SPELLS DICTIONARY-O
This spell is used to bury or perhaps alter the victim's memories of an event. The person who wants to modify someone's memory points his or her wand at the victim and utters the incantation "Obliviate". "Oblivisci" is Latin for "forget". The spell is most often used against Muggles who have seen something of the wizarding world. The Ministry of Magic employees assigned to modifying the memories of Muggles are called Obliviators. The charm can be broken by powerful magic, as Lord Voldemort was able to torture Bertha Jorkins into remembering details that Barty Crouch had forced her to forget using the charm. First used in CoS by Gilderoy Lockhart on Harry and Ron; the spell backfired due to a faulty wand, causing Lockhart to lose most of his own memory.
Hermione uses this spell in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to make a flock of birds she had summoned attack Ron. "Oppugno" is Latin for "I attack". Likely causes animals or other beings of lesser intelligence to attack.
Makes a bouquet of flowers appear out of the wand. Used in GoF by Mr Ollivander testing Fleur Delacour's wand. "Orchideous" may be a portmanteau of orchid and hideous.
