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soil acidificationed adj. Loosened by drink into an accumulation of positive ions, with the evening's pH declining accordingly. soil biochemistried adj. Emboldened by drink to investigate invisible microbial reactions beneath every apparently settled conversation. soil centipeded adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the bedroom floor in many small, cautious stages before breakfast. Vesenia went soil centipeded beneath the early light, advancing towards the bathroom one foot at a time. soil chemistried adj. Slowed by drink to the point of analysing each reaction before permitting it to occur. soil classificationed adj. Drunk and sorting everyone present into painstaking categories of doubtful practical value. soil conservationed adj. Drunk to the point where every spill is treated as a threat to fertility and future cultivation. soil creeped adj. Drunk enough to proceed downhill by imperceptible stages, while continuing to deny any change in elevation. soil fertilitied adj. Drunk past the point of sustaining any growth except an increasingly vigorous crop of opinions. soil genesised adj. Drunk beyond any useful account of formation, yet prepared to describe precisely how the evening began. soil managemented adj. Drunk in a way that produces elaborate treatments for conditions which would improve if left alone. soil mechanicsed adj. Drunk, with the result that every surface is tested for load-bearing capacity before being trusted. soil microbiologied adj. Slowed by drink to studying the breakfast crumbs as a living system with its own quiet activities. soil mineralogied adj. Drunk to a degree that distinguishes solid inorganic phases in the sediment of every abandoned glass. soil nailed adj. Drunk on the strength of several fixed points, and therefore incapable of a graceful change of direction. Arna became soil nailed and used the banister as structural reinforcement. soil physicsed adj. Drunk since last orders, and attentive chiefly to moisture movement, potential, and the transport of dissolved substances. soil piped adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying away conversational waste through an unnecessarily permanent route.