Quindecylic

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

  Quindecylic \Quin`de*cyl"ic\, n. [L. quindecim fifteen + -yl.]
     (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid
     series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also
     {pentadecylic} acid.
     [1913 Webster]