Post by LEX on Oct 10, 2009 21:42:21 GMT -5
[/b][/right]ANIMAGUS.
a witch or wizard with the ability to turn themselves into an animal form. this is fairly rare and it is illegaly if you are unregistered.
AUROR.
[/b][/right]a wizarding profession dedicated to catching and tracking dark wizards.
AZKABAN.
[/b][/right]the wizarding prision that uses dementors as the guards. the conditions aren't too pretty and even the darkest, cruelest wizards struggle to hold up in here.
BASILISK.
[/b][/right]a deadly, extremely large serpent said to have lived in the chamber of secrets. born from a chicken's egg and hatched from a toad. it can kill by looking someone in the eye and is extremely poisonous and hard to control.
BEATER.
[/b][/right]control the bludgers of quidditch with bats.
BLUDGER.
[/b][/right]a violent ball in the game of quidditch that is charmed to knock players off their broomsticks. controlled by the beaters.
BOGGART.
[/b][/right]a magical creature that has the ability to turn into whatever it's opposer fears the most.
BUTTER BEER.
[/b][/right]a fizzy, warm drink served in hogsmeade that is known to have a few .. alcoholic tendencies.
CHAMBER OF SECRETS.
[/b][/right]this has been closed since it reopened in the 1990's. it is said to be the home of many deadly, terrifying mysteries and monsters. not many know about the chamber and learning about it isn't encouraged at hogwarts. nearly impossible to find and even more impossible to get into.
CHASER.
[/b][/right]the players in a quidditch match who carry the quaffle and try to score it in the opposing team's goal posts.
CHOCOLATE FROG.
[/b][/right]enchanted candies to look like live frogs.
CENTAURS.
[/b][/right]half-man, half-horse. known for living in the forbidden forest.
DARK MARK.
[/b][/right]a large, green skull emitted into the sky when death eaters are being summoned by the dark lord. hasn't been seen since the battle of hogwarts and is illegal to conjure.
DEMENTOR.
[/b][/right]hooded figures with the ability to suck the happiness out of people. when this happens, they can't feel happy any longer. also known as the dementor's kiss. considered worse than death.
FLOO POWDER.
[/b][/right]magical powder that can take you wherever you desire when annouced correctly. the floo network works through enchanted fire places.
GALLEON.
[/b][/right]fourten silver sickles in wizarding money.
GOLDEN SNITCH.
[/b][/right]the tiny gold ball in quidditch that is worth 150 when caught. it's nearly impossible to see but when caught by a seeker, the game ends.
HIPPOGRIFF.
[/b][/right]half-eagle, half-horse that tends to be sensitive towards insults.
HOWLER.
[/b][/right]a letter sent to someone else that when opened, screams/yells at you angrily. the longer you wait, the worse it is. there's no hiding from it.
KEEPER.
[/b][/right]the quidditch player who is in charge of defending all three goal posts.
KNUTS.
[/b][/right]a wizarding coin. 27 of them make up a silver sickle.
MANDRAKE.
[/b][/right]a plant that emits a screaming sound that is fatal to humans.
MINISTRY OF MAGIC.
[/b][/right]the government of the wizarding world.
MUDBLOOD.
[/b][/right]a not-so-nice term used for labeling magical people with muggle parents.
MUGGLE.
[/b][/right]non magic people. humans. yeah.
O.W.L.S.
[/b][/right]stand for "ordinary wizarding levels" that are tests taken by students at hogwarts. consider them magical SATs.
OWLS.
[/b][/right]popular birds in the wizarding world that mostly carry mail and are allowed at hogwarts.
PARSELTONGUE.
[/b][/right]the language of snakes that is rarely understood by humans. lord voldemort and harry potter were the most famous snake-speakers.
PHOENIX.
[/b][/right]a rare bird that is reborn from its own ashes and it's tears have extreme healing qualities.
PIXIES.
[/b][/right]pesky little creatures that like to get involved in other people's business. they're mischevious and can be vicious at times.
PREFECT.
[/b][/right]perfectly behaved students who are given the honor of 'leading' their house.
POLYJUICE POTION.
[/b][/right]a potion that has the ability to give you the appearance of someone else. however, the transformation is painful and not too pretty.
QUAFFLE.
[/b][/right]the large red ball that chasers use to score points in quidditch games.
QUIDDITCH.
[/b][/right]a popular world-wide wizarding sport, played on broomsticks. there is one for each house.
REMEMBRALL.
[/b][/right]a transluscent ball that glows red when you've forgotten something. however, it never tells you what you've forgotten.
SEEKER.
[/b][/right]the player on a quidditch team whose job it is to catch the golden snitch.
SICKLE.
[/b][/right]silver wizarding money.
SORCERER'S STONE.
[/b][/right]a mythical stone that is said to make you live forever. people say it used to be kept at hogwarts but no one truly knows.
SORTING HAT.
[/b][/right]the enchanted hat that decides which first years are put into which house. it is said that you choose your own house and the hat just announces it.
SQUIB.
[/b][/right]a child born of two wizarding parents with no magical abilities.
TRANSFIGURATION.
[/b][/right]the ability to transform something into something else. taught to first years.
VEELA.
[/b][/right]beautiful creatures that look like perfect women, and often form to the preferences of their victims, known to lure men to their deaths. they are said to turn into birds when angry.
[/blockquote][/blockquote]