Q Entry List (Phase 1 Draft)
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 2025-12-10.
q
Q.
QA
Q & A
qabala
qabalah
qadi
qaggiq
qajaq
qajaqer
Qallunaaq
qamutiik
qasida
qat
qawwali
QB
QC
QE
QED
Q.E.D.
Q fever
qi
qibla
qigong
qindar
qiviut
QM
QMC
QMG
QMS
QOL
Q'omoχws
QPF
QPP
qr.
Q rating
QR code
q.s.
QSL card
QST
qt.
q.t.
Q-tip
qtly
qtr
qty
qu.
qua
quaalude
quack
quackbuster
quackery
quackgrass
quackish
quackism
quad
quad bike
quad cane
quad chair
quadcopter
quad cuff
quadmester
quadplex
quadragenarian
Quadragesima
quadragesimal
quadrangle
quadrant
quadrantal
quadrantectomy
Quadrantid
quadraphonics
quadrat
quadrate
quadratic
quadratic equation
quadratic formula
quadrature
quadrennial
quadrennium
quadrex
quadri-
quadric
quadriceps
quadricipital
quadrifid
quadrilateral
quadrilingual
quadrille
quadrilliard
quadrillion
quadrillionth
quadripartite
quadriplegia
quadrivalent
quadrivium
quadroon
quadrophonic
quadrumanous
quadruped
quadruped snowshoe
quadruple
quadruplet
quadruplex
quadruplex telegraph
quadruplex videotape
quadruplicate
quadtree
quadword
quaestor
quaestorship
quaff
quag
quagga
quagga mussel
quagmire
quahaug
quahogger
quai
quaich
quail
quaint
quake
quake in one’s boots
Quaker
quaking aspen
quaking bog
quaking swamp
quaky
quale
qualha
qualification
qualified privilege
qualifier
qualifiers
qualify
qualitative
qualitative analysis
quality
quality assurance
quality circle
quality control
quality of life
quality time
qualla
qualm
quamash
quandary
quango
Quanker
quant
quantal
quantifiable
quantifier
quantify
quantile
quantitate
quantitative
quantitative analysis
quantitative easing
quantitive
quantity
quantity surveyor
quantize
quantum
quantum computer
quantum entanglement
quantum leap
quantum mechanics
quantum number
quantum theory
quarantinable
quarantine
quarg
quar ice
quark
quarkonium
quarl
quarrel
quarry
quarryman
quart
quartan
quarter
quarterage
quarterback
quarter beaver
quarter-blood Indian
quarter-breed
quarter day
quarterdeck
quarter-dollar
quarterfinal
quarter horse
quarter hour
quarter-hour
quartermaster
quarter-miler
quartern
quarter note
quarter of an hour
quarter panel
quarter rest
quarter-round
quartersaw
quarter section
quarter sessions
quarterstaff
quarter-tone
quartet
quartette
quartic
quartier
quartile
quartimax
quart major
quarto
quartz
quartz claim
quartz crystal
quartz fever
quartz glass
quartz gold
quartz heater
quartzite
quartz lode
quartz mine
quar water
quasar
quash
quasi
quasi-criminal
quasi-judicial
quasiparticle
quasi-stellar object
quassia
quatercentenary
Quaternary
quaternary
quaternion
quatrain
quatrefoil
quaver
quawk
quay
quaylike
quayside
quazepam
qubit
Que.
queasy
Québec
Quebec Act
Quebec Bill
Quebec burner
Quebec Conference
Quebec Convention
Quebec currency
Quebec gold
Quebec heater
Quebec horse
Quebec Jersey
Quebecker
Quebec marmot
Québécois
Québécoise
Quebec Pension Plan
Quebec pine
Quebec Resolutions
Quebec Sales Tax
Quebec Scheme
quebrachine
quebrachitol
quebracho
queen
Queen Anne’s lace
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
queen bee
Queen Charlotte Island caribou
Queen City
Queen City of the Plains
Queen City of the West
queen consort
queen crab
queencup
queendom
queenhood
queen it
queenly
queen mother
queen of the prairie
queen post
queenship
queen-size
queer
queer-bashing
quell
quench
quenchless
quenelle
quercetin
quercitin
quercitol
quercitrin
quercitron
querist
quern
quertine
querulous
query
ques.
quesadilla
quest
question
questionable
question mark
questionnaire
question of fact
question of law
Question Period
questor
quetsch
quetzal
queue
queue-jump
queue up
quezal
quia timet injunction
quibble
quibblingly
quiche
quick
quick and dirty
quick as a flash
quick assets
quick bread
quick clay
quicken
quickening
quick fix
quick-freeze
quick grass
quickhatch
quickie
quickie strike
quick kick
quicklime
quick off the mark
quick on the trigger
quick ratio
quick reference
quicksand
quickset
quick shot
quicksilver
quicksort
quickstep
quick study
quick temper
quick time
quick trick
quickwater
quick-witted
quid
quiddity
quidnunc
quid pro quo
quiescent
quiet
quiet down
quieten
quieten down
quiet firing
quiet hiring
quietism
quiet quitting
Quiet Revolution
quietude
quietus
quiff
Quileute
quill
quillback
quill feather
quillon
quill pen
quill pig
quillwork
quillwort
quilly pig
quilt
quilter
quilting
quilting bee
quilting frolic
quilting match
quiltwork
quinacrine
quinaldine
quinalphos
quinamine
quinary
quinate
quinazoline
quincajou
quince
quincentenary
quincunx
quinella
quinic acid
quinidine
quiniela
quinine
quinine grass
quinnat
quinoa
quinoline
quinolone
quinone
quinoxaline
quinquagenarian
quinquennium
quinquina
quinsy
quint
quinta
quintain
quintal
quintan
quintering
quintessence
quintessential
quintessentially
quintet
quintic
quintile
quintilliard
quintillion
quintillionth
quintuple
quintuplet
quintuplicate
quinua
quinuclidine
quinzhee
quip
quipster
quipu
quiquahatch
quiquehatch
quiquihatch
quire
quirk
quirkish
quirky
quirt
quisling
quit
quitch
quit claim
quite
quite another
quite so
quittance
quitter
quitting time
quittor
quiver
quiverful
quiver-leaf
qui vive
quixotic
quixotism
quiz
quizician
quizmaster
quiz show
quizzer
quizzical
qulliq
quod erat demonstrandum
quodlibet
quod vide
quoin
quoit
quondam
Quonset
quor
quorate
quorum
quorum sensing
quota
quotable
quotably
quotation
quotationist
quotation mark
quote
quoteworthy
quoth
quotidian
quotient
quotingly
Quran
Quranic
q.v.
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