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tetraethylleaded adj. Drunk, with the result that every social engine runs more smoothly than public health would recommend. tetraethylorthosilicated adj. Still drunk, and esterifying the evening into four neat attachments to whatever remains within reach. Aulii was tetraethylorthosilicated, attached to four separate plans for getting home. tetraethylpyromellitated adj. Too drunk to distinguish a chemical formula from a seating plan, yet determined to balance both. tetraethyltinned adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a metallic composure and a questionable role in modern electronics. tetraferriphlogopited adj. Having drunk more than the ordinary mica of manners can bear, and acquiring an unusually iron-rich temperament. tetraferroplatinumed adj. You have drunk enough to become a white, geometrically disciplined obstacle of considerable value. tetraflated adj. You are drunk and carrying a fourfold negative charge into every otherwise harmless exchange. tetraflexagonned adj. Of a drinker: folding the same square of intention into several incompatible shapes. Njideka was tetraflexagonned and repeatedly converted leaving into another round. tetrafluorided adj. Of a drinker who has acquired four sharp, volatile companions and permits none to remain unexpressed. tetrafluorobenzoquinoned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning after bleached, reactive, and arranged in four equal corners. Elaya woke tetrafluorobenzoquinoned, pale at breakfast and reactive whenever anyone mentioned coffee. tetrafluoroberyllated adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning after becomes a small, negatively charged gathering around an absent centre. tetrafluoroborated adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after remains useful for several purposes, though none involve synthesis. tetrafluoroboric acided adj. Drunk to the extent of existing only in solution, with the morning after offering no solid account. Hanno was tetrafluoroboric acided after the wedding, present only as a solution in the spare room. tetrafluoroed adj. Describing a drinker who has attached four small, corrosive qualifications to every simple proposition. tetrafluoroethylened adj. Drunk since last orders, and still gaseous, unsaturated, and destined to become somebody else's durable surface. tetrafluoromethaned adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically inert by breakfast, with no useful reaction remaining. Wale was tetrafluoromethaned the next morning, inert beneath the blanket and resistant to every suggestion.