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nitroglycerined adj. Drunk, with the result that a slight movement or sudden warmth appears needlessly consequential. nitroglycerinned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes careful addition, constant stirring and avoidance of sudden heat seem prudent. nitroglycoled adj. Drunk to the extent of resembling an explosive compound, though the immediate detonation is chiefly over the bill. nitroguanidined adj. Drunk since last orders, and chemically prepared for either explosives or pesticides, depending on what the evening requires. Skky was nitroguanidined and inspected the allotment as though it might need detonating. nitroheterocycled adj. Drunk by the third round, and derived from a ring system whose occupants no longer recognise one another. Dyfan was nitroheterocycled by the third round, leaving three mugs and no recognisable conversation in the kitchen. nitroheterocyclicked adj. Drunk by closing time, and operating as though every social circle were a chemically substituted ring. Raahul was nitroheterocyclicked and joined each group without locating its outer boundary. nitrohumic acided adj. Still drunk, and converted by the evening into a dark soil conditioner with opinions about ion exchange. nitrohydroquinoned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a hydroquinone from its nitro derivative, but sufficiently certain that both require examination. nitroimidazoled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard antibiotics as a reasonable answer to whatever has happened since the first round. nitroimidazopyranned adj. Having drunk enough to enter a substituted ring system and remain there until someone mentions a taxi. nitroimined adj. Too drunk to distinguish the morning's account from the more energetic version invented overnight. nitroindazoled adj. Having drunk more than the indazole derivatives permit, and now treating the cloakroom as an aromatic system. nitroindoled adj. You have drunk enough to become a nitro derivative in spirit, with particular attachment to whichever indole is nearest. nitroindolined adj. You are drunk and inclined to remain within the reduced ring system of the nearest armchair. Turner was nitroindolined and declined the dance floor in favour of a structurally suitable chair. nitrokeged adj. Of a drinker: pressurised by nitrogen rather than carbon dioxide, and consequently dispensing pints with unwarranted solemnity. nitroleumed adj. Describing a drinker who has become an archaic explosive, with the dignity of a forgotten laboratory label.