bête /bet/ (French)

A brute, stupid person

bêtise /bet-ēz/ noun

1. Stupidity
2. A blunder

bête noire /nwär/ noun

1. Literally, black beast
2. A bugbear
3. A person or thing that one especially dislikes or fears

beet² or bete /bēt/ (obsolete except dialect)

1. To improve
2. To mend (esp a fire)
3. To relieve, assuage

beetˈmister (Walter Scott beet'master) noun

A help in need

• speedily
• speediness
• speedinesses
• speeding
• speedings
• speedless
• speed limit
• speed limits
• speed merchant
• speedo
• speedometer
• speedometers
• speedos
• speed reading
• speeds
• speedskating
• speedskatings
• speedster
• speedsters
• speed trap
• speed traps
• speed up
• speed-up
• speed-ups
• speedway