8-Letter Words with D,E,M,O,T,E,_,_

• compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

• try to stir up public opinion

• bathe with warm water or medicated lotions

• a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

• a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

• a term of address for an elderly woman

• a term of address for a mother superior

• a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

• care for like a mother

• make (offspring) by reproduction

• the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue

• place in a grave or tomb

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

• a person who takes a position in the political center

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• a meter that shows mileage traversed

• unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic