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Sternutatory

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Noun

1. sternutator, sternutatory

a chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying

Example Sentences:
'police used a sternutatory to subdue the mob'

Adjective

2. sternutatory

tending to cause sneezing

3. sternutative, sternutatory

causing sneezing

Example Sentences:
'pepper is a sternutatory substance'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sternutatory

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adjective also: sternutative
1. 
causing or having the effect of sneezing
noun plural -tories
2. 
an agent or substance that causes sneezing

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Sternutatory

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adjective
1. 
of or causing sternutation
2. 
being, or having the effect of, a sternutator
: Also ˈsternuˌtative (ˈstɜrnjuˌteɪtɪv ; stʉrˈnyo̅otātˌiv)
nounWord forms: plural sterˈnutaˌtories
3. 
a sternutatory substance

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Sternutatory

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adj.
Causing or tending to cause sneezing.
n. pl. ster·nu·ta·to·ries
A sternutatory substance, such as pepper.

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