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Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..

Find :: Find (v. t.) To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost..

Carpetbagger :: Carpetbagger (n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).

Opportunism :: Opportunism (n.) The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate consequences..

Self-seeking :: Self-seeking (a.) Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.

Delicious :: Delicious (a.) Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate.

Speking :: Speking (n.) Public declamation; oratory.

Seeker :: Seeker (n.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments..

Fast :: Fast (v.) Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver..

Valetudinarian :: Valetudinarian (n.) A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.

Inquiry :: Inquiry (n.) The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

Entitle :: Entitle (v. t.) To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer's talents entitle him to command..

Seeker :: Seeker (n.) One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything..

Nocturnal :: Nocturnal (a.) Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects..

Sharking :: Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices..

Eking :: Eking (v. t.) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.

Chase :: Chase (v.) Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt..

Seeking :: Seeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of See.

Retrieve :: Retrieve (n.) A seeking again; a discovery.

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