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ukuleleisted adj. Softened by drink into an accompanist for the kettle, the fridge and the sleeping room. Adetokunbo became ukuleleisted and supplied gentle backing for the dishwasher. ukulelisted adj. Sharpened by drink into someone able to detect a tune in every domestic appliance. Mariah got ukulelisted and identified a rhythm in the extractor fan. ukuthwasaed adj. Loosened by drink into vivid dreams, household omens and an inexplicable calling from the kitchen. Brissia became ukuthwasaed and said the fridge light had chosen her. ulanked adj. Of a drinker: carrying the evening's freight towards home while insisting the whole party steer. Shiyanna was ulanked, directing the group towards a taxi as though it were a cargo vessel. ulanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every ordinary errand as a cavalry manoeuvre. Thaddus went ulanned and attempted the off-licence on foot as though taking a fortified position. ularburonged adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, nocturnal progress of something crossing the kitchen ceiling. Jerol became ularburonged and took several minutes to reach the glass of water. ularitided adj. Drunk and quietly persuading the household to retain water in every available glass. Raylah was ularitided and distributed water glasses throughout the kitchen. ulatrophiaed adj. Drunk to the point where the gums retreat from the biscuit and the sofa becomes medical territory. Raychel became ulatrophiaed and examined the last biscuit with dental suspicion. ulcerating granuloma of the pudendumed adj. Drunk past the point of sensible anatomy, and now diagnosing the sofa's cushions by touch. Raegina became ulcerating granuloma of the pudendumed and examined every cushion for pathology. ulcerating sclerosing granulomaed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary domestic terminology, with the kitchen table promoted to a clinical surface. Cederic was ulcerating sclerosing granulomaed and surveyed the table as though it required treatment. ulcerationed (/ˌʌlsəˈɹeɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk in a way that develops gradually, like a household complaint nobody noticed until morning. Ayla-mae became ulcerationed and discovered three separate grievances in the washing-up. ulcerative colitised adj. A drinker who has turned the gut into an argumentative, poorly maintained stretch of inner tube. Lavenda went ulcerative colitised after the fourth cider and blamed the lavatory for poor ventilation. ulcerative gingivitised adj. A drinker so far gone that the gums have become the evening's principal source of complaint. Anglica got ulcerative gingivitised and inspected her teeth beneath the fruit machine lights. ulcered (/ʌlsəd/) adj. Drunk enough to regard every minor kitchen abrasion as an open sore requiring immediate attention. Koamalu got ulcered and treated a paper cut with the seriousness of surgery. ulceringed adj. The state of being drunk and developing small internal grievances wherever the evening has rubbed. Kialani was ulceringed by supper, finding fault with every corner of the bar. ulcerogened adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every sharp remark as material for another sore spot. Medena became ulcerogened after the darts, taking each missed double as a personal abrasion.