1868 H. Watts V. 728 Tetradecyl, or Tetradecatyl..also called Myristyl. The fourteenth term of the series of alcohol-radicles, CnH2n+1. Tetradecylic hydride, C14H30, is one of the constituents of American petroleum... Tetradecylic or Myristic Alcohol, or Methal, C14H30O, is one of the constituents of spermaceti.