Vocabulary : Bestudding to Betaken

Bestudding : of Bestud
Beswike : To lure; to cheat.
Bet : That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager. ;; of Bet ;; To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager. ;; imp. & p. p. of Beat. ;; An early form of Better.
Beta : The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, /. See B, and cf. etymology of Alphabet.
Beta rays : Penetrating rays readily deflected by a magnetic or electric field, emitted by radioactive substances, as radium. They consist of negatively charged particles or electrons, apparently the same in kind as those of the cathode rays, but having much higher velocities (about 35,000 to 180,000 miles per second).

Betacism : Alt. of Betacismus
Betacismus : Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them.
Betaine : A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.
Betake : To take or seize. ;; To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun. ;; To commend or intrust to; to commit to.
Betaken : of Betake

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