Pyrrhic (pir'ik), Pyrrhic dance, a Greek martial dance. Pyrrhic phalanx, a phalanx such as was used by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.
quaff (kwaf), drink.
Queen of Lebanon (Leba-nen), Lady Hester Stanhope, niece of William Pitt. She established herself in the Lebanon hills near Jerusalem, awaiting the second coming of Christ.
quell (kwel), subdue; repress.
querulous (kwer'oo-lus), apt to find fault.
quick (kwik), vital part.
quietus (kwi-e'tus), that which silences claim; death.
rack (rak), danger.
radical (rad'i-kal), proceeding directly from the root.
railer (ral'er), one who scoffs.