refining
Reflecting
Regaining
Remaining
Returning
Sickening
Softening
Spreading
Standing
Sudafed
Surrounding
Thickening
Threadfin
Threatening
Thundering
Undefeated
Underling
Unfolding
Unfounded
Unfunded
Unintended
Unloading
Wandering
Whitening
Widening
Windmill
Winfred
Wondering
Woodwind
Ziegfeld

8 Steps Apart

Accenting
Admonishing
Advancing
Appendix
Apprehend
Astounding
Bargaining
Bedridden
Beholding
Benedict
Bennington
Broadening
Bundling
Christening
Commanding
Conceding
Conditioning
Confining
Confounded
Consenting
Crescendo
Dampening
Darkening
Daydreaming
Decreasing
Defeatist
Defensible
Deferment
Deficiency
Definition
Deflation
Deflector
Degenerate
Degenerate
Dementia
Dentition
Depicting
Depressingly
Desensitizing
Despising
Detected
Detection
Detective
Detention
Diaphanous
Dictaphone
Differentiate
Differentiate
Differentiated
Diffusion
Dimension
Diphtheria
Directing
Directing
Directness
Disabling
Disaffect
Disaffection
Disappointing
Disarming
Disfigure
Disfigured
Disheartening
Dishwashing
Disinfection
Dismantling
Dismantling
Disparaging
Dispensed
Dispenser
Dissension
Dissolving
Distinct
Disturbing
Domineering
Dominica
Downsizing
Dribbling
Driftwood
Drizzling
Dysphoric
Enabling
Enabling
Enchanting
Encircling
Enclosing
Encouraging
Encroaching
Energizing
Engineering
Engraving
Engrossing
Entertaining
Enveloping
Envisioning
Expelling
Fairground
Fairyland
Fandango
Feminism
Feminist
Financing
Financing
Foreboding
Forensic
Forensics
Foretelling
Forwarding
Freestanding
Friendliness
Frightening
Frowningly
Gardening
Girlfriend
Glistening
Groundling
Handling
Hardening
Hendrix
Identified
Impinging
Imprinting
Increasing
Indebtedness
Independence
Independent
Indifference
Indifference
Indifferent
Indifferent
Indigent
Indistinct
Ineffective
Infantile
Infection
Infidelity
Infinity
Inflated
Inflected
Inheriting
Innuendo
Inquiring
Insisting
Inspiring
Inspiring
Installing
Instilling
Instinct
Insulting
Intensified
Intensify
Intensifying
Interdict
Interfering
Interlink
Intifada
Intriguing
Lamenting
Left-handed
Lengthening
Life-threatening
Meandering
Misleading
Misreading
Misspelling
Misspend
Pharaonic
Pitchblende
Plundering
Professing
Quickening
Rebuilding
Reclining
Recording
Recounting
Redheaded
Reflected
Rendition
Resounding
Resoundingly
Rewarding
Schadenfreude
Schizophrenic
Self-defence
Self-defense
Signaling
Spellbinding
Squinting
Surroundings
Symphonic
Threatening
Underlying
Undeserving
Unedited
Unflinching
Uninfected
Unyielding
Uplifting
Venerating
Whitening
Wrongheaded
Zinfandel