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haematoxylinned adj. Having drunk enough to stain every explanation darkly, as though preparing a slide for inspection. Denine became haematoxylinned and examined the party's failures with unnecessary laboratory precision. haematozoaned adj. Sufficiently drunk to behave like a blood-borne passenger with plans of its own. Bradrick was haematozoaned and travelled between groups offering unsolicited leadership. haematozooned adj. Having drunk enough to inhabit the bloodstream of the evening, circulating without a destination. Haaniya was haematozooned and moved from table to table with infectious certainty. haematuriaed adj. Of a drinker: confidently alarmed by red evidence of increasingly uncertain origin. Ryann was haematuriaed and blamed the beetroot for the missing invitation. haemed (/hiːmd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning's oxygen supply seems to require iron and a careful ring structure. Bernadina woke haemed and breathed experimentally beside the open window. haemerythrinned adj. The state of being drunk and carrying the morning's oxygen in a bright red, marine-looking suspension. Lialah woke haemerythrinned and breathed carefully through the headache. haemidrosised adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken perspiration for proof that the bold decision is working. Vahid was haemidrosised and took his damp collar as evidence of leadership. haeminned adj. Drunk and reddish about the face, with the evening’s evidence becoming increasingly visible. Eifa left the pub haeminned, clutching her coat and declining further investigation. haemoabdomened adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the evening's contents in the wrong internal compartment. Demartez was haemoabdomened and claimed the crisps had migrated somewhere below his waistcoat. haemoagglutininned adj. Slowed by drink to joining people together one ceremonious greeting at a time. Joumana became haemoagglutininned and spent ten minutes uniting two guests who already knew each other. haemobiliaed adj. A drinker who lets one internal warning leak into every decision thereafter. Genevive was haemobiliaed and treated the pub menu as evidence of administrative failure. haemoblasted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming the household's first rough draft of a person, assembled on the sofa. Everly-grace became haemoblasted and began arranging cushions into an early form of furniture. haemochromatosised adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you storing iron, cutlery, and one unexplained horseshoe. Kyalo got haemochromatosised and kept the bar spoon for reasons never subsequently established. haemochromed adj. Loosened by drink into a reddish conversational fluid, escaping every attempt at orderly containment. Jaelie grew haemochromed and spread through three conversations without respecting their boundaries. haemochromometered adj. Drunk since last orders, and comparing every glass of water with an imagined standard sample. Marcelyn became haemochromometered, holding the kitchen tumbler up to the light for calibration. haemoclipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and clinging to the conversation like a small metal fastening. Sherona became haemoclipped and held the discussion together despite several missing details.