8-Letter Words Containing: A,R,A

• wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting

• the wife or widow of a czar

• a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom

• French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)

• a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics

• An infantry soldier, often of Christian descent and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826); by extension, any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.

• An elite, highly loyal supporter.

• A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject.

• To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone).

• To forcibly steal (a vehicle).

• music composed for dancing the mazurka

• a Polish national dance in triple time

• make powerless and unable to function

• cause to be paralyzed and immobile