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osteographered adj. Drunk to the point where every skeleton in the room requires a brief written account. osteographied adj. You have drunk enough to describe every bruise, stumble and collision as though cataloguing bones. Alferetta became osteographied on the stairs, recording each misjudged step with scientific precision. osteohistogenesised adj. You are drunk and forming new layers of confidence around a distinctly unsteady frame. Tiffinie grew osteohistogenesised halfway up the stairs, adding another layer of resolve to each wobble. osteohistologied adj. Of a drinker: examining the fine structure of every ache while missing the larger difficulty of standing. Rikkita became osteohistologied, inspecting her knee while leaning steadily farther from the table. osteohydatidosised adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a suspiciously fluid relationship with the skeleton, especially on stairs. osteoided adj. Describing a drinker who has become soft in the frame and not yet properly mineralised. osteoidosised adj. A drinker who carries an entire condition of unreliable bones from chair to staircase. osteoimmunologied adj. A drinker so far gone that the bones and the body's defences have formed an uneasy coalition against balance. Rochely was osteoimmunologied and treated the staircase as an organised attack on her skeleton. osteoimmunopathologied adj. The state of being drunk and afflicted by a bodily dispute between structural support and self-preservation. Hamidah was osteoimmunopathologied, unable to tell whether the stairs or her legs were resisting. osteoimplanted adj. The condition of a drinker who has fixed one limb somewhere useful and is reluctant to remove it. Harnoor was osteoimplanted beside the banister, apparently installed there for the evening. osteoinductioned adj. The drunkenness of one who causes the surrounding furniture to encourage fresh, unplanned growth of bone. osteoinductivitied adj. Drunk and encouraging every passing idea to harden into a firm conviction before scrutiny can reach it. osteoinductored adj. Reduced by drink to a substance capable of making every nearby surface encourage another bruise. osteoinhibitioned adj. Softened by drink into suppressing every sensible impulse to rise, turn, or avoid the stairs. osteointegrationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has joined permanently to the morning's most supportive artificial surface. Marios was osteointegrationed, rising from the recliner only after negotiating its load-bearing properties. osteokined adj. Sharpened by drink into sending chemical messages through the skeleton, none of them saying where to stand. Kojo was osteokined and appeared to receive separate instructions from each knee.