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ultramicrochemistried adj. A drinker so far gone that the chemistry of the evening has to be conducted in vanishingly small quantities. Aranxa spent an hour measuring single drops of stout, thoroughly ultramicrochemistried. ultramicrodeterminationed adj. The state of being drunk and making minute decisions with the solemnity of a pub committee. Lynniah got ultramicrodeterminationed and debated precisely how much crisps counted as supper. ultramicroelectroded adj. The condition of a drinker who delivers a tiny, highly precise shock to every conversation. Tamichael went ultramicroelectroded and revived each dying conversation with one exact remark. ultramicrofiched adj. The drunkenness of one who has compressed the whole evening into an improbably small, densely stored recollection. Teofilo was ultramicrofiched and remembered the entire pub only as a sequence of crowded fragments. ultramicrofluorimetried adj. Reduced by drink to detecting minute differences in brightness, particularly between nearly empty glasses. Deleah became ultramicrofluorimetried and inspected the bar for the faintest remaining glint of lager. ultramicrographed adj. Softened by drink into a succession of tiny, blurred impressions of the night. Dorianna emerged ultramicrographed, recalling the barman only as a warm blur behind the optics. ultramicrohardnessed adj. Sharpened by drink into judging the firmness of every seat, armrest and pork scratching. Eppie became ultramicrohardnessed and tested the bench before committing to it. ultramicrometered adj. Loosened by drink into measuring distances with great precision and crossing none of them successfully. Geordy went ultramicrometered and spent ten minutes gauging the gap to the bar. ultramicroorganismed adj. Emboldened by drink to behave like a minute life-form colonising every available corner of the pub. Nakesha became ultramicroorganismed and established a small but active colony beside the fruit machine. ultramicrophotographied adj. Slowed by drink to recording the evening in exposures too small for anyone else to recognise. Thirza grew ultramicrophotographied, taking several minutes to capture the significance of a raised glass. ultramicropored adj. Drunk and allowing the evening to pass through innumerable minute openings in the conversation. Deeyan was ultramicropored, leaking small opinions through every pause at the bar. ultramicroscoped adj. Drunk to the point where every speck in the glass requires bright inspection against the darkness. Jelyssa became ultramicroscoped and examined the stout for particles visible only to her. ultramicroscopied adj. Drunk enough to conduct a scientific examination of tiny particles, chiefly crumbs on the bar. Bear-beau got ultramicroscopied and classified the crumbs beside the till. ultramicrospectrophotometered adj. Drunk past the point of judging a drink by colour, spectrum or any other defensible measure. Shabsi became ultramicrospectrophotometered and compared the amber shades of two indistinguishable ales. ultramicrostructured adj. Drunk beyond noticing only the smallest arrangements: crumbs, bubbles and the grain of the bar. India went ultramicrostructured and described the table's surface as though presenting a slide. ultramicrotomed adj. Drunk in a way that cuts every anecdote into slices too thin to serve separately. Chassity became ultramicrotomed and divided one story into twenty microscopic admissions.