8-Letter Words Containing: AR_

• a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds

• a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences

• a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States

• the common European short-winged hawk

• wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting

• the wife or widow of a czar

• thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food

• 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.