1. For the reason that; on account of
   "I couldn't come because I was ill"
   - as, since, for

Encyclopedia: Because

• dry out
• dry pint
• dry plate
• dry plate process
• dry point
• dry quart
• dry run
• dry season
• dry socket
• dry unit
• dry up
• dry vermouth
• dry walling
• dry wash
• dry-bulb thermometer
• dry-cleaned
• dry-eyed
• dry-gulching
• dry-rot
• dry-shod
• dry-stone wall
• dry-wood termite
• dryad
• Dryadella
• Dryas