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Glossary - D
D a grade that meant Dreadful; it was a failing grade (OP15; HBP5)
DA / D.A. an abbreviation for Dumbledore's Army (OP18; HB P7, 19, 21, 25, 27, 30)
DADA/ D.A.D.A. an abbreviation for Defense Against the Dark Arts (HBP12)
Dagworth-Granger, Hector the wizard who founded the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers; Professor Slughorn wondered if he was related to Hermione (HBP9)
Daily Prophet / the Prophet a daily Wizarding newspaper that was delivered by owls (PS/SS5); it's reporting wasn't always objective, especially when put under pressure by the Ministry of Magic (OP25)
Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw a prize of seven hundred Galleons that the Weasley family won; they spent most of it on a summer trip to Egypt (PA1)
daisy roots, c hopped a potion ingredient in a Shrinking Solution (PA7)
Damocles, Uncle the uncle of Marcus Belby; he was an outstanding wizard who earned the Order of Merlin for inventing the Wolfsbane Potion (HBP7)
dandelion juice a juice that Hagrid once gave Harry when he visited him (OP38)
Dangerous Dai Commemorative Medal an award given at the end of each season to the Quidditch League player who took the most foolish and exciting risks (QA)
Dangerous Dai Llewellyn ward a ward on the first floor of St. Mungo's Hospital; patients in this ward were treated for serious bites and creature-induced injuries (bites, stings, burns, embedded spiders, etc.); after the snake bit him, Arthur Weasley was treated in this ward, which was small, dingy, and had only one window
Dark Arts magic intended to cause harm; the spells were called curses - however, casting a curse didn't mean that a witch or wizard was using the Dark Arts; the difference between acceptable magic and Dark magic was important for witches and wizards to learn; other magical schools taught the Dark Arts rather than just the defense against them - Durmstrang was one of those schools; Defense Against the Dark Arts was supposed to teach the students how to protect themselves against Dark magic and Dark creatures
Dark Arts Outsmarted, The a book (OP18)
Dark creatures magical beings (they were not animals or humans); Dark creatures were the physical embodiment of Dark magic; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them referred to them as "demons," because they existed to do harm and damage; but this harm was different from the harm caused by a dragon attacking someone, because a dragon was a predator and had to eat to survive; Dark creatures attacked solely for the sake of hurting someone; for example, Red Caps attacked travelers only to use their blood to stain their cloth caps red; as for werewolves, most of the time they weren't Dark creatures, but when they were at the full moon; Cornish pixies weren't Dark creatures, which was why Seamus snickered when Lockhart brought them to class as they were simply magical creatures with a rude attitude; some Dark creatures were more dangerous than others and Fantastic Beasts gave each a danger rating; Dark creatures included banshees, Boggarts, Grindylows, Hinkypunks, Kappas, Pogrebins, Red Caps, Werewolves (part of the time) and Vampires (FB)
Dark detectors the fake Professor Mad-Eye Moody's office had v arious Dark detectors, which included a foe glass, secrecy sensors, and a Sneakoscope; later Harry found Dark detectors in the Room of Requirement when it was set up for the DA meetings; Harry told the others that they shouldn't rely on them too much because they can be fooled (PA1; GF20, 35; OP18)
Dark Force Defense League an organization that included Gilderoy Lockhart as an honorary member (CS6; GF31)
Dark Forces A Guide to Self-Protection, The a book written by Quentin Trimble (SS5, GF14)
Dark Lord a reference to Lord Voldemort; the Death Eaters frequently referred to him with this title, whilst others tended to call him "He Who Must Not Be Named" or simply "You-Know-Who" (PS/SS5; OP26)
Dark magic see Dark Arts
Dark magic items items that contained sinister or even dangerous magical powers or items that had been cursed; Dark magic items included books; one book shrieked when you opened it (SS12); Sonnets of a Sorcerer (CS13), a book that burned your eyes out (CS13); a book that you couldn't stop reading (CS13), and Tom Riddle's diary (CS5, 13, 14, 17, 18; HBP9, 23); Knockturn Alley sold Dark magic items, which included poisons (CS4), the cursed opal necklace in Borgin and Burkes (CS4, HBP12), human bones (CS4), skulls (HBP6), a pack of blood-stained cards (CS4), a staring glass eye (CS4), the Hand of Glory (CS4, HBP7, 29), a hangman's rope (CS4), evil-looking masks (CS4), the Vanishing Cabinet (CS4, OP28, HBP24, 27, 29), shrunken heads (CS4), gigantic black spiders (CS4), poisonous candles (CS4), human fingernails (CS4), and Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent; number 12 Grimmauld Place contained many Dark magic items including an ornate crystal bottle with a large opal set into the stopper, full of what looked like blood, boxes made of tarnished silver and inscribed with unknown languages, claws, rusty daggers, a grandfather clock that shot heavy bolts, a spidery instrument like a many-legged tweezers that scurried away and tried to puncture Harry's skin, a heavy locket that no one could open, a music box that played a faintly sinister tune that nearly made everyone go to sleep, a large, golden ring with the Black family crest, an ancient set of purple robes that tried to strangle, several ancient seals, a coiled snakeskin, and a silver snuffbox filled with Wartcap Powder, which bit Sirius (OP6); Horcruxes were the most evil of all Dark magic items (HBP18)
Dark magic spells often called curses, these spells were intended to cause great harm or interfere with the free will of another person (Imperious Curse), torture someone (Cruciatus Curse), or kill someone (Avada Kedavra); Dumbledore refers to Petrification as Dark Magic of the most advanced kind (CS9); Horcruxes were v ery advanced Dark Magic; it was the wickedest of magical inventions (HBP17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30)
Dark Mark / the Mark (1) a huge blazing green skull with a serpent tongue that was lit up in the sky; the Death Eaters used the spell Morsmordre to cause this Dark Mark to appear, usually after they had killed someone; t he Dark Mark was conjured at the Quidditch World Cup by Barty Crouch Jr. using Harry's wand; the Dark Mark glowed over the Astronomy Tower during the battle at Hogwarts (2) a tattoo of a skull with a serpent tongue was burned into the arm of each Death Eater; when it burned, they were supposed to Apparate to Voldemort (GF9, 27, 33, 35, 36; HBP1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 21, 27, 29)
Dark Marks, Edible an item sold in Weasley's Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley; the advertisement promised they would make anyone sick (HBP6)
Davies, Roger a former Ravenclaw student, Quidditch Captain and Chaser; he went to the Yule Ball with Fleur Delacour and was so pleased to be doing so that he kept missing his mouth when trying to eat (GOF23)
Dawlish an Auror in the Ministry of Magic; he accompanied Fudge to Hogwarts; he was stationed at Hogsmeade during Harry's sixth year; Dumbledore jinxed Dawlish when he tried to follow him (OP27, 31, 36; HBP8, 17)
Daydream Charms, Patented a charm sold in Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley; one simple incantation offered a thirty-minute daydream, although the side effects included a vacant expression and minor drooling; it was not for sale to anyone under sixteen (HBP6)
de Mimsy-Porpington, Sir Nicholas the Gryffindor ghost also known as Nearly Headless Nick; he had a dashing plumed hat on his long curly hair and wore a tunic with a ruff; his neck was almost completely severed (PS/SS7)
de Montmorency, Laverne [1823-1893] a witch who invented many love potions (Famous Witches and Wizards cards)
Dearborn, Caradoc he vanished while working for the Order of the Phoenix , and his body was never found (OP9)
D'Eath, Lorcan the heartthrob part-vampire singer, who spent 19 weeks at number 1 with his hit song 'Necks to You' (JKR Website)
Death Chamber a room in the Ministry of Magic; it was a large, rectangular room that was dimly lit; in the center was a sunken, stone pit about twenty feet deep with stone benches that ran all around the pit and descended in steep steps toward a raised stone dais in the center of the pit; an ancient, crumbling stone archway stood on this dais; Sirius fell through this archway and died (OP34 , 35, 36)
Death Eaters witches and wizards who supported Voldemort; some of his strongest supporters Apparated to Voldemort's side when the Dark Mark on their arms summoned them; some of the Death Eaters had children at Hogwarts; Voldemort formed the Death Eaters sometime between 1946 and 1970 (GOF9)
Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst Is Coming a book (PA4)
deathday party Nearly Headless Nick celebrated his five hundredth deathday party in one of the roomier dungeons of Hogwarts (CS8)
Deathly Hallows a legendary collection of three items believed to have incredible powers; the items are the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Invisibility Cloak; some believe that any man who can unite the Hallows becomes the master of death (DH22)
Decoy Detonator an item sold in Weasley's Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley; if you dropped it, it made a diversion by running off and making a nice loud noise out of sight (HBP6); Harry used one to create a diversion when he, Ron and Hermione raided the Ministry of Magic (DH13)
Decree for the Restriction of Underage Sorcery/Wizardry, 1875, Paragraph C a law that prohibited underage students from using magic outside of school or in the presence of Muggles (CS2, 5)
Defense Against the Dark Arts a class taught at Hogwarts that was supposed to arm you against the foulest creatures known to wizardkind (CS6)
Defensive charge / charm a spell to defend a witch or wizard; Fulbert the Fearful died in 1097 when the Defensive Charm he cast to protect himself backfired on him (Famous Witches and Wizards cards); t he Magical Law Enforcement Squad gave newly-hired Hit-Witches and Hit-Wizards training on the latest defensive charms ( Daily Prophet )
Defensive Magical Theory a book written by Wilbert Slinkhard (OP9, 12, 15, 17, 29)
Deflating Draught / Draft a potion that caused something swollen by magical means to shrink back to normal; it was an antidote to a Swelling Solution (CS11)
Defodio a gouging spell used by Harry, Ron and Hermione whilst riding a dragon through the underground tunnels of Gringotts Bank during their getaway after taking Hufflepuff's Cup from the Lestrange vault; the effect was to carve chunks out of the ceiling of the tunnels, enlarging them enough for the dragon to pass through (DH26)
de-gnome to get rid of the gnomes in a garden; Harry, Ron, Fred, and George Weasley de-gnomed the garden at the Burrow by grabbing them by their feet, swinging them over their heads, and flinging them over the fence (PA3)
Delacour, Apolline Fleur and Gabrielle's mother, she was a beautiful woman (no doubt due to her Veela heritage), who was pleasant, helpful and particularly good at household spells (DH6)
Delacour, Fleur the Beauxbatons school champion who competed in the Triwizard Tournament; she married Bill Weasley; she and Bill lived in Shell Cottage and had a daughter called Victoire (GOF17; DH8, 24, Epilogue)
Delacour, Gabrielle Fleur and Gabrielle's father, he was a good-natured man with a pointed black beard (DH6)
Delacour, Monsieur Fleur's sister, whom Harry rescued from the lake when she was eight years old (GF26, 31; HBP5, 7)
Delaney-Podmore, Sir Patrick a ghost and leader of the Headless Hunt; he was large and bearded and carried his head under his arm, from which position he blew a horn; Nearly Headless Nick called him "Sir Properly Decapitated-Podmore" (CS8)
Deletrius a spell that removed the images conjured by Priori Incantem (GF9)
Deluminator the formal term for a Put-Outer; Dumbledore left a Deluminator to Ron in his will (DH7)
Dementor, dementor a towering, cloaked, Dark magic creature; their hands were skeletal, glistening, greyish, slimy, and scabbed; their eye sockets were covered with scabbed skin, and it had a gaping shapeless hole of a mouth which it used to suck out the victim's soul; Dementors guarded the wizard prison Azkaban; they fed on positive human emotions, such as happiness, hope, excitement; their mere presence sucked every happy feeling or memory, leaving only cold dark despair in its place (PA5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 19, 20, 21; GF30, 31, 36; OP1, 8, 24, 32, 38; HBP21, 25)
Dementor's Kiss the dementor used its gaping, shapeless hole of a mouth to suck out a victim's soul (PA12, 20; GF36; HBP9)
Demiguise a magical creature; it was a peaceful herbivore and had the appearance of a large ape; it was rarely seen as it had the ability to make itself invisible; Demiguise hair was used to make Invisibility Cloaks (FB)
Demiguise Derby a contest organized by the notorious goblin, Urg the Unreliable, who ran off with all the takings; Demiguise can make themselves invisible! (Famous Witches and Wizards cards)
Demiguise pelts Demiguise hair was used to make Invisibility Cloaks (FB)
demon a Dark creature; Lupin showed Harry a Grindylow, also called a water demon (CS8); Dark creatures were the physical embodiment of Dark magic and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them referred to them as "demons" (FB)
Dennis a Muggle friend of Dudley Dursley (SS3)
Densaugeo a spell that made a victim's teeth grow rapidly (GF18)
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures a department in the Ministry of Magic; it had three divisions: the Beast Division, the Being Division, and the Spirit Division (FB, HBP1)
Department of International Magical Cooperation a department located on level five of the Ministry of Magic; Barty Crouch Sr. and Percy Weasley were in this department; their duties included working with magical governments of other countries and setting rules and standards for trade (GOF5)
Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes / Department of Magical Catastrophes (GF) also called the Accidental Magic Reversal Department in previous editions; a department on the third floor of the Ministry of Magic with Obliviators who handled wizard/Muggle problems; a squad from this department modified Marge Dursley's memory when she was blown up and also modified some Muggles' memories when a pair of wizards Splinched themselves while trying to Apparate, leaving half of their bodies behind (OP7)
Department of Magical Equipment Control this department issued a warning about substandard wands being sold by a street peddler named Honest Willy Wagstaff a street peddler accused by the Ministry of Magic of selling loose-bottomed cauldrons and defective wands that burned people ( Daily Prophet)
Department of Magical Games and Sports a department formed in 1750 and now located on level seven at the Ministry of Magic; they organized the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament; it was responsible for hiding Quidditch from Muggles; the former Head was Ludo Bagman (GOF7)
Department of Magical Law Enforcement this department was the largest at the Ministry of Magic and was responsible for enforcing Wizarding laws in the United Kingdom; this department took up two floors and the courtooms on level ten; all the other departments answered to it, except the Department of Mysteries; Barty Crouch Sr. and Amelia Bones used to be the Heads of this department; offices in this department included the Improper Use of Magic Office, the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office, the Magical Law Enforcement Squad; Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Spells and Protective Objects, the Wizengamot Administration Services; and Magical Equipment Control (FB, CS2, 3; PA11; GF30; OP2, 7; HBP10)
Department of Magical Transport / Transportation this department was on level six of the Ministry of Magic; this department arranged transportation to and from the Quidditch World Cup, and Floo Regulation was in this department (GF6, 7; OP7)
Department of Mysteries the employees in this department are called Unspeakables; their work was top secret; the offices were on the ninth level of the Ministry of Magic; the Unspeakables researched the mysteries and forces of human existence (GF7; OP18, 34)
Deprimo a spell used by Hermione during the escape from Xenophilius Lovegood's house; it blasted a hole in the floor of first-floor room they were in (DH21)
Derek a Hogwarts student; Professor Dumbledore once passed him some chipolatas at a Christmas dinner (POA11)
Derrick a Slytherin student and Beater on the Quidditch team (PA15)
Dervish and Banges a shop in Hogsmeade; when Harry's Sneakoscope started whistling, Ron suggested having it fixed at Dervish and Banges (PA5); on their first trip to Hogsmeade, Ron and Hermione went to Dervish and Banges, Zonko's, the Three Broomsticks, and many other places (PA8); Harry, Ron, and Hermione went past Dervish and Banges towards the edge of the village and found Sirius (GF27); at Dervish and Banges Harry and Cho saw a poster that announced rewards to tips leading to recapture of escaped Death Eaters (OP25)
Derwent, Dilys a witch with long silver ringlets; she was a celebrated Healer and former headmistress of Hogwarts; her portraits hung in Dumbledore's office and St. Mungo's Hospital, so she could move between her portraits and report back on what she saw or deliver messages (OP22)
Descendo a spell that causes an item to descend; Ron used it to make the attic hatch and ladder come down so that Harry could go to see the Ghoul that had been disguised as Ron with spattergroit (DH6)
Detachable Cribbing Cuffs a magical cheating aid; it was one of the items banned during the OWL exams (OP31)
detention a punishment for rule-breaking at Hogwarts; t eachers chose the type of punishment and the detentions varied with each professor; Professor Umbridge gave out evil detentions (SS15; CS7; PA9, 13, 14; GF14, 18; OP12, 13, 15, 19, 25, 26, 29)
Deverill, Barnabus a wizard who once owned the Elder Wand, but was killed by Loxias, who wanted to obtain its power (DH21)
Devil's Snare a plant with creepers and tendrils that trapped anyone who touched it, binding their arms and legs and then choking them to death; first-year students learned about Devil's Snare in Herbology; it was one of the tasks guarding the Sorcerer's Stone; it was used to murder Broderick Bode in St. Mungo's Hospital (SS16; OP22, 25; HBP15)
Diagon Alley a winding cobbled street in London full of Wizarding shops, it was entered through the Leaky Cauldron (SS5; CS4; PA3, 4; GF5; HBP6, 13)
diary, Tom Riddle's a Horcrux; a fragment of Voldemort's soul had been been concealed in this diary to prevent death his death; Voldemort gave the diary to Lucius Malfoy for safekeeping (CS5, 13, 14, 17, 18; HBP9, 23)
Diffindo a spell that ripped apart an object (GF20, OP35, HBP11)
Diggle, Dedalus a member of the Order of the Phoenix; Professor McGonagall thought that he set off fireworks the day Voldemort disappeared; he met Harry at the Leaky Cauldron (SS1, 2, 5; OP3, 9)
Diggory, Amos the father of Cedric Diggory; he worked for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in the Ministry of Magic (GF6)
Diggory, Cedric the mother of Cedric Diggory, wife of Amos; when Harry met with her and Amos, her grief seemed to be beyond tears. Harry offered her the Tournament winnings, but she refused to take it (GOF37)
Diggory, Mrs a Hufflepuff student, Seeker on the Quidditch team, and Triwizard Tournament school champion; he was murdered by Peter Pettigrew on Lord Voldemort's orders (GF32)
Dilligrout a password to get into the Gryffindor common room (HBP12, 14)
Dillonsby, Ivor a wizard quoted in Rita Skeeter's The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore as saying, "the fire's lit, but the cauldron's empty" about Bathilda Bagshot (DH18)
Dimitrov a player on the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team who played at the Quidditch World Cup (GF8)
Dingle, Harold a Hogwarts student who tried to sell powdered dragon claw to OWL students as a study aid; Hermione confiscated it because it turned out to be dried Doxy droppings (OP31)
Dippet, Professor Armando a former headmaster of Hogwarts who is dead ; he was headmaster before Professor Dumbledore and was there when Tom Riddle was a student; his portrait hangs in the Headmaster/mistress's office (CS13, OP22, HBP20)
Diricawl a magical creature also known as the dodo; it was a plump, flightless bird that could disappear and reappear somewhere else at will; Muggles know the Diricawl as the dodo and thought that it was extinct, but this was not true (FB)
Dirigible Plum an orange radish-like plant, that Xenophilius Lovegood grows at his house near Ottery St Catchpole; Xenophilius believes that wearing a Dirigible Plum enhances the brain's ability to accept the extraordinary, and as such he included such a fruit on the prototype headdress he had in his living room (DH20)
Disapparate the opposite of Apparate, which was disappearing in one place and appearing in another (GF4; OP1, 2, 35; HBP12, 15, 21, 28, 29)
Disarming Charm the incantation for this charm was Expelliarmus and it caused an opponent's weapon to fly out of his or her hand; it was a basic defensive spell, taught by Snape at the Dueling Club; if several people cast the spell simultaneously, the target may be rendered unconscious; Lupin used this spell on Harry, Ron, and Hermione simultaneously in the Shrieking Shack on the night they first met Sirius Black; Harry used this spell against Voldemort; Harry started his DA class with Expelliarmus (CS10, 11; CS10, 11; PA19; GF29, 31, 34; OP18, 33)
Disillusionment Charm a s pell used to hide something, usually magical objects, magical creatures, and magical occurrences from Muggles; all Wizarding families should know this spell (FB; OP3, 4; HBP3)
Dissendium the password or spell to open the secret passage to Hogsmeade through the one-eyed witch statue on the third flood (PA10, 14)
d ittany o ne of the plants listed in One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi ; Madame Pomfrey gave it to Draco Malfory after Harry attacked him with Sectumsempra to avoid scarring (SS14, HBP24)
Divination a class taught at Hogwarts by Professor Trelawney and the centaur Firenze
Dobbs, Emma a Hogwarts student sorted in Harry's fourth year (GF12)
Dobby a house-elf with large, bat-like ears, enormous bulging green eyes and a long thin nose; he spoke in a high-pitched (CS2); he was the former house-elf of the Malfoy's and later worked at Hogwarts; Dobby and Kreacher shadowed Draco Malfoy on Harry's orders during his 6th year (HBP19); Dobby was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange when rescuing Harry and his friends from the Malfoy Manor (DH23)
Dodderidge, Daisy [1467-1555] the tavern keeper who built the Leaky Cauldron inn to serve as a gateway between the Muggle world and Diagon Alley; wizards and witches of her day loved her generosity and the welcoming atmosphere of her pub (Famous Witches and Wizards cards)
Dodgy Dirk a Muggle who lived during the Ilfracombe Incident of 1932, in which a dragon swooped down on a beach full of Muggles; Dodgy Dirk escaped the Mass Memory Charm (FB)
dog Hagrid kept a boarhound named Fang, and he had once owned a three-headed dog named Fluffy, which was used to guard the Philosopher's Stone; Fluffy was released into the Forbidden Forest (PS/SS8, 16)
Dogbreath a rude nickname for Wilkie Twycross, the Apparitions instructor (HBP18)
Doge, Elphias a wheezy-voiced wizard who was a member of the Order of the Phoenix and one of Harry's advance guard (OP3)
Dolohov, Antonin a Death Eater who tortured many Muggles and others (GF30; OP31, 35); Dolohov killed Remus Lupin at the Battle of Hogwarts (DH32)
Dom a ball created from the gallbladder of a goat; it was used to play the broom sport Aingingein (QA)
Dopplebeater Defence a difficult Quidditch move (QA)
Dorkins, Mary a Muggle television news reporter (OP1)
dormice Hagrid had a couple of dormice in his pocket when he first met Harry (SS4)
Dorny, J. a Hogwarts student who borrowed Quidditch Through the Ages from the library (QA)
Dot a Muggle resident of Little Hangleton, who remembered Frank Bryce as a child; she thought Frank Bryce was guilty (GF1)
Double Eight Loop a difficult Quidditch move (QA)
double-ended newts at the Magical Menagerie, a wizard asked about double - ended newts (PA4)
Doxy a magical creature also known as a Biting Fairy; a doxy looked somewhat like a fairy with additional sets of arms and legs; it was covered in thick black hair and had shiny beetle-like wings; doxy bites were mildly poisonous (FB; OP5, 6)
Doxy eggs a potion ingredient; Cormac McLaggen ended up in the hospital wing for eating a pound of them (HBP11)
Doxy venom Doxies secrete venom from double rows of needle-sharp teeth (FB); Fred and George used Doxy venom when developing their Skiving Snackboxes (OP6)
doxycide a black solution used to remove an infestation of doxies; it rendered them unconscious for a time (OP6)
Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks caused red and blue stars to bounce from ceiling to wall (CS4)
Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious Unction a medicinal potion given to Ron by Madam Pomfrey after he had been attacked by brains in the Department of Mysteries (OP38)
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus the Hogwarts motto, which meant never tickle a sleeping dragon [FB]
Dracul, Count Vlad II [1390-1447] the ruler of the ancient principality of Wallachia, he was the father of the notorious vampire Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad the Impaler), who inspired the fictional Count Dracula created by Bram Stoker (Famous Vampire cards)
Dragon a magical creature; it was a huge lizard-like creature with huge wings; it could fly at great speeds, breathe fire, and was highly dangerous; there were 10 different breeds of dragon (FB; SS5, 6, 14; GF18, 19, 20; OP20; HBP4)
Dragon blood a potion ingredient that had 12 uses, as discovered by Albus Dumbledore (PS/SS6); Horace Slughorn smeared Dragon blood all over the walls of the Muggle home he borrowed in order to simulate a Death Eater attack (HBP4)
Dragon bogies, sizzling a substance that Filch complained about the students covering the corridors with when he tried to punish Harry for befouling the castle (CS8)
Dragon Breeding for Fun and Profit a book (SS14)
Dragon dung a compost and fertilizer sold in a barrel outside an apothecary's shop in Diagon alley (CS4); Professor Sprout used it in her greenhouses (CS6); Fred and George Weasley sent Percy some dragon dung (GF5); Ron thought he played Quidditch like dragon dung (HBP14)
Dragon feeder an advertisement for dragon feeders at Gringotts Bank was in the newspaper ( Daily Prophet, 8 February 1999)
Dragon heart a potion ingredient (FB)
Dragon hide a potion ingredient; also used to make gloves, shoes, clothing for wizards and witches
Dragon-hide boots Bill Weasley wore boots made of dragon hide (GF5)
Dragon-hide gloves Hogwarts students were required to a pair of protective gloves (made of dragon hide or similar material (SS5); these were worn on particularly cold days, but were also used protection when working with dangerous animals or plants (GF13; HBP14)
Dragon horn a potion ingredient (FB)
Dragon liver a potion ingredient sold in Diagon Alley (SS5)
Dragon pox a Wizarding contagious illness; Gunhilda Kneen had to sit out a Quidditch match due to a case of Dragon Pox in the 1100s (QA); Chauncey Oldridge was the first known victim of dragon pox in the 1300s (Famous Witches and Wizards cards); Gunhilda of Gorsemoor, the famous healer, developed a cure for Dragon Pox in the late 1500s/early 1600s (Famous Witches and Wizards cards); dragon pox was treated on the second floor of St. Mungo's Hospital (OP22); Abraxas Malfoy, Draco Malfoy's grandfather, died from dragon pox (HBP9)
Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau a bureau in the Ministry of Magic where Newt Scamander used to work (FB)
dragon-skin briefcase a briefcase belonging to Horace Slughorn (HBP18)
dragon - skin jackets Fred and George Weasley wore jackets made of dragon skin (HBP30)
Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland a book (SS14)
Draught of Living Death a very powerful sleeping potion, which included powdered root of asphodel, an infusion of wormwood, valerian roots, and a sopophorous bean; it was the first potion that the NEWT Potions class made (SS8, HBP9, 15); a young wizard smeared Wiggenweld Potion on his lips, kissed an unconscious princess (who had pricked her finger on a spindle tainted with a Draught of the Living Death), and brought her out of her trance (Famous Witches and Wizards cards)
Draught of Peace a potion that calmed anxiety and soothed agitation; it included powdered moonstone and syrup of hellebore (OP12)
Dreadful Denizens of the Deep a book (GF26)
Dream Oracle, The this book, written by Inigo Imago, was used in Divination class (OP12, 15, 17)
Dreamless Sleep Potion a medicinal potion, used to induce dreamless sleep in the drinker and aid recuperation (GOF36)
Drooble's Best Blowing Gum a candy in Honeydukes in Hogsmeade; it filled the room with bluebell-colored bubbles that refused to pop for days ; Neville Longbottom's mother gave him empty wrappers, which he carefully saved (PS6, PA5, PA10, GF23)
Drought Charm a charm that dried up water, but Harry decided he probably wouldn't be able to dry up the entire Hogwarts lake (GF26)
druidess Cliodna was a f amous Irish druidess who appeared on a Chocolate Frog trading card (Famous Witches and Wizards cards)
drunk monks, portrait of at Christmas the Fat Lady visited the portrait of the drunk monks and got a hangover from their 500-year-old wine (HBP17)
Dueling Club a club at Hogwarts that met for only one meeting; Lockhart taught the formalities of dueling: bowing, holding the wand in a certain way, and flourishing the wand in the attack; Snape didn't bother messing around and just blasted him against a wall (CS11)
Dugbog a marsh-dwelling magical creature that looked like a piece of wood; it glided across boggy land and fed on small mammals, although it would try to attack the ankles of any human that crossed its path; the Dugbog was fond of eating mandrakes (FB)
Duke, Kirley 1971 a wizard who played lead guitar with the popular all-male Wizarding band, the Weird Sisters (Famous Witches and Wizards cards)
Dumbledore, Aberforth the brother of Albus Dumbledore; he was tall and thin; he was a former member of the Order of the Phoenix; he was prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat; he was the barman at the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade; he punched Albus on the nose at their sister Ariana's funeral; he fought in the Battle of Hogwarts (HBP12; DH8, 32)
Dumbledore, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian the Hogwarts Headmaster and one of the greatest and most respected wizards in the world; he was tall, thin and very old; he had very long silver hair and beard and his nose was very long and crooked; he wore half-moon glasses; he was the Chief Warlock on the Wizengamot (the Wizarding high court); he had the Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorcerer, Chief Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confederation of Wizards; he was formerly the Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts; he defeated his childhood friend Gellert Grindelwald in a duel in 1945 after Grindelwald had become a Dark Lord; he took the Elder wand from Grindelwald; Snape killed Dumbledore at the end of Harry's sixth year on Dumbledore's own orders (PS/SS6, 7; CS17; DH24, 35)
Dumbledore, Ariana the youngest Dumbledore sibling, she suffered a terrible attack at the hands of three Muggle boys at a young age, and from that time on suppressed her magic; her parents kept her from going to Hogwarts and the problem was never resolved; as a teenager, she accidentally killed her mother, and only a few months later, was killed herself during an argument between Albus, Aberforth and Grindlewald (DH28)
Dumbledore, Kendra the mother of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana, she was killed accidentally when she was not able to placate her daughter during a particularly distressing time (DH28)
Dumbledore, Percival the father of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana, he could not bear the thought of the three Muggle boys attacking his daughter; he launched a revenge attack on them for which he was arrested; unable to explain the reasons why he attacked them, he was considered a Muggle-hater and sent to Azkaban, where he died (DH28)
Dumbledore's Army / DA, D.A. the initial meeting was in the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade (OP16); with Dobby's help, the group met in the Room of Requirement (OP18); during the first official meeting, the students chose a name for the group (OP18); the purpose was to learn Defense Against the Dark Arts, so they could protect themselves and others against Voldemort and his followers - and also for the fifth-year students to pass their Defense Against the Dark Arts OWL (OP16, 18); 29 joined the D.A.; Hermione created fake Galleons and put a Protean Charm on them; when Harry changed the serial numbers on his Galleon to reflect the date of the next meeting, the Galleons in the other members' pockets would burn warm and let them know (OP19); Marietta Edgecombe betrayed the D.A. (OP27); the D.A. didn't meet during Harry's sixth year (HBP7); when Harry believed Hogwarts was in imminent danger, he asked Hermione to see if those contact galleons still worked; Neville and Luna responded and were in the battle with the Death Eaters when they invaded Hogwarts (HBP25, 27); the DA reformed during the following year when Snape was the Headmaster of Hogwarts (DH29); most of the old members came back and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts (DH31, 32)
dungbombs these magical stinkbombs were useful for creating a diversion, playing tricks, or just irritating Mr. Filch (CS10; PA14; GF23; OP4, 14)
dungeons many dungeons were beneath Hogwarts; a narrow stone staircase led down to the dungeons; the Potions classroom and Snape's office were in the dungeons (PS/SS8; OP26); the entrance to the Slytherin common rooms was near the dungeons (CS12); Nearly Headless Nick had his deathday party in one of the larger dungeons (CS8)
Dunghead a rather rude nickname for Wilkie Twycross, the Apparitions instructor (HBP18)
Dunstan, B. a Hogwarts student who borrowed Quidditch Through the Ages from the library (QA)
Durmstrang a school of witchcraft and wizardry in northern Europe; it took part in the Triwizard Tournament; the school was also in a castle but it was not as big as Hogwarts, with just four floors, and the fires were lit only for magical purposes; it had extensive grounds; the school was located near lakes and mountains; the students wore cloaks of "shaggy, matted fur" (GOF23); Gellert Grindelwald and Viktor Krum both attended Durmstrang in their youth (DH8, GOF15)
Duro a spell that turns the target object into stone; Hermione cast it on a tapestry during the Battle of Hogwarts (DH32)
Dursley, Dudley the fat, mean Muggle cousin of Harry Potter (PS/SS2); he was blond, pink, porky, and a Junior Heavyweight Inter-School Boxing Champion (PS/SS2; OOTP1); he was also known as Big D, Diddy darling, Dinky Diddums, Dinky Duddydums, Dudders, Duddy, Ickle Diddykins, Ickle Dudleykins, neffypoo, popkin, and sweetums; after he was attacked by Dementors he changed his ways somewhat, and even ended up being sort of nice to Harry (DH3)
Dursley, Marjorie / Aunt Marge the Muggle sister of Vernon Dursley; she hated Harry but didn't visit very often because she couldn't stand to leave her precious dogs behind (POA2)
Dursley, Petunia Evans the Muggle aunt of Harry Potter; she was bony, horse-faced, and long-necked; she spent most of her time cleaning the house and spying on her perfectly normal neighbors (PS/SS2); she knew a bit more about the wizarding world than she liked to make out (OOTP2)
Dursley, Vernon the Muggle uncle of Harry Potter; he was big, beefy, and mean with a black, bushy mustache and small, sharp eyes; he was the director of drill company called Grunnings; he considered Harry's magical ability an embarrassing "abnormality" (PS/SS2)
Dust & Mildewe the wizard publishing company that published The Philosophy of the Mundane: Why the Muggles Prefer Not to Know in 1963 (FB)
dwarf a small magical creature; on Valentine's Day Professor Lockhart arranged for dwarves to deliver Valentine's Day cards; later that afternoon, a dwarf delivered a card to Harry from Ginny Weasley (CS13); during his stay in the Leaky Cauldron, Harry watched other patrons, including raucous dwarves (PA4)
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