flint
Primitive fire starter
Flint is a hard, fine-grained stone that produces sparks when struck against steel.
This property made flint essential for starting fires and firing early guns—a flintlock rifle uses a piece of flint to ignite gunpowder.
The word extends to anything that sparks or ignites: the flint in a lighter, or figuratively, a person with a heart of flint—cold and unyielding.
Fine-grained siliceous stone
- silicaSilicon dioxide compound
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- noduleRounded small lump
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
concretion · geology · mineralogy · hardness · brittle · conchoidal · fracture · luster
Fracturing stone for tools
- arrowheadPiercing end of projectile
- spearheadLead an effort
- handaxeKnapped stone implement
- scraperTool for removing buildup
blade · flake · core · burin · adze · pressure flaking · hammerstone · cortex
Tiny fiery particle
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- tinderCombustible material for ignition
- strikerOne who hits targets
steel · combustion · flame · ember · campfire · bonfire · firecraft · friction
Earliest tool-making period
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- hunter-gathererPre-farming subsistence lifestyle
excavation · prehistoric · ancient · primitive · tribal · anthropology
Wilderness survival skill set
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- campingOutdoor recreational lodging
- fire-makingStarting a controlled blaze
- primitive skillsPre-industrial survival abilities
outdoors · self-reliance · emergency · preparedness · foraging · shelter · survivalist · off-grid
chert
Fine-grained siliceous stone
sedimentary · concretion · geology · mineralogy · hardness · brittle · conchoidal · fracture · luster · opaque
knapping
Fracturing stone for tools
scraper · blade · flake · core · burin · adze · pressure flaking · hammerstone · cortex · retouching
spark
Tiny fiery particle
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- tinderCombustible material for ignition
striker · steel · combustion · flame · ember · campfire · bonfire · firecraft · friction · percussion
paleolithic
Earliest tool-making period
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
hunter-gatherer · excavation · prehistoric · ancient · primitive · tribal · anthropology
bushcraft
Wilderness survival skill set
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- campingOutdoor recreational lodging
- fire-makingStarting a controlled blaze
primitive skills · outdoors · self-reliance · emergency · preparedness · foraging · shelter · survivalist · off-grid
- mineralsquartz, marble, granite, limestone, sandstone
- fire startingtinderbox, fire steel, fire drill, bow drill, hand drill
- rock fragmentspebble, gravel, chip, shard, fragment
- Chalk Downsescarpment, scarp, wold, thin soil, dry valley
- Neolithicdomestication, early agriculture, stone axes, Fertile Crescent, grinding stones
- Nordic archaeologyViking artifacts, runestones, burial mounds, bog bodies, grave goods
flintsofthearted
Readily feeling sympathy
tenderhearted · compassionate · warmhearted · soft-boiled · gentle
- Fred Flintstone
- flint and steelSpark-producing ignition pair
- Wilma Flintstone
- flintlock pistolSpark-fired antique handgun
- flintlock rifleSpark-fired antique firearm
- flint toolsKnapped stone implements
flinty, flints, flintlock, flintiness, flintlocks, flintiest, flintstone