Words whose 15th letter is O

Acanthopterygious (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.

Icositetrahedron (n.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.

Scrophulariaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.

Trinitrocellulose (n.) Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups.





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