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hot air charm

no incantation given, but involves a complicated wand motion

Fires off a jet of hot air from the end of the caster's wand.

• Hermione used this charm to melt snow and dry off her snow-covered robes (OP21).

• Dumbledore used something similar on Harry's wet robes, but the spell he cast instantaneously made the robes warm and dry and didn't involve any wasted wand motion (HBP26).

Hurling Hex

no spell words given

A nasty kind of hex that can be placed on a broom. The effect is presumably to make the target broom attempt to hurl its rider off.

• When Harry's Firebolt was stripped down to be checked for jinxes and curses, Flitwick checked whether it had a Hurling Hex on it. It didn't (PA12).

• This may have been the spell Quirrell cast on Harry's Nimbus 2000 to try to throw him off (PS11).

Hover Charm

no incantation given

Makes an object float in the air.

• Dobby used this spell (without wand or incantation) to float Aunt Petunia's violet pudding in the air (CS2).

• Hermione had to use one on Harry to get him into his bunk while he was unconscious after their visit to Godric's Hollow (DH17).

• See also LEVITATION CHARM.

Impediment Curse / Jinx

See IMPEDIMENTA.

Impedimenta (im-ped-ih-MEN-tah)

"Impediment Curse," "Impediment Jinx"

"impedimentum" L. hindrance

Stops an object or slows it down.

• Harry learned this spell to use in the third task. Ron also learned it, using it to stop a bee in midair. Harry used it to good effect on the Acromantulaand on the huge Blast-Ended Skrewt (GF29, (GF31).

• Madam Hooch used this to knock Harry away from Draco as they were fighting after a Quidditch match (OP19).

• Harry taught the D.A. to use this (OP21).

• Harry saw his father use this on Snape in the Pensieve (OP28)

• The Impediment Jinx was used by Death Eaters and by Harry during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries (OP35)

• Harry used this on Inferi in the cave (HBP26)

• Harry used this on Amycus Carrow while the latter was duelling Ginny during the Battle of the Tower. Later Harry cast it on either Amycus or onAlecto Carrow when they tried to catch him from behind, and still later he attempted to cast it on Snape (HBP28).

• Cast by Harry on a Death Eater just after the sidecar he was riding in broke off the flying motorbike (DH4).

Imperio (im-PAIR-ee-oh)

"Imperius Curse"

"impero" L. order, govern, command

One of the Unforgivable Curses, this spell causes the victim to be completely under the command of the caster, who can make the victim do anything the caster wishes. A victim of this spell is said to have been Imperiused.

• Lecture with demonstration in Defence Against the Dark Arts (GF14)

• Cast on Krum by the fake Moody (GF31, GF35).

• Cast on Crouch junior by Crouch senior (GF35).

• Cast on Crouch senior by Voldemort (GF35).

• Cast by Voldemort on Harry (GF34)

• c.f. Voldemort: First Rise of the Dark Lord

• Harry raised the possibility - which Arthur Weasley then refuted - that Fudge may have been acting under the Imperius Curse (OP9).

• Herbert Chorley, a Junior Minister in the government of Muggle Britain, began impersonating a duck as a result of a reaction to a poorly performed Imperius Curse (HBP1).

• Cast by Draco Malfoy on Madam Rosmerta, and by her on Katie Bell (HBP12, HBP27).

• Cast by Yaxley on Pius Thicknesse (DH1).

• Referred to by the verb Imperiused (DH5).

• Cast by Harry on various goblins and on Travers during the retrieval of the cup Horcrux (DH26).

• Harry believes that Stan Shunpike must have been Imperiused (DH5).

Imperius Curse

See IMPERIO.

Imperturbable Charm (IM-per-TUR-ba-bul)

"imperturbatus" L. undisturbed, calm (thanks to Manuel Weiss for help with this)

Creates a magical barrier on a target object, such as a door, to prevent eavesdropping. The target object is said to have been Imperturbed.

• The door to the kitchen in number twelve, Grimmauld Place had an Imperturbable Charm placed on it. This prevented the kids from usingExtendable Ears to eavesdrop on the meetings there. Anything thrown toward a door which has been Imperturbed will bounce off without touching it. Ginny tested the door by lobbing Dungbombs at it (OP4).

Impervius (im-PER-vee-us)

"im-" prefix from L. not + "pervius" L. letting things through

Makes something waterproof or water repellent.

• Hermione used this spell to make Harry's glasses repel water during a rainy Quidditch match (PA9).

• The entire Gryffindor team used it on their faces to try to practice in a driving rain, but they still gave up after an hour (OP18).

• Recommended by Hermione to Ron as a way of protecting Yaxley's belongings from the rain in his office until it can be stopped (DH12).

• Hermione used this in an attempt to protect herself, Ron, Bogrod, and Griphook from the burning, multiplying treasure in the vault (DH26).

  
  

Originally posted by: lakshmi_3004

Imperturbable Charm(IM-per-TUR-ba-bul)

<small>"imperturbatus" L. undisturbed, calm (thanks to Manuel Weiss for help with this)</small>

Creates a magical barrier on a target object, such as a door, to prevent eavesdropping. The target object is said to have been Imperturbed.

• The door to the kitchen innumber twelve, Grimmauld Placehad an Imperturbable Charm placed on it. This prevented the kids from usingExtendable Earsto eavesdrop on the meetings there. Anything thrown toward a door which has been Imperturbed will bounce off without touching it.Ginnytested the door by lobbingDungbombsat it (OP4).

Originally posted by: lakshmi_3004

Impediment Curse / Jinx

SeeIMPEDIMENTA.

Impedimenta(im-ped-ih-MEN-tah)

"Impediment Curse," "Impediment Jinx"

<small>"impedimentum" L. hindrance</small>

Stops an object or slows it down.

• Harrylearned this spell to use in thethird task.Ronalso learned it, using it to stop a bee in midair.Harryused it to good effect on theAcromantulaand on the hugeBlast-Ended Skrewt(GF29, (GF31).

• Madam Hoochused this to knockHarryaway fromDracoas they were fighting after aQuidditchmatch (OP19).

• Harrytaught theD.A.to use this (OP21).

• Harrysaw his father use this onSnapein thePensieve(OP28)

• The Impediment Jinx was used byDeath Eatersand byHarryduring theBattle of the Department of Mysteries(OP35)

• Harryused this onInferiin thecave(HBP26)

• Harryused this onAmycus Carrowwhile the latter was duellingGinnyduring theBattle of the Tower. LaterHarrycast it on eitherAmycusor onAlecto Carrowwhen they tried to catch him from behind, and still later he attempted to cast it onSnape(HBP28).

• Cast byHarryon aDeath Eaterjust after the sidecar he was riding in broke off theflying motorbike(DH4).