Strange and Unusual Word Volley

Rules for the unusual word volley are, you need to be able to prove the word exists and your not just making it up. You can go as far as giving words origins, Link, etc...

I can't wait to here what people come up with. And who will come up with the strangest words?

I will start off with:

Necromancy

Wikipedia

Necromancy (Greek νεκρομαντία, nekromantía) is a form of divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon "operative spirits" or "spirits of divination", for multiple reasons, from spiritual protection to wisdom. The word necromancy derives from the Greek νεκρός (nekrós), "dead", and μαντεία (manteía), "divination".

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[edit on 1-6-2007 by Realtruth]

Ooo my favorite word:

Syzygy

1. Astronomy.

1. Either of two points in the orbit of a celestial body where the body is in opposition to or in conjunction with the sun.

2. Either of two points in the orbit of the moon when the moon lies in a straight line with the sun and Earth.

3. The configuration of the sun, the moon, and Earth lying in a straight line.

2. The combining of two feet into a single metrical unit in classical prosody.

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Who couldn't like all those "y"s?