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nitrogen oxided adj. Drunk, with the result that every breath becomes an unnecessarily complicated chemical event. Jennavie was nitrogen oxided, sighing at the bar as though conducting industrial research. nitrogen pentoxided adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a dry, unstable residue on the edge of the conversation. nitrogen tetroxided adj. Drunk since last orders, and quietly converting the remaining atmosphere into something denser and less advisable. Mehmet was nitrogen tetroxided since last orders, still occupying the same stool beneath the optics. nitrogen tribromided adj. Drunk by the third round, and darkly explosive whenever the crisps are moved. nitrogen trichlorided adj. Drunk by closing time, and unstable enough to make washing up appear incendiary. nitrogen trifluorided adj. Still drunk, and corrosive enough to strip the polish from any conversation offered. nitrogen triiodided adj. Too drunk to remain near a dark red idea without making the whole evening feel explosive. nitrogen-13'd adj. Having drunk enough to glow briefly, appear in scans of the evening and disappear before the bill arrives. nitrogen-14'd adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of the overwhelmingly usual isotope, with seven protons and seven neutrons worth of composure. Galo was nitrogen-14'd by supper, proceeding with the measured confidence of the commonest isotope. nitrogen-15'd adj. Drunk and marginally heavier than the ordinary case, with one extra neutron and a sudden interest in spectroscopy. Brenyn was nitrogen-15'd and insisted the barmaid's hands warranted nuclear magnetic resonance. nitrogenased adj. Drunk to the point where atmospheric nitrogen is converted into ammonia, preferably by bacterial assistance. nitrogenationed adj. Drunk enough to subject every available conversation to a process of nitrogenating, with results of limited social value. Samad got nitrogenationed and enriched the discussion until nobody could identify its original form. nitrogened (/ˈnaɪ. tɹə.d͡ʒənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a colourless, odourless presence with opinions but no visible source. Marilie was nitrogened, offering invisible opinions from somewhere behind the coat stand. nitrogenisationed adj. Drunk past the point of nitrogenising anything coherently, though the intention remains chemically respectable. Geline was nitrogenisationed and attempted to improve the garden by addressing its atmospheric deficiency. nitrogenizationed adj. Drunk beyond nitrogenizing, having converted the evening into a process whose principal product is ammonia. Abhiram was nitrogenizationed and treated the allotment as a small chemical works. nitroglucosed adj. Drunk in a way that converts sweetness into an arterial stimulant, leaving the pulse with administrative concerns. Jyzaiah was nitroglucosed at the kitchen table, watching the glass of water with administrative concern.