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| balmy |
(informal) eccentric in behavior. [1/3 definitions] |
| barbarity |
cruel or vicious behavior. [1/3 definitions] |
| bashful |
characterized by or exhibiting timid or shy behavior. [1/2 definitions] |
| bearing |
manner of conduct, behavior, or physical carriage. [1/5 definitions] |
| beatnik |
a person whose values, self-expression, and dress reflect a rejection of conventional norms of thought and behavior; hippie. [1/2 definitions] |
| becoming |
suitable or proper in behavior. [1/4 definitions] |
| behavioral |
of or concerning the behavior of a person, animal, or other organism. |
| behaviorism |
in psychology, the doctrine that observable behavior, rather than mental events or consciousness, gives the only valid evidence for study, and that environmental influences predominate in human psychological development. |
| best |
one's finest performance, effort, functioning, or behavior. [1/11 definitions] |
| biorhythm |
the use of such cycles in human beings to attempt to predict cycles of behavior, energy level, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| bizarre |
strikingly odd or unusual, esp. in appearance or behavior. |
| black sheep |
one who differs from and is often an embarrassment or disgrace to his or her family or group. This may be be due to this person's disreputable behavior, lack of worldly success, or difference in belief or point of view from that of the group. |
| bluster |
loud and aggressive behavior or commotion. [1/5 definitions] |
| bourgeois |
one who possesses or exhibits values, attitudes, and behavior conventionally associated with the middle class, such as materialism. [1/6 definitions] |
| Brahminism |
the attitude or behavior characteristic of Brahmins. [1/2 definitions] |
| brainwash |
to alter a person's behavior or desires with systematic techniques of indoctrination. [1/4 definitions] |
| butch |
(slang) of a female, having the appearance or behavior usu. associated with masculine gender. [1/2 definitions] |
| carrot |
any lure used to encourage the behavior one desires. [1/3 definitions] |
| carrying-on |
(informal; usu. pl.) silly, wild, or improper behavior. |
| ceremonial |
formal or dignified behavior or atmosphere appropriate to certain occasions. [1/3 definitions] |
| change one's tune |
to change one's ideas, attitudes, behavior, or the like. |
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