tricoteuse: one of a number of women who sat and knitted while attending public executions during the French Revolution
osculation: the act of kissing; a kiss
soucouyant: a witch believed to shed her skin by night and suck victims’ blood
ratiocination: the process of logical reasoning
trichotillomania: a compulsion to pull out one’s hair and often to ingest it
weltanschauung: world view; a framework through which to interpret the world
imbricate: having overlapping edges; to arrange so that the edges overlap
