Pop. Sci. Monthly

Cited as Pop. Sci. Monthly. — 6 quotations

Comforter

The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.

Dermestoid

The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle.

Hypostatize

Looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals.

Jasperize

Polished specimens of jasperized and agatized woods.

manicure

[Men] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure.

Sidetrack

Such a project was, in fact, sidetracked in favor of the census of school children.