| carrefour | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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| centrefold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centerfold |
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| counterreformation | (noun) a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation | - |
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| forefoot | (noun) a front foot of a quadruped | - |
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| preformation | (noun) a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell | Synonyms: theory of preformation |
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| refocusing | (noun) focusing again | - |
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| reforestation | (noun) the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting | Synonyms: re-afforestation |
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| reform | (noun) a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | - |
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| (noun) a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices | - |
| (noun) self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice | - |
| reformation | (noun) rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | Synonyms: reclamation |
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| (noun) improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs | - |
| reformatory | (noun) correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders | Synonyms: reform school, training school |
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| reformer | (noun) an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel | - |
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| (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, meliorist, reformist, social reformer |
| reformism | (noun) a doctrine of reform | - |
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| reformist | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, meliorist, reformer, social reformer |
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| trefoil | (noun) an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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| (noun) a plant of the genus Trifolium | Synonyms: clover |
| (noun) any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves | Synonyms: medic, medick |
| wherefore | (noun) the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' | Synonyms: why |
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