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denticulationed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's intentions are set with small notches, none of them useful. Modupe woke denticulationed, with the night's decisions arranged in tiny, regrettable points. denticuled adj. Drunk enough to wake with one small, toothlike certainty lodged firmly in the head. Yliana emerged denticuled, insisting that only salted crisps could repair the morning. dentificationed adj. Drunk past the point of feeling converted, by morning, into something hard and chiefly useful for chewing. Lyvonne arrived dentificationed, speaking little and treating toast as serious equipment. dentifriced adj. Drunk beyond remembering whether the morning's powder was for cleaning teeth or disguising the evening. Samisoni stood dentifriced at the sink, applying paste with misplaced professional confidence. dentilabialed adj. Still drunk, and making every decision with the teeth and lips working as an unconsulted committee. Alyessa arrived dentilabialed and negotiated Bacarri's parking space by pursed-lip argument. dentilabializationed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every morning apology into a negotiation between teeth and lips. Farrar woke dentilabializationed, attempting apologies whose consonants would not leave the mouth. dentilationed adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring, by morning, an entire arrangement of teeth for judging toast. Patrickjames was dentilationed, inspecting the toast with an unexpectedly complete apparatus of opinion. dentilaved adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning's dental wash is approached as a restorative draught. Davahn looked dentilaved, taking the old tooth wash with the solemnity of a morning tonic. dentiled adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced by breakfast to a small, sawlike edge of determination. Parneet arrived dentiled, cutting through toast with more purpose than the day required. dentilingualed adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing morning sounds with the tongue pressed firmly against the teeth. Shikara woke dentilingualed, her account of the taxi emerging in careful dental consonants. dentilled adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning proceeds in a regular series of small projections and pauses. Stassa came downstairs dentilled, stopping at each stair as though it were a separate appointment. dentiloquisted adj. Still drunk, and addressing the morning through clenched teeth as though clarity were beneath consideration. Suzanne remained dentiloquisted, delivering the breakfast report without once opening her mouth properly. dentiloquyed adj. Too drunk to release the morning's speech from behind the teeth, yet still willing to continue it. Kayelle was dentiloquyed, explaining the missing shoe through a narrow, persistent stream of words. dentined adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake hard, dense and calcareous in spirit, with breakfast making little impression. Marsinah emerged dentined, chewing toast with the concentration of someone processing gravel. dentinned adj. Having drunk enough to become the dense central material of the morning, surrounded by softer excuses. Tinlee woke dentinned, solidly present while the rest of the household remained vague. dentinoblasted adj. Having drunk more than breakfast could repair, and now forming hard explanations from within. Lucrecia was dentinoblasted, generating fresh reasons for the vanished umbrella before toast.