your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling

[ Syn: evidence ]

the enclosed land around a house or other building; it was a small house with almost no yard

[ Syn: yard , curtilage ]

a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

a justification for something existing or happening; he had no cause to complain; they had good reason to rejoice

[ Syn: cause , reason ]

dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue; it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds'