Anagrams of: BEATINGS

• the act of overcoming or outdoing

• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

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

• moistening a roast as it is cooking

• (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

• installation from which a military force initiates operations

• a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries

• lowest support of a structure

• a place that the runner must touch before scoring

• the bottom or lowest part

• (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment

• a lower limit

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• a support or foundation

• a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

• any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

• the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

• the most important or necessary part of something

• (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

• the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

• the principal ingredient of a mixture

• a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

• (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

• serving as or forming a base

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal

• not adhering to ethical or moral principles

• having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

• illegitimate

• debased; not genuine

• use as a basis for; found on

• situate as a center of operations

• use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

• 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

• Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

• set in motion, cause to start

• begin to speak or say

• be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series

• have a beginning, of a temporal event

• have a beginning characterized in some specified way

• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

• achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative

• begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

• the state or fact of existing

• a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

• any act of immoderate indulgence

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• to watch a large amount of media in a single seating