| Accio |
Brings an object to you |
| Aguamenti |
Creates a gush of water from the tip of the spell caster’s wand |
| Alohomora |
Opens locks |
| Aparecium |
Makes invisible ink become visible |
| Avada Kedavra |
The Unforgivable Curse; Kills your opponent; taken from “Abra Cadabra” |
| Avifors |
Turns things into birds |
| Avis |
Makes birds fly out of the end of your wand |
| Bombarda |
Causes a small, locally contained explosion. To make a bigger explosion, one could use “bombarda maxima” |
| Colloportus |
Closes a door and binds it so that it can’t be opened. |
| Confringo |
AKA the Blasting Curse; Causes the item targeted to explode |
| Confundus |
Confounds your target, or makes them temporarily confused |
| Conjunctivitis |
Damages the eyesight of your opponent, making them seem to have pink eye |
| Crucio |
The Second Unforgivable Curse, the Cruciatus Curse; Tortures your opponent mercilessly |
| Deletrius |
Erases the last spell cast by a wand so that it can’t be discovered |
| Densaugeo |
Makes teeth grow out of control |
| Diffindo |
Makes seams split open, severs an object into two pieces |
| Dissendium |
Opens a specific passageway into a cellar, may be useful in other instances; may be only a password |
| Duro |
Turns an item to stone. |
| Enervate |
Mistaken spell. Changed to Rennervate. Used to wake up a stunned person |
| Engorgio |
Makes an item larger, as in swollen |
| Episkey |
Heals relatively minor wounds. |
| Evanesco |
Causes an item to immediately dissolve away, as if it had never existed |
| Expecto Patronum |
Creates Patronus |
| Expelliarmus |
Disarms the target of the spell, such as knocking their wand out of their hand |
| Fera Verto |
Transforms animals into water goblets! |
| Ferula |
Binds a broken limb with a splint and bandages, tightly wrapped |
| Fidelius |
Allows a secret to be hidden within the secret keeper’s soul; very powerful spell |
| Finite Incantatem |
Stops any spell |
| Flagrate |
Allows the user to write or draw in the air with fire |
| Flipendo |
Also knows as the Knockback Jinx, pushes or flips something backwards |
| Furnunculus |
Causes a person to break out in boils |
| Geminio |
Creates a duplicate of an item (a twin, as in the zodiacal sign Gemini). |
| Homorphus |
Man-Shape; makes a werewolf or person disguised as an animal resume their human shape |
| Immobulus |
Immobilizes the target |
| Impedimenta |
Puts up an impediment that slows down something or someone that is coming toward you |
| Imperio |
The third unforgivable curse. Allows the user to assume complete control of another person |
| Impervius |
Repels water from a surface |
| Incarcerous |
Conjures up ropes, which then bind an opponent |
| Incendio |
Lights a fire |
| Legilimens |
Allows the user to gain access to another’s mind and memories |
| Levicorpus |
Turns your opponent upside down and dangles them in thin air |
| Liberacorpus |
“Liberates”, or frees a body that has been caught up by the levicorpus spell |
| Locomotor Mortis |
The Leg-Locker Curse; locks an opponent’s legs together |
| Lumos |
Creates light, usually by making the tip of the wand glow. More light can be created using “lumos maxima” |
| Mobiliarbus |
Used to move a tree from one place to another |
| Mobilicorpus |
Used to move a body from one place to another |
| Morsmordre or Morsmorde |
Used to summon the Dark Mark |
| Muffliato |
Causes a buzzing noise to surround a limited area so that those in the area can carry on a private conversation |
| Nox |
Extinguishes light, used to douse the light created by “Lumos” |
| Obliviate |
Makes a person “oblivious”, erasing their memories of an event |
| Orchideous |
Conjures a bunch of flowers from the user’s wand |
| Petrificus Totalus |
Total petrification; petrifies an opponent totally |
| Point Me |
The Four Point Spell; makes the user’s wand act like a compass |
| Portus |
Turns any item into a Portkey, which can then be used to transport a person or persons to another location. |
| Prior Incantato |
Reveals to you the last spell that a wand was used to cast |
| Protego |
Protects the user, and sends a spell back on an opponent |
| Quietus |
Makes things quiet, used to muffle “Sonorus” |
| Reducio |
Shrinks an item |
| Reducto |
Blasts solid objects into pieces |
| Relashio |
Releases something from being constrained or held |
| Rennervate |
Was originally “ennervate”, but corrected by author; means to energize or wake up |
| Reparo |
Repairs broken items |
| Repello |
Repels something |
| Repello Muggletum |
Makes an area invisible to Muggles |
| Revelio |
Causes something that is hidden to be revealed |
| Rictusempra |
Causes a person to curl up in laughter, as if being tickled |
| Riddikulus |
Makes a boggart assume a “ridiculous” form, thereby making it funny instead of terrifying |
| Salvio Hexia |
Unclear; seems to strengthen other protective spells, or to deflect any hexes cast toward a specific location |
| Scourgify |
Used to clean dirt or other material off of a surface |
| Sectumsempra |
Causes lacerations to appear all over an opponent’s body, as if they had been cut by an invisible sword |
| Serpensortia |
Conjures a snake |
| Silencio |
Makes the target of the spell unable to make any sound. |
| Sonorus |
Amplifies the user’s voice |
| Stupefy |
Stupefies an opponent, or knocks them insensible temporarily |
| Tarantallegra |
Forces an opponent’s legs to dance uncontrollably |
| Tergeo |
Scours something clean |
| Waddiwasi |
Removes a stuck object, as in a wad of gum that is stuck in a keyhole |
| Wingardium Leviosa |
Allows the user to make an object levitate; the first spell taught in the Harry Potter books |
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