| Meaning | Explication | Aliases | Taxon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| quality | something that differentiates a thing or person | Possession | Show shifts | |
| quantity | fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items | Phasal | Show shifts | |
| quarrel | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| queen | female monarch | N/a | Show shifts | |
| queen (bee) | reproductive female insect in a beehive | Animals | Show shifts | |
| queen (playing card) | playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit | N/a | Show shifts | |
| queen (termites and ants) | reproductive female of social insects | N/a | Show shifts | |
| queen, princess | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| queue | line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back) | Abstract entities | Show shifts | |
| quick | of a process taking place at high speed | Other physical | Show shifts | |
| quiet (vs. loud) | Sound | Show shifts | ||
| quince | pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga | Plants | Show shifts | |
| quinsy | Physiology | Show shifts | ||
| quite, rather | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| quiver | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| quotation mark | sign used to denote a quotation in writing | N/a | Show shifts |