Kakasbal's Den o' Wordage

Here I put words that are either fun to say, or fun to use. Every week I'll change the word. I'll continue doing this until I have to buy an unabridged dictionary to find a cool new word. You can find ten words, of which the top one is the newest. I update it weekly.
And here is this week's word:
 
zither 
a musical instrument, esp. popular in Austria, consisting of 30 to 40 strings stretched over a flat sounding board, the strings being plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum, some of the strings pass over a fret and are stopped with the left hand.
raphe
a seam like ridge between two halves of an organ or part
reive
to plunder
jehu
a fast driver
urticate
to cause itching or stinging
quiddity
1.the essential quality of a thing 2.a trifling distinction
micturate
to urinate
mulct
1.to punish by means of a fine 2.to get hold of the money of someone by means of extortion or swindling.
spicule
one of the thin, spiny structures that form the skeleton of a sponge
yammer
to utter plaintive wailiing or whimpering sounds
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