| Meaning | Explication | As a source | As a target | Taxon | |
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| quality | something that differentiates a thing or person | 1 | Possession | Show all 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 | 1 | Phasal | Show all shifts | |
| quarrel | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| queen | female monarch | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| queen (bee) | reproductive female insect in a beehive | 1 | 5 | Animals | Show all shifts |
| queen (chess) | chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally | 5 | N/a | Show all 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 | 5 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| queen (termites and ants) | reproductive female of social insects | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| queen, princess | 1 | N/a | Show all 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) | 2 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| quick | of a process taking place at high speed | 20 | 22 | Other physical | Show all shifts |
| quiet (vs. loud) | 4 | 5 | Sound | Show all shifts | |
| quince | pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| quinsy | 1 | Physiology | Show all shifts | ||
| quite, rather | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| quiver | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| quotation mark | sign used to denote a quotation in writing | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |