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Detective [D IH T EH K T IH V] Alliteration | Wikipedia.com | Dictionary.com | Google.com | Images

2 Steps Apart

Defective
Detect
Detected
Detecting
Directive

3 Steps Apart

Addictive
Detector
Directive
Effective
Elective

4 Steps Apart

Additive
Deceptive
Decorative
Defect
Deject
Dejected
Destructive
Detected
Detest
Detested
Direct
Directed
Directing
Directive
Directive
Distinctive
Effected
Elected
Infective
Invective
Undetected

5 Steps Apart

Active
Addict
Addict
Addicted
Adjective
Affective
Attentive
Corrective
Defector
Deflect
Depict
Detract
Dictated
Dictated
Dietetic
Direct
Directed
Directing
Director
Diskette
Divest
Edict
Edited
Editing
Effect
Effective
Effectively
Eject
Elect
Emetic
Erect
Erecting
Evict
Inactive
Inattentive
Indicative
Inductive
Ineffective
Infected
Interactive
Iterative
Octave
Predictive
Predictive
Protective
Redemptive
Reflective
Rejected
Respective
Seductive
Talkative
Tested
Text
Verdict
Victim
Vindictive

6 Steps Apart

Activated
Activist
Activity
Affected
Attested
Attractive
Captive
Collective
Connective
Corrected
Credit
Credited
Dactyl
Deactivate
Decatur
Deceptively
Decorate
Decorated
Deduct
Deductive
Defect
Defensive
Deflector
Degenerative
Deliver
Demented
Dented
Dentist
Depicted
Depressive
Derisive
Derivative
Derivative
Descent
Descriptive
Destruct
Detectable
Detection
Detested
Detroit
Devoted
Dexter
Dextrin
Dictum
Digestive
Direct
Directed
Directing
Directing
Direction
Director
Directorate
Directorship
Directory
Disaffect
Disaffected
Discotheque
Discursive
Disinfect
Dissect
Dissent
Dissenting
Distil
Distill
Distinctively
Distracted
Distressed
Diverted
Diverting
Divestiture
Dyspeptic
Eclectic
Effected
Effected
Effectiveness
Effects
Elected
Electric
Emotive
Endicott
Evocative
Excessive
Executive
Expected
Extensive
Extent
Festive
Fixative
Hectic
Identikit
Imitative
Inactivate
Incentive
Indebted
Indirect
Infect
Inject
Insect
Instinctive
Instructive
Intellect
Intensive
Intent
Interactive
Interject
Intersect
Introspective
Introspective
Intuitive
Inventive
Irrespective
Kinetic
Medicate
Meditative
Misdirect
Neglected
Objective
Pectic
Pectin
Productive
Protected
Quintet
Receptive
Rectitude
Redemptive
Reflected
Reject
Repetitive
Respected
Restive
Sedative
Selective
Selectivity
Tectonic
Tentative
Vented
Vested

7 Steps Apart

Accredit
Accredited
Acquitted
Activase
Actively
Adaptive
Adoptive
Adventist
Alliterative
Alliterative
Attentively
Benedict
Captivate
Captivated
Causative
Causative
Cognitive
Collectivist
Committed
Competitive
Conductive
Connected
Connectivity
Contented
Corruptive
Coveted
Creative
Creditor
Credits
Crested
Deadlocked
Decisive
Decorator
Decreased
Definitive
Delicate
Deliverer
Delivery
Dendritic
Depicted
Depressed
Derelict
Desiccate
Destined
Destructiveness
Determinative
Developed
Dexterity
Diabetic
Dialect
Dialectic
Directed
Directly
Directly
Director
Director
Directorate
Directorship
Directory
Disconnect
Disconnected
Discontent
Discontented
Discount
Discount
Discover
Discreet
Discrete
Dishevel
Disincentive
Disliked
Disparate
Disrespect
Disruptive
Dissenter
Distend
Distinctiveness
Distress
Diuretic
Doctrine
Domestic
Dyslexic
Ecstatic
Educated
Effectively
Electorate
Electra
Electrode
Eruptive
Expect
Expletive
Exploitive
Exploitive
Extend
Extended
Hysteric
Idiotic
Imperative
Inactivity
Incentive
Incorrect
Indelicate
Indexing
Injector
Insectivorous
Inspect
Intellect
Intended
Interconnected
Internet
Inverted
Investing
Levitate
Medivac
Merited
Narrative
Negative
Neglect
Objectivity
Perspective
Predicate
Predict
Preventive
Productive
Productive
Protectively
Quilted
Reactive
Redirect
Reelect
Reflect
Rejected
Relative
Requested
Respect
Respective
Respectively
Restrictive
Retroactive
Sadistic
Selected
Sensitive
Subjective
Syndicate
Synthetic
Systemic
Testicle
Uninfected
Untested

8 Steps Apart

Abducting
Accented
Accepted
Acquisitive
Activism
Arithmetic
Atavistic
Attentiveness
Attractively
Automotive
Captivating
Captivity
Collecting
Collectively
Collectivize
Collectivized
Combative
Combative
Competitive
Congestive
Curative
Decadent
Decelerate
Decorated
Decrepit
Defection
Defending
Defensively
Degenerate
Degenerate
Delectable
Deliberative
Deliberative
Democrat
Democratic
Demonstrative
Dentition
Deprecate
Deprecating
Derisively
Descending
Desecrate
Desecrate
Desecrated
Desecrated
Detention
Devastate
Devastating
Developing
Dextrose
Dextrous
Dictaphone
Didactic
Difficult
Diminutive
Direction
Direction
Directional
Directness
Directness
Directorate
Directorate
Directorship
Directorship
Directory
Directory
Disbelieve
Discounter
Discovered
Discovery
Discovery
Discovery
Discredit
Disheveled
Disinfectant
Dislocated
Dismissive
Dispensed
Dispersive
Dissected
Distemper
Distillate
Distracted
Distributive
Distrust
Diversity
Divertimento
Divestiture
Dividend
Divinity
Educated
Effectiveness
Electoral
Electron
Elevated
Encrusted
Entrenched
Epidemic
Epileptic
Epistemic
Equivocate
Excessively
Exhaustive
Expected
Expedite
Expensive
Exploitative
Expressive
Extensively
Extrovert
Extroverted
Festival
Festivity
Fugitive
Generative
Identical
Illustrative
Impressive
Inclusive
Indirectly
Ineffectiveness
Inequity
Inflected
Initiative
Innovative
Innovative
Inquisitive
Insensitive
Insensitive
Inspector
Instinctively
Intensively
Intently
Interpretive
Intestine
Intestine
Introverted
Intrusive
Intuitively
Inveterate
Laxative
Lividity
Lucrative
Nativist
Nutritive
Objectively
Obstructive
Overactive
Overexcited
Perceptive
Preventive
Primitive
Primitive
Proactive
Productively
Productivity
Prospective
Putative
Quantitative
Radioactive
Receptive
Reclusive
Recuperative
Redecorate
Reflector
Respected
Respects
Retrospective
Secretive
Seductively
Selectively
Sensitive
Sixtieth
Subjectivity
Suggestive
Suspected
Technical
Technically
Technician
Tentatively
Unaffected
Unattractive
Uncorrected
Undetectable
Unexpected
Unprotected
Unreceptive
Validity
Vegetative
Ventilate
Ventilated
Vindicate
Vindicated
Vindictiveness