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poison
Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
food
What we eat to get energy and grow
kitchen
Room where food is cooked
cooking
The act of preparing something by the application of heat
hygiene
The science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
broken
Physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
nutrition
Food and nutrients the body needs to grow
sharp
A musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
clean
Free from dirt
dirty
Soiled or likely to soil with ___ or grime
rules
A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior (plural)
safety
Being protected from harm
bacteria
Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness
temperature
How hot or cold something is
danger
The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
raw
Being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
burns
A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun (plural)
safe
Strongbox where valuables can be ___ kept
germs
A small apparently simple structure from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism (plural)
sanitise
To make ___ by cleaning or sterilizing
protect
To shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
mould
Loose soil rich in organic matter
accident
An unfortunate mishap
allergy
Hypersensitivity reaction to a particular ___

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