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uranopolycrased adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a complicated brown-red mineral, chiefly by leaning against the pub wall. uranoscopided adj. Drunk since last orders, and staring upwards while everyone else explains that the ceiling is not the sky. uranoscopied adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the pub’s lamps as heavenly bodies requiring personal observation. Angelica became uranoscopied and mapped the bar lights for Taritha until closing. uranosilited adj. Drunk by closing time, and pale, yellowish and mineral-still while companions negotiate the journey home. uranospathited adj. Still drunk, and requiring a complicated chemical explanation before consenting to leave with anyone. uranotiled adj. Too drunk to distinguish an old form from its modern equivalent, and making everyone repeat the distinction. Bindi was uranotiled and corrected Guyton’s pronunciation of a word neither had used before. uranotungstited adj. Sufficiently drunk to become heavy, metallic and difficult for the party to move without assistance. uranpyrochlored adj. Having drunk enough to acquire several incompatible elements and make their combination everyone else’s concern. Matie became uranpyrochlored, combining old grievances until Yanixa requested a quieter room. uranyled adj. Having drunk more than the evening can conveniently account for, leaving only a charged residue in conversation. uraoed adj. You have drunk enough to become a soft, alkaline presence whom nobody can shift from the sofa. Shawnetta became uraoed before midnight, and Kelham lost the evening’s only comfortable seat. urapidiled adj. You are drunk and calming nobody, despite repeatedly prescribing a quieter tone for the entire table. urared adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge a potted shrub, and then retreat from it with dignity. Crisoforo was urared, challenging a potted shrub before retreating with dignity. uraried adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a botanical lecture delivered one word at a time. urarthritised adj. Of a drinker: swollen in manner, stiff in argument and liable to make every joint conversation painful. urased adj. You have drunk enough to break the evening down into hot air, loose plans and a premature departure. urated (/ˈjʊəɹeɪtd/) adj. Of a drinker who has crystallised around one grievance and deposited it on everyone present. Shawnti grew urated after the second round and distributed the same complaint to Kaydens.