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Scourgify (Scouring Charm)-Pronunciation: SKUR-jih-fiy
Description: Used to clean something.
Seen/Mentioned: First used by Nymphadora Tonks to clean Hedwig's cage in 1995. Later, Ginny Weasley performed the spell to clean up the Stinksap on the Hogwarts Express, also used by James Potter on Severus Snape after he shouted various curses and obscenities at him.
Etymology: Perhaps related to English scour, "clean". -ify is a common English suffix meaning "to make ...". Therefore scourgify could mean "to make clean".
Shield penetration spell-Pronunciation: unknown
Description: Presumably annihilates magical enchantments and shields.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Voldemort to break the enchantments placed around Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1998 by Filius Flitwick, Minerva McGonagall, and Molly Weasley.
Etymology: unknown
Serpensortia (Snake Summons Spell)-
Pronunciation: ser-pen-SOR-shah, SER-pehn-SOR-tee-ah
Description: Conjures a serpent from the spell-caster's wand.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Draco Malfoy while dueling Harry Potter in 1992.
Etymology: Latin serpens meaning "a snake" and Latin ortis meaning "source".
Silencio (Silencing Charm)-
Pronunciation: sih-LEN-see-oh
Description: Makes something silent.
Seen/Mentioned: First used by Hermione in 1996 to silence a frog and a raven in Charms class, then later used to silence a Death Eater that was trying to tell his comrades where they were.
Etymology: Probably Latin silentium, "silence". Also, silencio and silêncio (which is closer to the English pronunciation) mean "silence" in Spanish and Portuguese, respectively.
Skurge-Pronunciation: SKUR-je
Description: Cleans up ectoplasm, the slime-like residue left by certain ghosts. The spell manifests as a blast of greenish suds.
Seen/Mentioned: The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets video game. Harry finds it in a spell book in the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts Library(possibly misfiled) and uses it to clear doorways and treasure chests that have been slimed-over by malevolent ghosts.
Slugulus Eructo (Slug-vomiting Charm)-
Description: A jet of green light strikes the victim, who then vomits slugs for ten minutes. The sizes of the vomited slugs decrease with time.
Seen/Mentioned: In Chamber of Secrets, Ron attempts to use it on Draco; the spell backfired and hit him instead. It is also a spell that can be bought in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4.
Notes: In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, an incantation was used, "Eat Slugs!", it's unknown if that's its true incantation or not, although it is unlikey to be.
(Sonorous Charm)-
Description: This charm emits a magnified roar from the tip of the wand. This noise disrupts all in its path, and can even be used to harm opponents.
Seen/Mentioned: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
Sonorus-Pronunciation: soh-NOHR-uhs
Description: Magnifies the spell caster's voice when one's wand is pointing to the side of the caster's neck.
Seen/Mentioned: By Ludo Bagman in 1994 at the beginning of the Quidditch World Cup and by Albus Dumbledore several times in the Triwizard Championship. Used by Lord Voldemort several times during the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998.
Etymology: Latin sonorus, "loud; noisy".
Notes: The counter-spell is Quietus. In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Cornelius Fudge simply holds his wand to his throat while speaking, it is possible that he has performed a Nonverbal spell.
Specialis Revelio (Scarpin's Revelaspell)-
Pronunciation: speh-see-AH-LIS reh-VEL-ee-oh
Description: Apparently causes an object to show its hidden secrets or magical properties.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Hermione Granger to find out more of Harry's Advanced Potion-Making book in 1996. Used by Ernie Macmillan to find out ingredients of a potion. Its precise effects are unknown, as there are no recorded occasions of the spell being successful.
Etymology: Latin specialis, "particular;individual" and revelare (present tense revelo), "unveil".
Notes: In 1994, Severus Snape cast a similar spell, but with different words ("Reveal your secrets!"), on the Marauder's Map, though he may have just been saying those words as he cast the spell non-verbally. The spell may also be able to distinguish different ingredients in a potion, though this is noted to merely sound impressive
Spongify (Softening Charm)-Pronunciation: spun-JIH-fy
Description: Softens the target
Seen/Mentioned: This charm is seen in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 on Pottermore.
(Stealth Sensoring Spell)-
Description: Detects those under magical disguise.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1996, Professor Umbridge cast this around her office.
Steleus-
Pronunciation: STÉ-lee-us
Description: A hex that causes the victim to sneeze for a short period of time. This spell is used in duelling to distract the opponent.
Seen/Mentioned: It is only seen in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game).
Etymology: Steleus derives from the Latin sternuo, meaning I sneeze.
(Stinging Hex, Stinging Jinx)-Description: Produces a stinging sensation in the victim, resulting in angry red welts and occasionally the severe inflammation of the affected area.
Seen/Mentioned: Harry Potter inadvertently used one on Severus Snape during Occlumency lessons in 1996. It was non-debilitating in that instance, but it is stronger when intentionally cast, as shown by the results of Hermione Granger's Stinging Hex used on Harry Potter in 1998 to purposefully distort Harry's appearance. Lucius Malfoy calls it the Stinging Jinx in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
(Supersensory Charm)-Description: Presumably causes the caster to have enhanced senses, or to be able to sense things they would not normally sense.
Seen/Mentioned: Mentioned by Ron outside of the Hogwarts Express in 2017 as a potential substitute for using mirrors while driving a Muggle auto mobile.
(Switching Spell)-
Description: Causes two objects to be switched for one another
Seen/Mentioned: Harry contemplated using this spell against his dragon in the first task of the Triwizard Tournament. ((He considered swapping its fangs for wine gums)). Neville Longbottom misuses the spell, transplanting his ears onto a cactus.
(Taboo)-Description: A jinx which may be placed upon a word or a name, so that whenever that word is spoken, a magical disturbance is created which alerts the caster of the Taboo to the location of the speaker. Any protective enchantments in effect around the speaker are broken when the Tabooed word is spoken aloud.
Seen/Mentioned: In Deathly Hallows, this spell is placed on the word "Voldemort"; Harry, Ron and Hermione are tracked this way to Tottenham Court Road. Ron tells the other two to stop using the word as he began to fear the name might be a jinx, later discovering it to be a Taboo. Later in the book, Harry accidentally says Voldemort's name again, resulting in the trio being caught by Death Eaters and taken to Malfoy Manor.
Notes: A possible incantation could be "vomica vox" meaning "cursed word" presumably followed by the word
Tentaclifors-Description: Transfigures the target's head into a tentacle.
Seen/Mentioned: LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7.
Tergeo-
Pronunciation: TUR-jee-oh
Description: Siphons liquid
Seen/Mentioned: Hermione Granger used the spell in 1996 to remove blood from Harry's face. It is later used to remove spilled ink from parchment. It was also used in 1997 to clean off a handkerchief by Ron and to dust off a picture of Gellert Grindelwald in Bathilda Bagshot's house by Harry Potter.
Etymology: Latin tergere, "wipe off; cleanse".
Titillando (Tickling Hex)-
Description: Tickles and weakens
Seen/Mentioned: Harry Potter Trading Card Game, later seen in spells/duels on Pottermore
(Toenail Growth Hex)-Description: Causes the toenails to grow at an extreme and uncontrollable rate.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1996, Harry uses this to much applause from classmates.
Notes: This is a hex that is probably not approved by the Ministry of Magic, as it was invented by Severus Snape. And it is unknown whether "Toenail Growth Hex" is its real name, as its title was never mentioned.
(Tooth-growing spell)-
Description: A spell that re-grows lost teeth.
Seen/Mentioned: Ted Tonks used it to re-grow Harry Potter's tooth that he had lost during the Battle of the Seven Potters.
(Transmogrifian Torture)-
Description: Unknown effect upon victim; most likely extreme torture that can lead to death. Given the source, the Torture may not actually exist.
Seen/Mentioned: Gilderoy Lockhart suggested that it was this curse that "killed" Mrs. Norris after she was really found petrified on a torch bracket.
Etymology: English "transmogrify", meaning "to change or alter greatly, often to grotesque effect", possibly implying that the curse changes the shape of the victim to cause pain.
(Trip Jinx)-Description: A jinx to trip up or impede the target. Precise effects unknown.
Seen/Mentioned: Seen in 1996. It was cast successfully on Harry Potter by Draco Malfoy, when he and other members of the Inquisitorial Squad attempted to round up members of Dumbledore's Army.
Notes: In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, it can be bought at Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment in Diagon Alley.
(Unbreakable Vow)-Description: Causes a vow taken by a witch or wizard to be inviolable; if they should break it, the consequence is death.
Seen/Mentioned: Snape takes an Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa Malfoy at the beginning of Half-Blood Prince, vowing to help Narcissa's son Draco with a task given to him by Voldemort, and to finish the task should Draco prove incapable. Fred and George attempted to force an Unbreakable Vow upon Ron as children. According to Ron, it causes death when the vow is broken.
(Unbreakable Charm)-
Description: Makes something unbreakable.
Seen/Mentioned: Towards the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hermione casts the charm on a jar, in which she puts Rita Skeeter in her Animagus beetle form to prevent her from transforming back into a human.
(Undetectable Extension Charm)-
Description: Causes a container's capacity to be increased, without changing the object's appearance on the outside.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell is most likely the one Arthur Weasley used to allow eight people, six large trunks, two owls, and a rat to fit comfortably inside his modified Ford Anglia in 1992. Probably used on the tent in which the Weasleys, Harry and Hermione stay during the Quidditch World Cup in 1994; the tent is also used by Harry, Ron and Hermione as shelter in 1997. Also, Hermione cast this spell upon her handbag in the same year.
Ventus (Ventus Jinx)-Pronunciation: ven-TUS
Description: A strong blast of wind is shot from the end of the wand, used to push objects out of the way.
Seen/Mentioned: Used in the video game version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Etymology: Ventus is a Latin word, meaning "wind".
Notes: Not said aloud in the books or in the films, but quite possibly the Hot-Air Charm Hermione and Dumbledore use in the books to produce a stream of warm air from the tip of their wands to dry off.
Ventus Duo-
Description: A stronger version of the Ventus Jinx
Seen/Mentioned: In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
Vera Verto-
Pronunciation: vair-uh-VAIR-toh
Description: Turn animals to water goblets.
Seen/Mentioned: Used only once in the series, by Minerva McGonagall in the film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at her Transfiguration class.
Etymology: From Latin vera meaning "right" or "proper", and verto, meaning “I turn”
Verdillious-Pronunciation: ver-DILL-ee-us
Description: A spell used to shoot green sparks from the end of the wand.
Seen/Mentioned: Seen in the trading card game.
Verdimillious-
Pronunciation: VERD-dee-MILL-lee-us
Description: A spell that shoots green sparks at the end of the wand.
Seen/Mentioned: Used multiple times from 1991 until 1994.
Verdimillious Duo-Pronunciation: VERD-dee-MILL-lee-us
Description: A more powerful version of Verdimillious.
Seen/Mentioned: Learned in first-year defence against the dark arts class.
Vipera Evanesca-
Pronunciation: VIYP-er-uh ehv-uhn-EHS-kuh
Description: Counter Spell for Serpensortia. Seems not to merely "Vanish", but causes the snake to smoulder from head and tail until it is reduced to a pile of ashes.
Seen/Mentioned: Severus Snape cast this spell in 1992 at the Duelling Club to get rid of a snake that Draco Malfoy had conjured while duelling Harry Potter. Albus Dumbledore also may have used this spell to vanish Voldemort's snake during their Duel in the Ministry Atrium.
Etymology: Vipera is a genus of venomous vipers, a type of snake. Evanesca likely shares its origin with Evanesco, which means "disappear" in Latin.
Vulnera Sanentur-Pronunciation: vul-nur-ah sahn-en-tur
Description: Causes wounds and gashes to heal up and any blood to return to the victim.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Severus Snape to heal the wounds of Draco Malfoy caused by the Sectumsempra curse cast by Harry Potter in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Etymology: Vulnera Sanentur derives from the Latin vulnus, "wound," and sanare, "to heal"; it is translated "may the wounds be healed."
Waddiwasi-Pronunciation: wah-dee-WAH-see
Description: Appears to launch small objects through the air, though it was only ever used on a wad of chewing gum.
Seen/Mentioned: Used only once through the series, and that was by Professor Remus Lupin, who attacked a poltergeist with a wad of chewing gum, using this spell.
Etymology: There are many possibilities as to the etymology, least of all English wad, as in "a wad of gum".
Notes: This spell may be the Placement Charm, or else the Oppugno Jinx.
Wingardium Leviosa (Levitation Charm)-
Pronunciation: win-GAR-dee-um lev-ee-OH-sa
Description: Levitates and moves the target; the wand motion is described as "swish and flick".
Seen/Mentioned: This spell is taught in early first-year charms classes; this came into good use later in that year, when Ron Weasley performed the spell to knock out a mountain troll; six years later, Harry uses the charm to levitate the side-car of his godfather's flying motorbike; Ron used it again this year to make a twig poke a tree.
Etymology: "Wingardium" almost certainly contains English wing, meaning "fly", and Latin arduus, meaning "high". "Leviosa" probably originates from Latin levis, meaning "light".
Alex wrote: "I wanna use Avis... *Looks at other mods mischievously*"
Haha Alex
Haha Alex
Ava Kadavra~I think we all know what this one does but I'll explain it anyway. It's a killing spell....don't think I have to go more in depth than that.
so many spells... o.o
*says to ALex because he is the closest one*
Ava Kadavra!
Ava Kadavra!
Ha. Doesn't work if you don't mean it... which I do... >:)CRUCIO!!!
*el gasps*
h wait. I'm still alive. ANd fine! HAH! Windgadium Leviousa!
h wait. I'm still alive. ANd fine! HAH! Windgadium Leviousa!
Pronunciation: SAL-vee-oh HECKS-ee-ah
Description: Unknown, as it was one of several spells that were used to help strengthen Harry's camp-site, and had no seen effects. Possibly deflects minor hexes aimed at an object (the tent)
Etymology: Possibly derived from the Latin "salveo," meaning "to be in good health," and used as a form of greeting and farewell, and a pseudo-Latin derivative of the English word "hex"—hence, "Farewell, hexes!"
Seen/Mentioned: Harry and Hermione cast this spell to strengthen their camp-site's defences against intruders in 1997.
Notes: Possibly the Hex Deflection spells the fake Moody mentioned in 1994.
Sardine hex-
Pronunciation: Unknown
Description: Causes sardines to come out of the victim's nose.
Seen/Mentioned: Rubeus Hagrid once had this hex used on him.