| Dictionary Of Spells, Monsters, and other wizarding words |
| Having trouble with some wizard homework? Well here you can find out what certain wizard words mean. If you see a word that I don't have below, please send in the word and its definition! Abyssinian Shrivel Figs - Plants in Herbology Class Accio - The summoning charm Aconite - A plant used in potions that's also known as a 'monkshood' or a 'wolfsbane' Aging Potion - A potion used in order to look older Alchemy - Medieval science based on turning any metal into pure gold Alohorma - A spell to unlock doors and windows Animagi - People who can change into an animal Aparecium - A spell to make ink invisible Apparate - The magical ability to disappear and reappear at your destination Aragog - A huge spider that can be found in the forbidden forest Auror - A witch or wizard that captures any type of bad guy/creature and takes them to Azkaban Avada Kedavra - Worst of the Unforgivable Curses; a killing curse that causes a falsh of bright green light and kills without a mark Avery - A named Dementor Avis - A spell that causes birds to fly out of the tip of a wand Azkaban - The wizard prison Ballycastle Bats - A professional Quidditch team Bane - Centaur from the forbidden forest Basilisk - Known as the King of Serpents, a snake that can reach a gigantic size, and live many hundreds of years, is born from a chicken's egg and is hatched beneath a toad. It has a murderous stare, and all who are fixed with the beam of its eye shall die instantly. Spiders flee it Beauxbatons - School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in France Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans - Wizard candy that comes in every flavor Bezoar - Stone taken from the stomach of a goat that can be used to save one from poisons Binky - Lavendar Brown's pet rabbit Blast Ended Skrewts - Magical creature that looks like a shelless lobsters and who shoot sparks out of themselves Bludgers - Twin black balls that try to unseat players in the game of Quidditch Boggart - A magical thing that hides in dark corners and will turn into whatever you fear the most Bowtruckles - Wood-like pixies that are tree-guardians and live in wand trees and eat wood lice Broomstick - A flying broomstick, is used in the game of Quidditch. Brands include the Cleansweep Five, Nimbus Two Thousand, Nimbus Two Thousand and One, Shooting Stars, Firebolt, etc. Bubblehead Charm - Charm used to breathe under water Buckbeak - A hippogriff Butterbeer - A frothy, buttery hot drink Cauldron - A pot which ingredients are put into to make potions Centaur - A half man half horse creature Chinese Fireball - A type of dragon that is red Common Welsh Green - A type of dragon Cornish Pixies - Electric-blue beings that are about 8 inches high, with pointed faces and shrill voices Cruciatus Curse - an illegal curse Crucio - An illegal curse that makes creatures legs bend into their body Degnome - A method used to get rid of gnomes in a garden. To degnome a garden you cate the gnome, grab it by its ankles, and swing it around your head, and then throw it. Once the others realize what's happening they rush up to have a look so its easy to get rid of the others. Death Eaters - Supporters of Lord Voldemort, the dark wizard Dementor - A ghostlike person that sucks all the happiness out of a person Densaugeo - Makes teeth grow abnormally large Devil's Snare - A plant with long entangling creeper and can be found in dark and damp areas Diagon Alley - A shopping alley that only wizards can access Diffindo - Makes things split Dissendium - Opens secret passages inside statues Dobby - A house elf of the Malfoy's Draught of Living Death - A very powerful sleeping potion made from asphode and wormwood Durmstrang - A wizarding school that strongly supports the Dark Arts Engorgio - makes things bigger Ennervate - Brings people back to conciousness Expecto patronum - summons patronus to protect you from dementors Exspelliarmus - A spell to disarm someone Extendable Ears - Ears created by the Weasley twins, that when held up to your own ears, can help you hear conversations in far off places or other rooms Fang - Hagrid's pet dog that's a boarhound Fawkes - Dumbledore's pet phoenix Ferula - Creates a sling Finite Incantatem - A charm used to stop the effects of other charms Flobberworm - A very boring creature with no teeth Floo Powder - Glittering powder that is used to travel Fluffy - A huge dog with three heads who is befriended by Hagrid Foe Glass - A mirror that shows dark shadows of figures, and you know you are in trouble when you can see the white of their eyes Freezing Charm - An immobilizing spell Furnunculus - Makes boils appear on the skin Galleon - A gold wizard coin, 17 Sickles equal one Galleon Giants - Magical creatures that are huge in size, and are known to be very rude and mean Gillyweed - A plant used for breathing underwater Gnomes - Small and leathery looking men, with large knobbly bald heads that look like potatoes. They live in holes in peoples' gardens and aren't too bright. Goblins - Very small creatures that have clever, dark faces, pointed beards, and very long fingers and feet. Grawp - Hagrid's half brother who is a pure giant Grindylow - A silky green water creature with sharp horns Gringotts - The bank of the wizarding world. It's run by goblins and in order to get to a vault you must ride in a cart. The safest place to hide something, the only place safer is Hogwarts. Gryffindor - One of the Houses at Hogwarts, click here Gurg - The name used by gaints that means the chief giant of a group Hedwig - Harry's snowy pet owl Heliopaths - Tall flaming creatures that gallop across the ground, burning everything in front of them Hogsmeade - An all wizard village Hogwarts - The wizarding school that Harry Potter attends Homorphus Charm - turns a werewolf back into a man House Elves - Elves that cook, clean, and do other small chores and receive no pay Howler - A letter that is enchanted so when you open it you hear the sender's voice yelling your message at the top of their lungs. Hufflepuff - One of the Houses at Hogwarts, click here Hungarian Horntail - a type of dragon, black with spikes on its tail Impedimenta - Temporarily slows down a target Imperio - A curse that allows a person to have total control of another creature or being Imperius Curse - A curse used to control people Impervious - Repels water Incendio - A spell that causes fire to appear Impervius - A spell that repels water Kappas - Monkey-like water creatures Karkus - The chief giant that Hagrid meets Knuts - Bronze wizard coins Kwikspell - A course for squibs and others with poor magical talent that helps you improve your magical talents Legilimency - The ability to extract feelings and memories from another person's mind Leprechauns - tiny men that hide pots of gold Leprechaun Gold - Gold that disappears in an hour and is owned by leprechauns Locomotor Mortis - Leg locker curse Love Potion - A potion used to make people fall in love Lumos - A spell that will make a light come at the end of your wand Magorian - A centaur that lives in the forbidden forest Metamorphmagus - A person that can change their appearance at will Mimbulus mimbletonia - A cactus with boils on it, in defense it will spray stinksap Mirror of Erised - A mirror that lets a person see their deepest desire Monkshood and Wolfsan - The same plant is called aconite Muggle - A non-magic person Mudblood - A really foul name for someone who is Muggle-born Nagini - Lord Voldemort's pet snake N.E.W.T.s - Nastily Exhausting Wizard Tests, Percy took them Niffler - A creature that sniffs out treasure Norbert - A Norwegian Ridgeback dragon that is befriended by Hagrid Nosebleed Nougat - Candy that will make your nose bleed, see Skiving Snack Boxes Nox - A spell that will turn off the light on the tip of your wand from Lumos Obliviate - A memory-erasing charm Occlumency - The study against external penetration (i.e. mind reading) Omnioculars - Like binoculars but can play back actions Orchideous - Makes flowers pop out at the end of wand Order of Phoenix, The - A secret society of wizards and witches founded by Dumbledore, to help prevent the rise of Voldemort's power O.W.L.s - Ordinary Wizarding Levels, Percy and Bill got 12 of them Owls - Birds that carry messages for wizards/witches Parselmouth - Someone who can speak the language of the snakes Parseltongue - Language of the snakes Pensieve - A basin that has misty water in it and it can magically help you deal with your thoughts if you have a lot on your mind Petrificus Totalus - Body bind Phoenix - A bird that bursts into flame and rises from its ashes during rebirth. During rebirth it is ugly, but afterwards it is colorful and is the color of flames. It can carry heavy loads, its tears heals wounds, and it is a very faithful pet Point Me - Points wand north Poltergeist - Like a ghost, but can control solid objects Polyjuice Potion - A potion that will allow you to turn into someone else for an hour Portkeys - Teleports Prior Incantato - Makes another wand repeat shadows or most recently cas spells Quaffle - A large brick-red ball that you hit into the net in Quidditch Quidditch - A wizarding game played on broomsticks Quidditch World Cup - A huge Quidditch game involving two famous teams Quietus - Quiets your voice Ravenclaw - One of the Houses at Hogwarts, click here Reducio - Makes things smaller Reducto - Reductor spell Remembrall - An enchanted ball that can tell you if you've forgotten something Reparo - Repairs broken objects Rictusempra - Tickling charm Ridikulus - Turns boggart into something humourus Secrecy Sensor - An object that vibrates when it detects a lie or some sort of concealment Serpensortia - A snake summoning charm Sickle - A silver wizard coin, 29 Knuts equal one Sickle Skiving Snack Boxes - Candies that make you ill for helpful reasons (i.e. to get out of class) Slytherin - One of the Houses at Hogwarts, click here Sneakoscope - A device that lights up and spins around when someone untrustworthy is around Snitch - A golden walnut-sized ball with silver wings that the Seeker has to catch in Quidditch. When caught, the team who has caught the Snitch is awarded 150 points Sonorus - Makes voice loud Sorcerer's Stone - A legendary stone that will transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal. It was created by Nicholas Flamel with the help of Albus Dumbledore. Sorting Hat - At the beginning of each year a ceremony is held for first years where they are sorted into one of the four Houses at Hogwarts, click here Spell-O-Tape - A wizarding tape Squib - A person born into a wizarding family but doesn't have any magical powers Stupefy - A stunning spell Swedish Short-Snout - A type of dragon that is a blue-grey color Tarantallegra - A dancing charm Thestrals - Horse-like creatures with fangs and wings, the only people who can see them are people who have seen death Transfiguration - Turning one thing into another Unforgivable Curses - The illegal curses Avada Kedavra, Imperius, and Cruciatus Unicorn - A horse with a horn that contains magical powers Veela - Beautiful creatures that are female and have a special charm that attracts males Veritaserum - A truth potion Waddiwasi - Unclogs things Wand - A stick of wood with a powerful magical core, used for casting spells Whomping Willow - A large tree that beats up anything that disturbs it Wingardium Levoisa - A levitating spell Winky - A female house elf whose master is Barty Crouch Weird Sisters, The - A witch band Werewolf - A half man half wolf mixture Wronski Feint - A Quidditch move |
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