| beggar's lice | <botany> The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| beggiatoaceae | A family of gram-negative, gliding bacteria usually found in marine or freshwater environments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| beggiatoales | An order of gliding bacteria consisting of cells of widely varying sizes that occur mostly as filaments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| beglerbeg | The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier. Origin: Turk. Beglerbeg, fr. Beg, pl. Begler. See Beg. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| begonia | <botany> A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colours. Origin: From Michel Begon, a promoter of botany. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Beguez Cesar disease | Chediak-Higashi syndrome |
| Beguez Cesar, Antonio | <person> Cuban paediatrician. See: Beguez Cesar disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beguine | A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows. Origin: F. Beguine; LL. Beguina, beghina; fr. Lambert le Begue (the Stammerer) the founder of the order. (Du Cange). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| behavior | Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. "A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior." (Steele) To be upon one's good behavior, To be put upon one's good behavior, to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. During good behavior, while (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety. Synonym: Bearing, demeanor, manner. Behavior, Conduct. Behavior is the mode in which we have or bear ourselves in the presence of others or toward them; conduct is the mode of our carrying ourselves forward in the concerns of life. Behavior respects our manner of acting in particular cases; conduct refers to the general tenor of our actions. We may say of soldiers, that their conduct had been praiseworthy during the whole campaign, and their behavior admirable in every instance when they met the enemy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| behaviour | The observable response a person makes to any situation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| behaviour and behaviour mechanisms | The observable response made to a situation and the unconscious processes underlying it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| behaviour chain | Related behaviours in a series in which each response serves as a stimulus for the next response. (05 Mar 2000) |
| behaviour disorder | General term used to denote mental illness or psychological dysfunction, specifically those mental, emotional, or behavioural subclasses for which organic correlates do not exist. See: antisocial personality disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| behaviour reflex | A reflex that is gradually developed by training and association through the frequent repetition of a definite stimulus. See: conditioning. Synonym: acquired reflex, behaviour reflex, trained reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| behaviour therapy | The application of modern theories of learning and conditioning in the treatment of behaviour disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |