8-Letter Words Containing: J,R,_

• 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 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

• a field where junk is collected and stored for resale

• To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone).

• To forcibly steal (a vehicle).

• unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap

• a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

• (used in the plural) flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots

• A white man living outside of a white settlement.

• A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand; formerly, a young man of independent means working at a station in a supernumerary capacity to gain experience.

• To work as a jackaroo.