Anagrams of: BDEEOSTT

• the money risked on a gamble

• the act of gambling

• maintain with or as if with a bet

• stake on the outcome of an issue

• have faith or confidence in

• (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

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• the state of owing something (especially money)

• money or goods or services owed by one person to another

• an obligation to pay or do something

• the state of owing something (especially money)

• money or goods or services owed by one person to another

• an obligation to pay or do something

• tested and proved useful or correct

• tested and proved to be reliable

• a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

• a plot of ground in which plants are growing

• a depression forming the ground under a body of water

• (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

• a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

• single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

• the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.

• a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

• furnish with a bed

• place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

• put to bed

• have sexual intercourse with

• prepare for sleep