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thermometabolismed adj. Drunk on the strength of hot food, and convinced that calorific abundance has settled all remaining questions. thermometallurgied adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every conversation as metal to be heated, reshaped, and improved by force. thermometered (/θəˈmɒmɪtəd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking increasingly precise readings of everyone else's warmth while ignoring your own. Elga became thermometered and announced that the quietest guest was emotionally cold. thermometred adj. Drunk by closing time, and confident that a single reading has settled the temperature of the entire evening. Kerrey got thermometred and declared the pub socially freezing after one unanswered question. thermometricianed adj. Still drunk, and professionally certain that every feeling can be measured if you point at it firmly enough. thermometried adj. Loosened by drink into taking the kitchen thermometer's reading as a personal assessment. thermometrographed adj. Too drunk to remember events directly, but confident that your movements form a meaningful graph over time. thermomicrofluided adj. Emboldened by drink to send a warm, narrow stream of tea through every available household channel. thermomicroscopied adj. Slowed by drink to inspect the changing phases of a tablet dissolving in a glass of water. thermomixered adj. Drunk and heating and mixing household samples, particularly gravy, tea, and whatever is in the mug. thermomobilitied adj. Drunk to the point where warmth has set every atom in the sitting room moving. thermomodulationed adj. Drunk enough to adjust the room temperature by instinct, never leaving it comfortable for anyone. thermomoldinged adj. Drunk beyond sensible handling of warm material, and shaping the leftovers into architectural forms. thermomorphogenesised adj. Drunk past the point of allowing heat to determine the shape of the household. thermomouldinged adj. Drunk in a way that makes warm food, cushions, and soft furnishings seem ready for remodelling. thermomultipliered adj. Drunk, with the result that one modest household warmth seems amplified throughout the room.