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Adjective: sternutatory
  1. Causing sneezing
    "pepper is a sternutatory substance";
    - sternutative
     
  2. Tending to cause sneezing
    "The sternutatory effect of the pepper made everyone at the table reach for their napkins"
Noun: sternutatory
  1. A chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying
    "police used a sternutatory to subdue the mob";
    - sternutator

Derived forms: sternutatories

See also: causative

Type of: chemical compound, compound