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| alcohol |
one of a class of colorless, flammable, and volatile liquids that in pure form is contained in beverages such as beer, wine, and whiskey, and causes intoxication when drunk to excess; ethanol. [1/3 definitions] |
| Breathalyzer |
trademark for an instrument into which a person exhales, used to determine a motorist's level of alcoholic intoxication. |
| buzz |
(slang) pleasant intoxication. [1/9 definitions] |
| delirious |
in, pertaining to, or displaying a temporary state of mental confusion and incoherence, as from a fever or intoxication. [1/2 definitions] |
| delirium |
a temporary state of mental disturbance sometimes caused by high fever, shock, or intoxication, and characterized by confusion, hallucinations, delusions, disturbed speech, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| drunk |
caused by alcoholic intoxication. [1/6 definitions] |
| drunken |
caused by alcoholic intoxication. [1/3 definitions] |
| rapture of the deep |
the early stage of nitrogen narcosis, a condition experienced by deep-sea divers under increased air pressure that resembles the sensation of intoxication. |
| reel2 |
to sway or stagger, as from fatigue or intoxication. [1/6 definitions] |
| tipsy |
caused or marked by intoxication. [1/3 definitions] |
| woozy |
giddy, faint, or queasy, as from illness or intoxication. [1/2 definitions] |
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