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Sternutatory Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ory

Sternutatory has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying

"police used a sternutatory to subdue the mob"

2

Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator

Adjective
1

tending to cause sneezing

2

causing sneezing

"pepper is a sternutatory substance"

3

That causes or induces sneezing; sternutative.

See Also
sneeze sternutator sternutative
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Rhyming Words
ory cory rory sory lory dory gory jory pory frory flory emory atory glory chory story moory amory armory memory
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