- mettle by WordNet
nounThe courage to carry on.usage: "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"synonyms: heart, nerve, spunk
- Touchwood by Webster's
... n.) Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.(n.) Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk or punk.
- touchwood by WordNet
nounMaterial for starting a fire.synonyms: kindling, tinder, spunk, punk
- tinder by WordNet
nounMaterial for starting a fire.synonyms: kindling, touchwood, spunk, punk
- nerve by WordNet
nounAny bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body. synonyms: nervusThe courage to carry on.usage: "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"synonyms: heart, mettle, spunkImpudent aggressiveness.usage: "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" ...