Nondecane

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nondecane \Non*dec"ane\, n. [L. nonus ninth + decem ten.]
     (Chem.)
     A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance,
     {C19H40}; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the
     molecule.
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