Anagrams of: ABEEST

• a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

• moderate or restrain; lessen the force of

• flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons

• soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments

• a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

• cover with liquid before cooking

• strike violently and repeatedly

• sew together loosely, with large stitches

• wasting of the body during a chronic disease

• annoy continually or chronically

• assail or attack on all sides:

• decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

• assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

• biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

• round red root vegetable

• the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet

• beets

• second in order of importance

• preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product

• (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities

• the supreme effort one can make

• Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)

• the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others

• in a most excellent way or manner

• it would be sensible

• from a position of superiority or authority

• (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable

• get the better of