| Scots Words | Alt. Scots Words | English Meanings |
| quaisten | quaistion+ queystion | question |
| quait | quate | quiet |
| quak | quake | |
| quakin-bog | a quagmire | |
| quarrel | a quarry+ quarry stone | |
| quarrel | find fault with+ criticise | |
| quat | quit | |
| quaw | qua | bog quagmire+ marsh |
| quean | a young woman | |
| queek | squeak+ cheep | |
| queen | queen | |
| queen o the meidae | meadow-sweet | |
| queern | quern+ a hand milling stone | |
| queesitive | queisitive | inquisitive |
| queir | queer | choir+ a chancel+ church ruin |
| quey | heifer | |
| quick | swarming+ infested | |
| quickens | couch grass | |
| quietlin-wise | quietly | |
| quinkins | traces of food on pan | |
| quirk | a riddle+ problem | |
| quirkie | quirky | intricate+ twisted+ cunning+ |
| quit | quit+ leave+ abandon | |
| quitance | receipt | |
| quitten | quit | |
| quo | quoth | |
| quo | said | |
| quo' | quod | |
| quoit | play at curling | |
| quorum | a gathering+ a company | |
| quut | rid+ quit | |
| quyne (NE) | quine | girl |
| rab | rob | |
| rack | stretch+ pull+ twist+ dislocate+ | |
| rackle | a chain+ the clanking of a chain | |
| rackless | reckless | |
| rackon | reckon | |
| rade | rode | |
| radge | rage+ mad+ violently excited+ | |
| rae | roe deer | |
| raen | raven | |
| raep | a rope | |
| raff | plenty | |
| raft | a rafter | |
| rag | rough projection after sawing+ | |
| raggit | ragged | |
| raggitie | ragged | |
| raggle | cut unevenly or jaggedly | |
| ragglish | erratic+ uncertain+ wild | |
| ragnail | loose piece of skin or broken | |
| ragweed | ragweid | ragwort |
| raible | rabble+ gabble | |
| raibles | recites by rote | |
| raiglar | regular | |
| raik | rake | roam+ stray |
| raip | rape | rope |
| rair | roar | |
| rair't | roared | |
| rairie | loud+ noisy+ drunk+ bright | |
| rairin | roaring | |
| raise | arouse+ infuriate+ state of | |
| Raise | rase | |
| raised | infuriated+ wild+ over-excited | |
| raither | rather | |
| raivel | rile | entangle |
| raize | to excite | |
| rake | rake+ search+ a hoard | |
| ram-stam | headlong | |
| rame | raim | repeat+ recite+ talk nonsense |
| ramfeezl'd | exhausted | |
| ramfeisle | ramfeezle+ ramfoozle | muddle+ confuse+ exhaust |
| ramgunshoch | surly | |
| rammage | storm about | |
| rammie | a free-for-all+ violent disturbance | |
| rammle | ramble+ wander | |
| ramp | romp+ climbing of plants | |
| rampage | an outburst of rage | |
| ramscuiter | ramscooter+ ramscouter | beat+ drive off in terror |
| ramsh | eat greedily | |
| ramskeerie | ramskeiry | wild restless romp |
| ramstam | headstrong+ rash+ heedless | |
| ramstouger | rough in manner+ boisterous | |
| ran | ran | |
| rance | diagonal supporting bar on | |
| rander | ranner | render+ talk idly+ ramble+ |
| randie | aggressive+ a beggar | |
| randie | lawless | |
| randie | randy | |
| rannoch | farn+ bracken | |
| ranshackle | search+ ransack | |
| rant | romp+ sing a tune+ fuss+ complain | |
| rant | to rollick | |
| ranter | sew+ darn or mend roughly | |
| rants | merry meetings; rows. | |
| rap | rap+ dash+ thump | |
| rape | v. raep | |
| raploch | coarse woollen cloth | |
| raploch | homespun | |
| rappit | rapped | |
| raptur | rapture | a fit of rage |