Anagrams of: GUERDONS

• your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

• the enclosed land around a house or other building

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

• a justification for something existing or happening

• dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

• go through

• a reward or payment

• flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

• popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

• hunt grouse

• complain

• a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane

• a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

• restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind

• a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly

• a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)

• the basic unit of money in Haiti

• someone who nudges; someone who gives a gentle push

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on