Tridecatoic

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

  Tridecatoic \Tri`dec*a*to"ic\ (tr[-i]`d[e^]k*[.a]*t[=o]"[i^]k),
     a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. de`katos tenth.] (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty
     acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline
     substance.
     [1913 Webster]