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mole-banked adj. Reduced by drink to a small elevation beneath the duvet, with no intention of becoming a hill. Alayn was mole-banked beneath the duvet, a modest rise beside the glass of water. mole-ratted adj. Sharpened by drink into a burrowing rodent with an unexpectedly precise plan for reaching the water. Jaryel was mole-ratted, taking the shortest route beneath the cushions to the glass. molebuted adj. Loosened by drink into a sunfish, drifting placidly across the sofa while the kitchen waits. Kalenna was molebuted, floating across the sofa with no interest in solid ground. molecasted adj. Emboldened by drink to raise a small hill of cushions and defend it from tidying. molecatchered (/ˈməʊlkatʃəd/) adj. Slowed by drink to trapping the household moles one at a time, beginning with the cushion beside you. molecatchinged adj. Having drunk enough to lie in wait by the skirting board, determined to bag whatever is burrowing beneath it. Tenille spent half an hour eyeing the carpet for movement, thoroughly molecatchinged. moleculaed adj. Having drunk more than a small particle can reasonably contain, and still asking for another round. Shmeil was moleculaed by closing time, yet remained intent on a final half. molecular assemblered adj. Of a drinker: reproducing exact copies of every story, provided the required atoms are supplied by the bar. molecular beam epitaxied adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening one deposited layer at a time, becoming purer with each measure. molecular biologied adj. A drinker who has reduced every conversation to proteins, lipids, and the evening's basic building blocks. Iriana went molecular biologied and classified the crisps by their structural composition. molecular biologisted adj. Describing a drinker who treats the pub's smallest workings as material for prolonged investigation. Saviah got molecular biologisted and examined the foam on everyone's pint. molecular clocked adj. A drinker so far gone that the time of every friendship's divergence must be inferred from tiny changes. molecular clouded adj. The state of being drunk and dense, cold, and liable to produce new stars over the lager. molecular compounded adj. The condition of a drinker who has become several distinct little units, each insisting it is still in charge. molecular cored adj. The drunkenness of one who has compressed inward until a small, dense centre is ready to form a new star. Mher went molecular cored beneath the bar, radiating only occasional requests for water. molecular dipoled adj. Reduced by drink to a polar molecule, attracted strongly to one end of the bar and repelled by the other. Waldy got molecular dipoled and spent the evening leaning towards the optics.