Harry Potter Glossary

Characters

• Bagman, Ludo, Head of Magical Games and Sport, Quidditch player for England
• Binns, History of Magic Professor is a ghost and bores his students
• Black, Sirius (Padfoot), the prisoner of Azkaban, transforms into a black dog. He is Harry's godfather and protector, falsely accused of murder
• Bloody Baron, Slytherin ghost, covered in silver bloodstains, only one who can control Peeves
• Bryce, Frank, Riddle House gardener and caretaker
• Chang, Cho, pretty Ravenclaw student Harry likes, Quidditch Seeker
• Crabbe, Vincent, one of Malfoy's large, slow-witted, thuggish cronies
• Crouch, Barty, Head of Department of International Magical Cooperation
• Crouch, Barty Jr., a Death Eater put in Azkaban by father, but escaped, captured and assumed identity of Moody to help Harry win the Triwizard cup a Portkey that took Harry to Voldemort
• Delacour, Fleur, silver-haired part Veela with large, deep blue eyes, Beauxbatons Academy Triwizard champion
• Diggory, Cedric, Quidditch captain and seeker for Hufflepuff, Hogwarts Triwizard champion
• Dobby, Malfoy's house elf
• Dumbledore, Albus, Headmaster of Hogwarts
• Durstly, Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley, Harry's uncle, aunt, cousin
• Figg, Mrs., took care of Harry for Dudleys
• Filch, Argus, caretaker, a Squib
• Finnigan, Seamus, rooms with Harry
• Flamel, Nicolas, made Sorcerer's Stone
• Flitwick, Professor of Charms
• Fudge, Cornelius, Minister of Magic
• Goyle, Gregory, one of Malfoy's large, slow-witted, thuggish cronies
• Granger, Hermione , Harry's best friend
• Griphook, goblin at Gringotts Bank
• Hagrid, Rubeus, Hogwart's groundskeeper, sometime professor and dragon lover
• Hooch, Madam, Quidditch instructor
• Karkaroff, Professor, Headmaster of Durmstrang Institute
• Krum, Viktor, Bulgarian Triwizard champion from Durmstrang
• Lockhart, Gilderoy, Author and Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts
• Longbottom, Neville, rooms with Harry,
• Lupin, Professor Remus (Mooney), Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and a Werewolf
• Malfoy, Draco, Harry's arch-enemy
• Malfoy, Lucius, Draco's father and one-time Hogwarts governor
• Maxime, Madame Olympe, giant headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic
• McGonagall, Professor Minerva, Deputy headmistress and head of Gryffindor House, an Animagus, a cat
• Mimsy-Porpington, Sir Nicholas is Nearly-Headless Nick
• Moaning Myrtle, a ghost and former student who haunts girl's toilet
• Moody, Mad-Eye Alastor, an Auror, with electric-blue swiveling eye
• Nearly-Headless Nick, Gryffindor resident ghost, is Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
• Patil, Parvati, pretty Gryffindor student Harry took to the Yule Ball
• Peeves, a poltergeist that likes to play tricks
• Pettigrew, Peter (Wormtail), an Animagus who transforms to Scabbers, Ron's rat. Helped Voldemort kill Harry's parents
• Pince Madame, the librarian
• Pomfrey, Madam Poppy, the school nurse
• Potter, Harry, The Boy Who Lived
• Potter, James (Prongs), Harry's father, can transform into a stag, which is also Harry's Patronus
• Potter, Lily, Harry's mother, Petunia Dursley's sister
• Quirrill, Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts
• Riddle, Tom, father of Tom Marvolo
• Riddle, Tom Marvolo, former Hogwarts student anagram for I am Lord Voldemort
• Rosmerta, Madam, publican of the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade
• Skeeter, Rita, unethical, nosy Daily Prophet reporter, an Animagus who transforms into a beetle
• Snape, Severus, strict Potions professor and head of Slytherin House. Can't stand Harry because Harry's father was part of a group that almost killed him by accident
• Sprout, Professor of Herbology, head of Hufflepuff House
• Thomas, Dean, rooms with Harry
• Trelawney, Sybill, eccentric divination professor (fortune teller)
• Voldemort, Lord, Powerful dark wizard who killed Harry's parents before losing his power while trying to kill Harry
• Weasley, Arthur, Ministry of Magic, fascinated by muggle objects
• Weasley children, Bill, Charley, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny are all redheads
• Weasley, Fred and George, funny, clever, mischievous twins
• Weasley, Ginny, youngest in family, likes Harry
• Weasley, Molly, Ron's mother, short, plump
• Weasley, Ron, Harry's roommate and best friend, flaming red hair and freckles
• Winky, Barty Crouch's house-elf
• Wood, Oliver, Gryffindor Quidditch captain

Terms

• Apparate, transport from one place to another
• Avada Kedavra, unforgivable killing curse
• Azkaban, island prison guarded by Dementors
• Beauxbatons, Academy of Magic, France
• Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, literally ever flavor in the world including toast, coconut, strawberry, curry, grass, coffee, sardine, liver, and earwax
• Bludger, jet-black Quidditch ball that tries to knock players off their brooms, Beaters give protection
• Burrow, The, Weasley family home, many rooms, large garden, village of Ottery St. Catchpole
• Butterbeer, a tasty, foaming, hot drink served in Hogsmeade
• Chamber of Secrets, Salazar Slytherin's sealed room to be opened by his true heir
• Chocolate Frogs, includes cards of famous witches and wizards
• Cruciatus, unforgivable curse causes intense pain
• Daily Prophet, wizard newspaper
• Dark Mark, skull and serpent symbol burned into Death Eaters by Voldemort,
• Dervish and Banges, equipment and instrument shop in Hogsmeade
• Diagon Alley, a cobbled street with wizard shops and pubs
• Durmstrang Institute, wizard academy in Europe
• Eeylops Owl Emporium, in Diagon Alley
• Fat Lady, portrait guards the entrance to Gryffindor Tower
• Firebolt, Harry's second broomstick
• Floo powder used for flying through fireplaces
• Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor in Diagon Alley
• Flourish and Blotts, a bookshop in Diagon Alley
• Forbidden Forest, deep, dark forest that surrounds Hogwarts, full of dangerous beasts
• Galleon, gold coin, equals 17 sickles
• Gillyweed when eaten grows webbed hands and feet and gills that allow breathing under water, looks like slimy, grayish-green rat tails
• Great Hall, gathering place for meals and festivities, bewitched ceiling shows sky outside
• Gryffindor House, flag is gold lion on red field. Harry, Ron and Hermione's house.
• Gringotts, wizard bank in Diagon Alley, run by goblins
• Hogs Head, village pub
• Hogsmeade, magical village near Hogwarts
• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for students 11 to 17
• Hogwarts Motto, "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus" (Never tickle a Sleeping Dragon)
• Hogwarts Express, scarlet steam engine leaves from platform 9-3/4 at King's Cross Station, London
• Honeydukes, Hogsmeade candy store
• Houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin
• Howler, loud, scolding message brought by owl
• Hufflepuff House, flag is black badger on yellow field
• Imperius, unforgivable curse gives total control of another
• Knight Bus, magical emergency transportation, just stick out your wand hand
• Knut, bronze coin, 29 to a sickle
• Leaky Cauldron, pub and boarding house and entrance to Diagon Alley
• Leprechaun Gold vanishes in a few hours
• Madam Malkin’s, in Diagon Alley has Hogwarts uniforms
• Magical Menagerie, pet shop in Diagon Alley
• Marauder's Map shows secret passageways at Hogwarts and identifies everyone
• Mirror of Erised shows heart's desire
• Money, bronze knutes, silver sickels, gold galleons
• Monster Book of Monsters, bites and scuttles away, stroke the spine to tame it
• N.E.W.T., Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test, for highest Hogwarts qualification
• Nimbus 2000, Harry's first broomstick
• Ollivanders, wand shop in Diagon Alley since 382 BC
• Omnioculars, binoculars featuring instant replay and slow-motion
• O.W.L., Ordinary Wizarding Levels examinations at year end
• Owlery, cold, drafty, circular stone room, top of West Tower has hundreds of owls
• Parselmouth , one who can speak with snakes
• Patronus conjured with incantation "expecto patronum" can provide protection from Dementors
• Pensieve, a basin that holds memories and thoughts
• Polyjuice Potion, transforms you into someone else
• Portkey, ordinary object used for traveling, you just need to touch it
• Quaffle, bright-red, soccer-size Quidditch ball, Chasers throw through hoops to score 10 points
• Quidditch, broomstick soccer; seven players on each team: three Chasers, two Beaters, a Keeper, a Seeker; four balls: a Quaffle, two Bludgers, a Snitch; and six tall goal posts
• Ravenclaw House, flag is bronze eagle on blue field
• Remembrall, marble-sized glass ball glows scarlet if you forget something
• Riddle House, in Little Hangleton, 200 miles from Hogwarts
• Shrieking Shack, Hogsmeade haunted house
• Sickle, silver coin, equals 29 knutes
• Skele-Gro, drink for regrowing bones
• Slytherin House, flag is silver serpent on green field
• Sneakoscope lights up and spins if an untrustworthy person is near
• Snitch, fast, gold, walnut-sized, silver-winged Quidditch ball, worth 150 points, game ends when caught by Seeker
• Sorting Hat, patched, frayed, and dirty, assigns new students to the four houses with a song
• Three Broomsticks, Hogsmeade pub
• Timeturner necklace for going back in time
• Whomping Willow, large, violent tree on the edge of the Forbidden Forest
• WWN, Wizarding Wireless Network
• Zonko’s, a joke shop in Hogsmeade

Other creatures and things

• Animagus can transform into an animal
• Auror brings the Death Eaters to Azkaban
• Beater, Quidditch player protects team from Bludgers, tries to knock them into opponents
• Boggart, takes shape of whatever we most fear, repelled by laughter
• Centaurs Ronan, Bane, Firenze are star gazers, half man, half horse.
• Chaser, Quidditch player scores 10 points by throwing Quaffle through hoops
• Death Eater, supporter of Lord Voldemort
• Dementor, dark, hooded figure that feeds on human souls, guards Azkaban
• Ghost, dead person who can see, hear, talk, cry, walk through walls, and move things
• Gnome, small, leathery looking, with a large knobby, bald head, eats roots of plants and makes little heaps of earth
• Keeper, Quidditch player guards the hoops
• Merman, Mermaid, part person, part fish, grayish skin, long, wild, dark green hair, yellow eyes, broken teeth, silver tail, carries spear, lives in lake by Hogwarts
• Mudblood, insulting name for wizard born of Muggle parents
• Muggle, non-magical person
• Seeker, Quidditch player tries to catch Snitch for 150 points
• Squib, non-magical person from a wizard family
• Troll, viscous, stupid creature, 12 feet tall, with small bald head
• Veela, beautiful creatures, moon-bright skin, white-gold hair, bewitch men who hear them

Animals

• Aragog, giant spider in Forbidden Forest raised by Hagrid
• Blast-Ended Skrewt, looks like a cross between a giant scorpion and elongated crab, has a sting, a blasting end and a sucker
• Basilisk, large, poisonous serpent with a deadly stare, born from a chicken's egg, hatched beneath a toad, subdued by crowing rooster
• Buckbeak, Hagrid's pet Hippogriff
• Crookshanks, Hermione's large ginger cat who can sense evil
• Errol, Weasley family owl, old and weak
• Fang, Hagrid's black boarhound
• Fawkes, Dumbledore's swan-size, scarlet-and-gold phoenix has pearly healing tears
• Fluffy, Hagrid's vicious, three-headed dog, soothed by music
• Grim, death omen, very big, with wide, gleaming eyes
• Grindylow, green water demon with sharp little horns, pointed fangs
• Hedwig, Harry's snowy owl, gift from Hagrid
• Hippogriff, large creature, half bird, half horse, bow before approaching
• Mrs. Norris, Filch's skeletal, gray cat
• Nagini, large snake provides venom to sustain Voldemort
• Niffler, fluffy and black with long snout, digs in earth for treasure
• Pigwidgeon (Pig), Ron's owl, a gift from Sirius
• Scabbers, Ron's rat
• Unicorn, beautiful, magical creature, horn and tail hair used in Potions, silver blood can sustain life at terrible price