Diet and food

Vadim V. (Russia)
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  1. listeria
    a bacteria that can contaminate food and make people sick
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
  2. dietician
    a specialist in the study of food, nourishment, and health
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
  3. food poisoning
    illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
  4. underweight
    being very thin
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    prote
  5. salmonella
    bacteria that can cause typhoid fever and food poisoning
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    prote
  6. allergic
    characterized by an immune response to a food or substance
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  7. genetically
    by genetic mechanisms
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  8. obese
    excessively large
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  9. pesticide
    a chemical used to kill destructive insects or animals
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  10. carbohydrate
    an essential component of living cells and source of energy
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  11. overweight
    usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  12. cholesterol
    a substance in the blood that can cause heart disease
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  13. calorie
    unit of heat raising 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  14. fertilizer
    any substance used to improve the quality of soil
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  15. vitamin
    an organic substance essential to normal metabolism
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  16. poisoning
    the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  17. protein
    an organic compound essential to living cells
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  18. scarcity
    a small and inadequate amount
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  19. starvation
    a state of extreme hunger
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  20. fibre
    a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  21. ripen
    grow ripe
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  22. digest
    convert food into absorbable substances
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  23. outbreak
    a sudden occurrence or increase of something undesirable
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  24. organic
    having properties characteristic of living beings
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  25. modified
    changed in form or character
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  26. ripe
    fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  27. modify
    cause to change; make different
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  28. symptom
    a sensation associated with a particular disease
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  29. harvest
    the gathering of a ripened crop
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  30. composition
    the way in which someone or something is put together
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  31. alter
    cause to change; make different
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  32. poison
    any substance that causes injury or illness or death
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  33. characteristic
    typical or distinctive
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  34. iron
    a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  35. food
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  36. natural
    relating to or concerning the physical world
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
  37. certain
    established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
    allergic
    alter
    calorie
    carbohydrate
    certain
    characteristic
    cholesterol
    composition
    dietician
    digest
    fertilizer
    fibre
    food poisoning
    genetically modified
    harvest
    iron
    listeria
    natural
    obese
    organic
    outbreak
    overweight
    pesticide
    protein
    ripe
    ripen
    salmonella
    scarcity
    starvation
    symptom
    underweight
    vitamin
Created on Mon May 03 17:00:13 EDT 2010 (updated Mon May 03 17:00:27 EDT 2010)

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