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Accio ~ A summoning charm which enables a wizard to call a nominated object, even from some distance. [4,6]

Age Line ~ Enchanted barrier, based on the age of the one intending to cross it. [4,16]

Aging Potion ~ Means of disguising youth. [4,16]

Auror ~ Wizard specializing in detecting and detaining Dark Wizards. [4,11]

Avada Kedavra ~ The Killing Curse. No counter curse, no way of blocking it; only one person has been known to survive it. An Unforgivable Curse. [4,14]

Avery ~ A Death eater. [4,27]

Avis ~ Charm to produce birds; useful wand test. [4,18]

Ludovic "Ludo" Bagman ~ Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports at the Ministry of Magic. [4,5]

Banishing Charm ~ The opposite of the summoning charm; incantation not given. [4,26]

Prefects' Bathroom ~ An exclusive room at Hogwarts, complete with multiple bubble bath supplies ... and a bath like a small swimming pool. [4,23]

Beauxbatons Academy of Magic ~ France's equivalent of Hogwarts. [4,9]

Blast-Ended Skrewt ~ Magical creature; produces explosive effects at one end. Possibly a cross between a manticore and a fire crab. [4,13]

Bozo ~ Rita Skeeter's photographer. [4,24]

Frank Bryce ~ The Riddles' gardener, accused of their murder. [4,1]

Bubble-Head Charm ~ Surrounds the head with air bubbles, to enable breathing underwater. [4,26]

Bubotuber ~ Magical plant; produces pus which is an effective acne remedy. If used correctly. [4,13]

Canary Creams ~ Custard creams that briefly turn the eater into a canary. One of the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. [4,21]

Chinese Fireball ~ Red dragon, with a fringe of fine gold spikes around the face. [4,19]

Conjunctivitus Curse ~ Disrupts vision for a while; can be painful, and often confused with conjunctivitis, by unwary muggles. [4,23]

Crabbe ~ Death Eater; father of Vincent (Slytherin student and friend of Malfoy). [4,33]

Dennis Creevey ~ Younger brother of Colin. [4,12]

Bartemius "Barty" Crouch ~ Percy Weasley's boss at the Department of International Magical Co-operation, at the Ministry of Magic. [4,5]

Bartemius "Barty" Crouch ~ Son of Percy Weasley's boss at the Ministry of Magic. [4,30]

Crucio ~ The Cruciatus curse; induces unbearable pain. An Unforgivable Curse. [4,14]

Dark Detector ~ Secrecy sensor; vibrates when it detects concealment and lies, according to Professor Moody. [4,20]

Dark Mark ~ Lord Voldemort's emblem; a skull with emerald trimmings and a snake coming out of it's mouth; projected against the night sky. [4,9]

Dark Wizard ~ One steeped in the Dark Arts. [4,11]

Death Eater ~ Supporters of Lord Voldemort. [4,9]

Fleur Delacour ~ Beauxbaton's part-Veela champion. Sometimes nicknamed Phlegm. [4,16] Full name: Fluer Isabelle [7,8]

Gabrielle Delacour ~ Fleur's younger sister. [4,26]

Foe Glass ~ A mirror used to observe enemies. [4,20]

Deletrius ~ Charm to delete a prior spell. [4,9]

Densaugeo ~ Curse that causes the teeth to grow to excessive length. [4,18]

Diffindo ~ Charm to open or divide. [4,20]

Amos Diggory ~ Cedric's father; works at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, at the Ministry of Magic. [4,6]

Antonin Dolohov ~ Death Eater, active in Voldemort's day's of glory; torturor of muggles, apprehended and imprisoned for the murders of Gideon and Fabian Prewett. [4,30]

Durmstrang Institute ~ School for Wizards in North Central Europe; reputed to be unsympathetic to muggleborn wizards. And keen on teaching the Dark Arts. [4,11]

Enervate ~ Charm to stimulate a sleepy, stunned or magically subdued person; reverses the stupify charm. [4,9]

Floo Network ~ Fireplaces navigable by floo powder. [4,4]

Four-Point Spell ~ To make a wand indicate North; Point Me is the incantation. [4,31]

Fridwulfa ~ A Giant, and mother of Hagrid. [4,24]

Furnunculus ~ Curse that causes boils to break out on the victim. [4,18]

Giant ~ A large, violent race, unpopular in the wizarding world; "They're ... not very nice", according to Ron Weasley. [4,23]

Gillyweed ~ Enables a person wizard to breathe underwater. [4,26]

Gladrags Wizardwear ~ Store in Hogsmeade. [4,27]

Gobbledegook ~ The language of Goblins. [4,7]

Goblet of Fire ~ You'll have to read the book!

Professor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank ~ Temporary care of magical creatures teacher. [4,24]

House Elf Liberation Front ~ Ron Weasley's suggested name for the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare. [4,21]

Hungarian Horntail ~ Gigantic, lizard-like black dragon, with bronze-coloured spikes along the tail. [4,19]

Impediment Curse ~ To slow down and obstruct attackers; impedimenta is the incantation. [4,31]

Imperio ~ The Imperius curse; gives a wizard total control over another life. An Unforgivable Curse. [4,14]

Incendio ~ A cahrm to start a fire. [4,4]

Jelly-Legs Jinx ~ Does as it says! [4,31]

Bertha Jorkins ~ A missing witch. [4,1]

Professor Igor Karkaroff ~ Head of Durmstrang School. [4,15]

Viktor Krum ~ Star Quidditch player from Bulgaria. [4,5]

Bellatrix (Bella) Lestrange ~ Death Eater; sent to Azkaban for the torture of Frank and Alice Longbottom; A member of the Black Family. [4,27]

Rodolphus Lestrange ~ Death Eater; sent to Azkaban for the torture of Frank and Alice Longbottom. [4,27]

Little Hangleton ~ Tom Riddle's home village. [4,1]

Alice Longbottom ~ Neville's mother, once an Auror. [4,30]

Frank Longbottom ~ Neville's father, once an Auror. [4,30]

Narcissa Malfoy ~ Draco's mother; A member of the Black Family. [4,8]

Madame Olympe Maxime ~ Principle of Beauxbatons Academy. [4,15]

Mediwizard ~ One trained and prepared to provide appropriate first aid, at Quidditch, for example. [4,8]

Mercus ~ Mer-chieftainess in the Hogwarts lake. [4,26]

Mermish ~ The language of the Merpeople. [4,7]

Merpeople ~ Underwater race, not particularly friendly to wizards. [4,25]

Professor Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody ~ Retired Auror, reputated to have filled half the cells in Azkaban. [4,11]

Morsmordre ~ Incantation to conjur the Dark Mark, emblem of You-Know-Who's supporters. [4,9]

Muggle-Repelling Charm ~ A charm to protect muggles from the wizarding world; if they approach the charmed area, they suddenly remember urgent appointments. [4,8]

Mulciber ~ A Death Eater [4,30]

Nagini ~ A serpent. [4,1]

Niffler ~ Magical creature with a taste for precious objects. A fluffy black creature with a long snout. [4,28]

Nott ~ Death Eater; father of Theodore (Slytherin student and friend of Malfoy). [4,33]

Obliviator ~ Member of the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad at the Ministry of Magic. [4,7]

Ogg ~ Gamekeeper, before Hagrid. [4,31]

Omnioculars ~ Binoculars that slow down, speed up, freeze frame and review the action. [4,7]

Orchideous ~ Charm to produce a bunch of flowers; useful wand test. [4,18]

Ottery St Catchpole ~ Village near the Quidditch World Cup site. [4,6]

Padma Patil ~ Parvati's twin, and Ron's partner at the Yule Ball. [4,22]

Pensieve ~ Reservoir for surplus memories. [4,30]

Pig ~ Pigwidgeon, Ron Weasley's Scop's owl. [4,3]

Portkey ~ Objects used to transport wizards at prearranged times, to prearranged places. [4,6]

Fabian Prewett ~ Mrs Weasley's brother. [4,30]

Apollyon Pringle ~ Hogwarts caretaker before Mr Filch. [4,31]

Prior Incantato ~ Charm to reveal the last spell a wand performed. [4,9]

Quick-Quotes Quill ~ Magical equivalent of a dictaphone, with an imagination of its own. [4,18]

Quietus ~ Reversal of the sonorus charm. [4,8]

Reducio ~ A Shrinking charm; cancels engorgio. [4,14]

Reductor Curse ~ To blast objects out of the way, or reduce them to dust. Reducto is the incantation. [4,31]

Relashio ~ A charm that sends sparks from the wand; jets of hot water when used underwater. [4,26]

Reparo ~ Incantation for the repairing charm. [4,11]

Augustus Rookwood ~ Worked in the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic; named as a Death Eater and convicted of leaking Ministry secrets to Voldemort. [4,30]

Evan Rosier ~ Death Eater, active in Voldemort's day's of glory; killed resisting capture. [4,30]

Rita Skeeter ~ "Journalist" for the Daily Prophet. [4,10]

St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries ~ Specialist health services. [4,8]

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Shield Charm ~ Creates a temporary, invisible, personal wall of defence - to deflect minor curses. [4,31]

Snuffles ~ Another nickname for Sirius Black [4,27]

S.P.E.W. ~ Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare; set up by Hermione Granger to assist in liberating House Elves. [4,14]

Sphinx ~ The body of an over-large lion, with the head of a woman - and a rare skill with riddles. [4,31]

Sonorus ~ A charm to magify the voice a hundred-fold. [4,8]

Splinch ~ The separation of random body parts while apparating. [4,6]

Stupefy ~ A stunning spell. [4,9]

Swedish Short-Snout ~Blue-grey dragon, with long pointed horns. [4,19]

Switching Spell ~ Charm to alter some aspect of the target - Dragon's fangs to wine gums, perhaps? [4,15]

Ton-Tongue Toffee ~ Toffee with an engorgement charm, capable of gross expansion of the tongue. [4,5]

Triwizard Tournament ~ A friendly, dangerous competition between Europe's three largest schools of wizardry; Hogwarts, Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. [4,12]

Unspeakables ~ Staff of the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic. [4,7]

Veela ~ Creatures able to take human form and bewitch men. [4,8]

Veritaserum ~ A powerful truth serum. [4,27]

Wand Weighing ~ Pre tournament check for full function and no fiddles. [4,18]

Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes ~ Fred and George's amusing project. [4,5]

Weird Sisters ~ A very famous musical group, often heard on WWN. [4,22]

Winky ~ A house elf, attached to the Crouch family. [4,8]

Wonky Faint ~ Hermione Granger's mangled version of the Wronski Feint. [4,18]

Wronski Feint ~ In quidditch, a seeker's ploy to deceive; diving after the snitch (which isn't there) and pulling out while the rival crashes. [4,8]

W.W.N. ~ Wizarding Wireless Network; home entertainment in the magical world. [4,22]

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