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Daily Prophet, the

The national wizarding newspaper,.

Dark Mark, the

Sign of the Death Eaters: a skull with a serpent in its mouth.

Davies, Roger

Captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.

Dearborn, Caradoc

A member of the original Order of the Phoenix; disappeared while fighting Voldemort.

Death Eaters

Followers of Voldemort. They are summoned by the Dark Mark.

Deathday Party

Celebration held by the ghosts at Hogwarts to commemorate the day they died.

Defense Against the Dark Arts

Magic lessons at Hogwarts that teach students how to defend themselves against evil creatures such as werewolves and vampires.

Deflating Draught

Potion that counteracts a swelling solution. Causes swelled body parts to return to normal size.

Delacour, Fleur

Pupil at Beauxbatons. Beautiful, with long, silvery blonde hair; her grandmother was a Veela.

Delacour, Gabrielle

Younger sister of Fleur.

Delaney-Podmore, Sir Patrick

Leader of the Headless Hunt.

Dementor

Creature who feeds on the happy emotions of humans. Dementors are employed as guards at Azkaban. The kiss of a Dementor will suck out a human's soul, leaving an emotionless shell.

Deletrius

Spell to make something disintegrate.

Dervish and Banges

Wizarding equipment shop in Hogsmeade.

Densaugeo

Spell causing teeth to grow.

Diagon Alley

A long cobbled street filled with the most fascinating wizarding shops in the world. Accessible through the Leaky Cauldron pub in London.

Diffindo

Spell to make something split.

Diggle, Dedalus

Wizard Harry met in the Leaky Cauldron. He also once bowed to Harry in a shop. A member of the revitalized Order of the Phoenix.

Diggory, Amos

Father of Cedric. He is tall and has a brown beard.

Diggory, Cedric

Seeker on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.

Disapparate

To disappear at will.

Dissendium

Spell that opens entrance to secret passage to Hogsmeade.

Disillusionment Charm

Works like an Invisibility Cloak, except instead of becoming invisible, you become the same color as your surroundings.

Divination

Magical art of telling the future using tea-leaves, crystal balls and so forth. Professor Trelawny is the Divination teacher at Hogwarts.

Dobby

Name of a House-Elf who idolizes Harry but gets him into lots of trouble.

Doge, Elphias

A member of the revitalized Order of the Phoenix.

Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous No-Heat Wet-Start Fireworks

Wizarding fireworks and one of Fred and George Weasley's favorite jokes. They fill the room with red and gold stars that last for about half an hour.

Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus

The Hogwarts motto. It means, "Never tickle a sleeping dragon."

Dragon

Mythical reptilian creature who can fly and breathe fire. Hagrid is particularly fond of dragons and has a Norwegian Ridgeback called Norbert for a while.

Draught of Living Death, the

Powerful sleeping draught.

Drooble's Best Blowing Gum

Wizarding sweet. Fills the room with blue bubbles that last for about half an hour.

Dueling Club

Club started by Professor Lockhart to teach students how to duel with spells.

Dumbledore, Albus

Headmaster of Hogwarts. Dumbledore is widely regarded as the finest wizard of his generation and was the only person that Voldemort was frightened of. He is tall, thin and very old and has very long, silver hair and beard. He has blue eyes and wears half-moon spectacles and a long purple cloak that sweeps to the ground. “Dumbledore” was an old English word for bumblebee.

Dumbledore’s Army

A group of Hogwarts students to whom Harry teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts during his fifth year. Also known as the D.A.

Dungbomb

Stinkbomb

Durmstrang Institute

School of witchcraft and wizardry somewhere in the far north of Europe. It is smaller than Hogwarts but has more extensive grounds.

Dursley, Dudley

Harry's horrible muggle cousin. Dudley is fat, blond and rather stupid, but that doesn't stop him trying to bully Harry whenever he can.