besylicDenoting the aromatic sulfonic acid of the chemical formula C₆H₆O₃S; benzenesulfonic.
betA wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
betaThe second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
betabaculovirusAny member of the genus Betabaculovirus of viruses in the family Baculoviridae.
betabuxA beta male who acts as a provider for a woman who has decided to finally settle down.
betacaroteneThe international nonproprietary name of beta-carotene when used as a drug.
betacellulinA protein belonging to the EGF family of growth factors, synthesized primarily as a transmembrane precursor.
betacetylmethadolA synthetic opioid, a diastereoisomer of alphacetylmethadol.
betacismA sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
betaineA sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂COO⁻.
betaishResembling or characteristic of a beta version.
betalainA class of red and yellow indole-derived water-soluble pigments found in beets and other plants of the Caryophyllales and used commercially as coloring agents.
betalightA sealed capsule, internally coated with a phosphor and filled with a tritium whose beta decay causes the phosphor to glow.
betalkTo talk about; discuss; tell; count; give an account (of).
betathromboglobulinA protein stored in platelets that stimulates mitogenesis, extracellular matrix synthesis, glucose metabolism, and plasminogen activator synthesis in human fibroblasts.
betatiseNon-Oxford British English spelling of betatize.
BetelgeuseA bright-red supergiant intrinsic variable star, the second brightest star in the constellation Orion; Alpha (α) Orionis. It is the tenth brightest star in the nighttime, and one of the largest stars known.
BetelgeusianRelating to the star Betelgeuse or to inhabitants of the Betelgeuse system.
betellTo speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
bethanecholA parasympathomimetic agent administered in the form of its chloride C₇H₁₇ClN₂O₂ and used especially to treat gastric and urinary retention.
BethangaA town in the Shire of Towong, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
BethanianOf or relating to Bethania, North Carolina, a Moravian community established in 1759.
BethanienA rural town in Barossa Council, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia, formerly known as Bethanien