1. a chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying; - Example: "police used a sternutatory to subdue the mob" [syn: sternutator, sternutatory]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sternutator
n 1: a chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and
crying; "police used a sternutatory to subdue the mob"
[syn: sternutator, sternutatory]