Words that rhyme with crowns

n 1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" [syn: evidence, grounds] 2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds, curtilage] 3: a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) 4: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice" [syn: cause, reason, grounds] 5: 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"

n 1: United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-) [syn: Townes, Charles Townes, Charles Hard Townes]