Accio! - The summoning charm. Summons a specific object to the wand bearer. (
Accio [name of object]!)
Alohomora! - Unlocks doors
Anapnio! - Clears obstructed airways
Aparecium! - Makes invisible ink appear
Apparation- A non verbal spell cast by fully trained wizards and witches to move them from one place to another almost instantly.
Aquamenti! - Causes water to stream from your wand
Avis! - Conjures birds
Colloportus! - Applies a magical lock on a door that can only be lifted by the Alohamora spell
Deletrius! - Disintegrating spell
Densaugeo! - Makes the victims teeth enlarge
Diffindo! - Rips objects in half
Dissendium! - Opens a secret passageway to Hogsmeade
Enervate! - Revives someone after being knocked out, or being the recipient of the Stunning Spell (
Stupefy!)
Engorgio! - Enlarges objects
Episkey! - Heals minor injuries
Evanesco! - The vanishing spell. Makes anything vanish
Expecto Patronum! - A silvery wall that stands between the wand bearer and a dementor. Only a powerful wizard can conjure a Patronous strong enough to ward a group of dementors
Expelliarmus! - Disarms whoever the wand is aimed at
Ferula! - Bandages a wounded body part on whoever the wand is aimed at
Finite Incantatem! - Can stop mass commotion
Furnunculus! - Gives you boils
Incendio! - Conjures fire
Inpedimenta! - Slows any mobile object down
Impervious! - Repels water from whatever the bearers wand is aimed at
Langlock! - Glues victim's tongue to the roof of their mouth
Leglimens! - Incantation used by wizards who practice Legilimency. It is used to enter a person's mind, possibly controlling the person
Levicorpus! - A non-verbal spell that causes a person to be lifted off their feet and dangled in the air
Liberacorpus! - The counter spell for Levicorpus. Sets the person down from mid-air
Locomotor Mortis! - Stops someone from moving their legs
Lumos! - Makes light come out of the end of the bearer's wand
Mobiliarbus! - Spell to move trees. This spell is combined of the latin words Mobili (=move) and arbus (=tree)
Mobilicorpus! - Creates invisible strings used to move a body. Corpus is the latin word for body.
Muffliato! - Fills ears of people around the castor with unidentifiable buzzing, useful to keep people from overhearing things they shouldn't
Nox! - Puts out light from bearers wand (the oposite of
Lumos!)
Obliviate! - Charm that eliminates a person's memory. Usually used on Muggles who discover the Wizarding World
Orchideous! - Makes flowers come out of the bearer's wand
Peskipiksi Pesternomi! - Useless spell developed by Lockhart, supposed to round up pixies
Petrificus Totalus! - Full body-bind, causes whomever the wand is directed at to turn as stiff as a board
Point Me! - Four point spell, points to north; Makes the bearer's wand act like a compass
Portus - Spell that will turn an object into a portkey.
Priori Incantato! - Reveals previous spell(s) conjured by a wand
Protego! - Shields the wand bearer from minor spells, charms, and hexes
Quietus! - Makes voice quieter
Reducio! - Decreases the size of something
Reducto! - The Reductor Curse blasts solid objects out of the way
Relashio! - The Banishing charm. Releases objects to a specific place
Reparo! - Fixes broken objects
Rictusempra! - Tickles whoever the bearer's wand is aimed at and laugh uncontrollably as a result
Riddikulus! - Used to defend against boggarts; Makes the boggart take the shape of the wand bearer's most humourous thought
Scourgify! - Cleans dirt off anything
Sectusempra! - A very powerful curse that causes the victim to receive a deep cut, which could kill
Serpensortia! - Makes a snake come out of the bearer's wand
Silencio! - The Silencing spell. Used to tune out a person's voice. Usually used to counteract the "Sonorus" spell.
Sonorus! - Magnifies a person's voice
Stupefy! - Stunning spell
Tarantallegra! - Also known as the "Jelly Legs Jinx." Makes a person dance uncontrollably; Makes whoever bearers wand is aimed at legs move
Tergeo! - Clears away dry blood
Waddiwasi! - Shoots objects at a high speed; In book 3 Professor Lupin uses it to send gum up Peeves nose
Wingardium Leviosa! - Makes things levitate
The Unforgivable Curses
Imperio! - The Imperius Curse gives total control to the bearer of the wand
Crucio! - The Cruciatus Curse is total pain to receiver of the curse
Avada Kedavra! - The Killing Curse. Uttering this curse will cause a green flash of light to emit from the wand and kill the victim
The Dark Mark
Morsmordre! - Sends the Dark Mark into the air, a symbol of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. The spell is summoned by a Death Eater, the name given to Voldemort's supporters.
Charms and Hexes
The following is a list of charms and hexes which we have come to be aware of throughout the books, but their incantations are unknown.
Anti-Cheating Spell - Used for any examinations. Prevents students from cheating. Effects unknown
Bat Bogey Hex - Speciality of Ginny Weasley. Covers the head in giant bat-winged flapping bogeys
Bubblehead Charm - Creates a bubble on the wand bearer's head that supplies oxygen. Best used underwater and foul-smelling places
Cheering Charm - Makes the user of this charm extremely cheerful. Wears off in a short time
Fidelius Charm - This charm needs a separate component: a "secret-keeper." The charm is performed to hide a certain place. Only the secret-keeper, the house's inhabitants, and any other person who has been informed of its whearabouts, can see the house
Flame-Freezing Charm - Creates flames that can be touched without being burnt
Freezing Charm - Turns any object to ice
Hormmorphus Charm - This charm is used against Werwolves. It transforms them back to humans
Hurling Hex - Described in the books as if to throw a person off a broom. To Hurl means to throw with great force, hurl, however, is also slang for vomit
Muggle-Repelling Charms - This charm is used to protect the wizarding world from Muggle eyes. There are various muggle-repelling charms. One specific effect from this charm is known: a Muggle who wanders too close to a wizarding location will somehow remember that he or she should be somewhere else and will forget all about the location
Protean Charm - Used by Hermione. Charm causes objects to mimic each other. Change one of them, and they will all change accordingly.
Transmogrifian Torture - Effects are unspecified
Twitching Ears Hex - Makes the recipient's ears twitch uncontrollably
Unbreakable Charm - Makes any object that is subject to this charm unbreakable