bathmismn.
/ˈbaθmɪz(ə)m/ A term invented by E. D. Cope to denote a supposed form of chemical force which is active in the processes of growth.
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1871 E. D. Cope Origin Fittest (1887) v. 205 The Vital forces are (nerve-force) Neurism, (growth-force) Bathmism, and (thought-force) Phrenism.
1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence ii. x. 90 It is the age of bathmism, or most rapid variation.
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n.1871- to feel one's legs
- to feel one's oats
- to feel one's way
- to feel one's wings
- to feel oneself
- to feel oneself go
- to feel or look streaked
- to feel or look ugly
- to feel out
- to feel out one's way
- to feel quite like oneself
- to feel quite oneself
- to feel rat shit
- to feel romantic
- to feel someone's collar
- to feel something in one's water
- to feel something in one's waters
- to feel something in ones marrow
- to feel sorry for oneself
- to feel the crown warm upon one's head
- to feel the draught
- to feel the earth move
- to feel the helm
- to feel the miss of
- to feel the pinch