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Here is a list of main entries (including cross-references, but not alternates and inflections) that are being edited in the first phase of work the first edition of the Canadian English Dictionary, as of 2024-12-03.

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aquiver
at close quarters
be quits
beg the question
beside the question
beyond question
call into question
call it quits
cry quits
cut to the quick
first quarter moon
in quest of
in question
in quintuplicate
King’s Counsel
Koran
on the q.t.
on the qui vive
on the quiet
out of the question
pop the question
put the question
Q & A
Q fever
Q rating
Q-tip
Q.
Q.E.D.
Q.M.
q.s.
q.t.
q.v.
q
QA
qabala
qabalah
qadi
qaggiq
qajaq
qajaqer
Qallunaaq
qamutiik
qasida
qat
qawwali
QB
QC
QE
QED
qi
qibla
qigong
qindar
qiviut
QMC
QMG
QMS
QOL
QPF
QPP
QR code
qr.
QSL card
QST
qt.
qtly
qtr
qty
qu.
qua
quaalude
quack
quackbuster
quackery
quackgrass
quackhood
quackish
quackism
quad bike
quad cane
quad chair
quad cuff
quad
quadcopter
quadmester
quadplex
quadragenarian
Quadragesima
quadragesimal
quadrangle
quadrant
quadrantal
quadrantectomy
Quadrantid
quadraphonics
quadrat
quadrate
quadratic equation
quadratic formula
quadratic
quadrature
quadrennial
quadrennium
quadrex
quadri-
quadric
quadricentennial
quadriceps
quadricipital
quadrifid
quadrilateral
quadrilingual
quadrille
quadrilliard
quadrillion
quadrillionth
quadripartite
quadriplegia
quadriplegic
quadrivalence
quadrivalency
quadrivalent
quadrivium
quadroon
quadrophonic
quadrumanous
quadruped snowshoe
quadruped
quadrupedal
quadruple
quadruplet
quadruplex telegraph
quadruplex videotape
quadruplex
quadruplicate
quadruply
quadword
quaestor
quaestorial
quaestorship
quaff
quag
quagga mussel
quagga
quaggy
quagmire
quagmiry
quahaug
quahogger
quai
quaich
quail
quaint
quake in one’s boots
quake
Quaker
Quakerish
Quakerishly
Quakerism
Quakerlike
Quakerness
quaking aspen
quaking bog
quaking swamp
quakingly
quaky
quale
qualha
qualifiable
qualification
qualificatory
qualified privilege
qualified
qualifiedly
qualifier
qualifiers
qualify
qualitative analysis
qualitative
qualitatively
quality assurance
quality circle
quality control
quality controlled
quality of life
quality time
quality
qualla
qualm
qualmish
qualmishly
qualmishness
qualmy
quandary
quango
Quanker
quant
quantal
quantally
quantifiable
quantification
quantifier
quantify
quantitate
quantitation
quantitative analysis
quantitative easing
quantitative
quantitatively
quantitativeness
quantitively
quantity surveyor
quantity
quantization
quantize
quantum computer
quantum entanglement
quantum jump or leap
quantum mechanical
quantum mechanics
quantum number
quantum theory
quantum
quar ice
quar water
quarantine
quark
quarrel
quarreler
quarreller
quarrelsome
quarrelsomely
quarrelsomeness
quarrier
quarry
quarryman
quart major
quart
quartan
quarter beaver
quarter blood Indian
quarter day
quarter horse
quarter hour
quarter note
quarter of an hour
quarter panel
quarter rest
quarter section
quarter sessions
quarter-breed
quarter-dollar
quarter-hour
quarter-miler
quarter-round
quarter-section
quarter-tone
quarter
quarterage
quarterback
quarterdeck
quarterfinal
quarterfinalist
quarterfinals
quartermaster
quartern
quarternion
quartersaw
quarterstaff
quartertone
quartet
quartette
quartic
quartier
quartile
quarto
quartz claim
quartz crystal
quartz fever
quartz glass
quartz gold
quartz heater
quartz lode
quartz mine
quartz mining
quartz
quartzite
quasar
quash
quasi-
quasi-stellar object
quasi
quassia
quatercentenary
Quaternary
quaternary
quaternion
quatrain
quatrefoil
quaver
quaveringly
quavery
quawk
quay
quaylike
quayside
qubit
Que.
queasy
Quebec Act
Quebec Bill
Quebec burner
Quebec Conference
Quebec Convention
Quebec currency
Quebec gold
Quebec heater
Quebec horse
Quebec Jersey
Quebec marmot
Quebec Pension Plan
Quebec pine
Quebec Resolutions
Quebec Sales Tax
Quebec Scheme
Québec
Quebecer
Quebecker
Quebecois
Quebecoise
Québecquois
Queen Anne’s lace
queen bee
Queen Charlotte Island caribou
Queen City of the Plains
Queen City of the West
Queen City
queen consort
queen crab
queen it
queen mother
queen of the prairie
queen post
queen sized
queen-like
queen-size
queen
queencup
queendom
Queene
queenhood
queenlike
queenliness
queenly
queenship
Queen’s Bench
Queen’s Birthday
Queen’s Bush
Queen’s Counsel
queen’s cup
Queen’s English
Queen’s evidence
Queen’s highway
Queen’s Park
Queen’s post
Queen’s Printer
queer basher
queer bashing
queer
queerish
queerly
queerness
quell
quench
quenchable
quencher
quenchless
quenchlessly
quenchlessness
quenelle
quercetin
querist
quern
querulous
querulously
querulousness
query
quesadilla
quest
quester
question mark
question of fact
question of law
question period
question
questionability
questionable
questioner
questioningly
questionnaire
questor
quetzal
queue-jump
queue
queuer
qui vive
quibble
quibbler
quibblingly
quiche lorraine
quiche
quick and dirty
quick as a flash
quick assets
quick bread
quick fix
quick grass
quick off the mark
quick on the trigger
quick reference
quick study
quick temper
quick time
quick trick
quick-freeze
quick-kick
quick-witted
quick
quicken
quickening
quickhatch
quickie
quicklime
quicksand
quicksilver
quickstep
quickwater
quid pro quo
quid
quiddity
quidnunc
quiescent
quiet down
Quiet Revolution
quiet
quieten down
quieten
quietism
quietude
quietus
quiff
quill feather
quill pen
quill pig
quill
quillback
quillwork
quillwort
quilly pig
quilt
quilter
quilting bee
quilting frolic
quilting match
quilting
quinacrine
quinazoline
quincajou
quince
quincentenary
quincentennial
quincunx
quinidine
quinine
quinnat
quinoa
quinoline
quinolone
quinone
quinquagenarian
quinquennium
quinsy
quint
quinta
quintain
quintal
quintering
quintessence
quintessential
quintessentially
quintet
quintic
quintile
quintilliard
quintillion
quintillionth
quintuple
quintuplet
quintuplicate
quinzhee
quip
quipster
quipu
quiquahatch
quiquehatch
quiquihatch
quire
quirk
quirkish
quirky
quirt
quisling
quit claim
quit
quitch
quitclaim deed
quite another
quite so
quite
quittance
quitting time
quiver
quiverful
quixotic
quixotism
quiz show
quiz
quizmaster
quizzer
quizzical
qulliq
quod erat demonstrandum
quod vide
quodlibet
quoin
quoit
quondam
Quonset
quor
quorum sensing
quorum
quota
quotable
quotably
quotation mark
quotation
quotationist
quote
quoteworthy
quoth
quotidian
quotient
quotingly
Quran
Quranic
QWERTY keyboard
QWERTY keyboard
QWERTY
The Queen
third quarter moon
without question