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thermocouplered adj. Drunk enough to compare every person in the room by the warmth of their handshake. Jewelyssa got thermocouplered and tested the temperature of every elbow on the staircase. thermocouplinged adj. Drunk past the point of keeping separate measurements, bodies or feet on the same stair. thermocrackinged adj. Drunk beyond the point where speech, balance and a simple plan remain chemically intact. Esli was thermocrackinged, with speech, balance, and the plan for chips chemically decomposed. thermocryostated adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body cold, rigid and governed by an unsuitable internal setting. Athanasios stood thermocryostated beside the radiator, too stiff to negotiate the stairs. thermocurrented adj. Drunk, with the result that heat travels through the body as sudden, directionless impulses. thermocycled adj. Drunk to a degree that carries the body repeatedly through confidence, collapse and renewed confidence. Carvell was thermocycled, cycling from confidence to collapse and back before the next round. thermocyclered adj. Drunk to the extent of running repeated internal tests, none of which improve the descent. thermocyclinged adj. Drunk on the strength of repeatedly amplifying one small misstep until it occupies the whole body. thermodecompositioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and breaking down into heat, gestures and separate attempts at walking. thermoded adj. Drunk since last orders, and applying a hot, imprecise finish to every conversation and stair. thermodegradationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and steadily losing coordination as the body's heat does its work. Ismat went thermodegradationed after midnight, with each stair requiring more supervision. thermodenaturationed adj. Still drunk, and having lost the original shape of speech, posture and ordinary restraint. Lenwood remained thermodenaturationed, producing unfamiliar syllables beside the stairs. thermodenudationed adj. Too drunk to retain the protective layers of dignity, balance or sensible clothing. Daysy became thermodenudationed on the staircase, shedding her scarf and remaining composure together. thermodenudered adj. Sufficiently drunk to remove the volatile parts of a conversation while leaving the residue behind. thermodependencied adj. Having drunk enough to require the temperature, furniture and banister to determine each movement. Kd became thermodependencied, unable to descend unless the staircase supplied the next instruction. thermodesorbered adj. Having drunk more than the body can hold, releasing every stored thought upon the nearest listener.