8-Letter Words Containing: J,A,R,I

• 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 holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it

• someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

• common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast

• the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part

• (elections) more than half of the votes

• the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs

• mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

• a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly

• a long and mournful complaint