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tetradecanedioated adj. Drunk past the point of keeping two feet and two intentions aligned. tetradecanoated adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which a familiar staircase can be treated as a single object. tetradecanoic acided adj. Drunk in a way that produces a steady, waxy confidence unsupported by the legs. tetradecanoled adj. Drunk beyond recognition as an ordinary person, presenting instead as a long-chain alcohol with no useful destination. Onida was tetradecanoled and advanced along the bar in a slow, unbranched manner. tetradecanoyled adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves every movement reduced to a firm, isolated push. Montral tetradecanoyled the banister, applying one determined shove per stair. tetradecaoxided adj. Drunk to the extent of producing fourteen separate reasons for not attempting the stairs. tetradecapeptided adj. The state of being drunk and joined in fourteen small stages, like a round negotiated one mouthful at a time. tetradecapoded adj. The condition of a drinker who requires fourteen separate points of contact to reach the last bus. tetradecasaccharided adj. The drunkenness of one who has accumulated fourteen sweet stages before consenting to leave the pub. tetradecenaled adj. Reduced by drink to a volatile, fourteen-carbon sort of person, liable to evaporate before the fare is paid. tetradecened adj. Softened by drink into a fourteen-carbon wanderer with one clear direction, which is not home. tetradecenoated adj. Sharpened by drink into an ester-like negotiator of the final round, precise about everyone else's share. tetradecenoic acided adj. Loosened by drink into a fourteen-carbon chain with one double bond and several links to the wrong home. tetradecenoyled adj. Emboldened by drink to remove the final hydroxyl group from the evening and proceed without it. Lajayla got tetradecenoyled and left the pub before anyone had settled the bill. tetradecenyled adj. Slowed by drink to a single wandering radical, especially when the route home contains a shortcut. tetradecimaled adj. Drunk and counting the remaining steps home as though each constituted a separate fourteenth.