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Amortentia ~ The most powerful love potion; creates an infatuation or obsession. [6,9]

Alecto ~ A death eater, sister of Amycus [6,27]

Amycus ~ A death eater, brother of Alecto [6,27]

Anapneo ~ Incantation for a charm to clear airways; useful with choking. [6,7]

Humphrey Belcher ~ Premature inventor of the Cheese Cauldron. [6,10]

Libatius Borage ~ Author of Advanced Potion Making. [6,9]

Brockdale Bridge ~ Bridge destroyed in a failed attempt to blackmail the Ministry of Magic. [6,1]

Budleigh Babberton ~ Village where Horace Slughorn was found. [6,4]

Caractus Burke ~ Partner in Borgin & Burke's [6,13]

Herbert Chorley ~ Muggle Junior Minister (UK) chrmed by a Death Eater; currently living under the misapprehension that he is a duck. [6,1]

Mrs. Cole ~ Matron of Tom Riddle's orphanage. [6,13]

Dirk Cresswell ~ Head of the Goblin Liaison Office. [6,4]

Barnabus Cuffe ~ Editor of the Daily Prophet. [6,4]

Eeylops Owl Emporium ~ Suppliers of nuts and miscellaneous owl-related supplies. [6,6]

Episkey ~ Incantation for a healing spell; ideal for broken noses. [6,8]

Felix Felicis ~ Liquid luck; a temporary shifting of the rules of chance. [6,9]

Marvolo Gaunt ~ Direct descendant of Slytherin, grandfather of Tom Riddle. [6,10]

Morfin Gaunt - Parsel-mouthed son of Marvolo Gaunt. [6,10]

Merope Gaunt ~ Tom Riddle's mother; daughter of Marvolo Gaunt. [6,10]

Golpalott's Third Law ~ The antidote for a blended poison will be equal to more than thhe sum of the antidotes for each of the separate components. [6,18]

Fenrir Greyback ~ Werewolf and supporter of Lord Voldemort. [6,2]

Gurdyroot ~ Excellent for warding off gulping plimpies, Luna assures us. [6,20]

Half-blood prince ~ Previous owner of Harry's copy of Borage's book. [6,9]

The Healer's Helpmate ~ A book of wizarding remedies for everyday accidents and ailments. [6,4]

Hokey ~ House-elf of Hepzibah Smith. [6,20]

Horcrux ~ A place of concealment of a part of the soul. [6,17]

Inferius ~ A corpse bewitched to do a Dark Wizard's bidding; inferi were used by Lord Voldemort, who "killed enough people to make an army of them". [6,3]

Gwenog Jones ~ Captain of the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team. [6,4]

Langlock ~ A spell that glues the tongue to the roof of the mouth [6,12]

Levicorpus ~ A spell in which the victum is dangled upside-down, as if suspended by the ankle. [6,12]

Liberacorpus ~ Counter-jinx for Levicorpus. Frees the target of being suspende in mid-air. [6,12]

Cormac McLaggen ~ Large selfish Gryffindor student. [6,7]

Galatea Merrythought ~ Professor for Defense Against The Dark Arts in Professor Dippet's days. [6,17]

Muffliato ~ A spell that fills the ears of anyone nearby, to protect secret conversation. [6,12]

Bob Ogden ~ Head of the Magical Law Enforcement Squad. [6,10]

Oppugno ~ An attack charm, directed at small creatures. [6,14]

Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder ~ powder enchanted to create a period of totaldarkness [6,6]

Pygmy Puffs ~ Miniature puffskeins, bred by Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. [6,6]

Demelza Robins ~ Griffindor chaser for year six. [6,11]

Sanguini ~ A vampire. [6,15]

Rufus Scrimgeour ~ Fudge's successor as Minister of Magic. [6,1]

Sectum Sempra ~ A spell that will cause an enemy to bleed uncontrollably. [6,21]

The Slug Club ~ Gatherings of Slughorn's favorites; people with connections. [6,7]

Horace Slughorn ~ Came out of retirement to be teacher of potions during Harry's sixth year. [6,4]

Hepzibah Smith ~ A wealthy witch, with the look of a melting iced cake, employer of Hokey, a house-elf. [6,20]

Specialis revelio ~ A revealing charm; exposes previous charms. [6,9]

Spinner's End ~ Street where Professor Snape lives. [6,2]

Tergeo ~ Incantation for a cleansing spell; works well on stubborn stains. [6,8]

Twilfitt & Tatting ~ Robemakers in Diagon Alley. [6,6]

Wilkie Twycross ~ Ministry apparation instructor. [6,18]

Romilda Vane ~ Leading member of the chosen one's fan club. [6,7]

Unbreakable Vow ~ An oath supported by a magical bond and guaranteed by the Bonder, a third party to the Vow. [6,2]

Eldred Worple ~ Author of Blood Brothers: My Life Among The Vampires. [6,15]

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