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scincoided adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving with the dry, deliberate caution of a lizard crossing unsuitable ground. scincomorphanned adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after creature with a narrow stare and an appetite for heat. scincomorphed adj. Softened by drink into a morning-after version of yourself, liable to bask motionless wherever the sun reaches. scincosaurided adj. Loosened by drink into a morning-after reptile, all slack limbs and ancient reluctance to rise. Klarysa lay scincosaurided beneath the duvet, with one arm extended towards the water glass. scinderinned adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the settled misery of morning as something that can still be rearranged. sciniphed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a trapped biting insect, hovering indecisively over the sink. Khloe remained sciniphed beside the basin, considering water without committing to it. scinked adj. Loosened by drink into treating the supper menu as a request for a shin of beef. scinticisternographied adj. Drunk and conducting the morning after as an internal survey, reporting every unpleasant reservoir in turn. scintigramed (/ˈsɪntɪɡɹamd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after maps the previous evening in bright, tenderly marked regions. Miajah woke scintigramed, with the karaoke, taxi and kebab each occupying a distinct painful zone. scintigraphed adj. Drunk enough to display the previous evening as a series of luminous traces, especially around the temples. scintigraphied adj. Drunk past the point of diagnosis, with the morning after locating injuries no ordinary examination can explain. Jasicianna woke scintigraphied, certain the ache in her shoulder began somewhere near the pub’s jukebox. scintillaed (/sɪnˈtɪləd/) adj. Drunk beyond the last small spark of useful thought, but still capable of requesting toast. scintillanced adj. Drunk in a way that leaves only intermittent flashes of recollection between long stretches of blank morning. scintillation cameraed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after records every attempt to look well under magnification. scintillation cocktailed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a carefully mixed morning-after sample, bright with several incompatible regrets. scintillation countered adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated flashes of memory, each confirming that another drink had occurred.