The sharp-eyed and/or deeply obsessive among you may have noticed changes happening to the list over the last few weeks. The Deathly Hallows updates are now complete - and I've added known ingredients to the potions section, as requested by a couple of people. As usual, if you notice any omissions/errors, please comment.

Welcome to the new and (hopefully) improved version of the list.

Notes:

1. Most words are taken from the UK editions - if anyone has any additions or corrections (especially US versions of words), please let me know in a comment.
   
   
2. The parts of names in square brackets are optional.

Generally, the use of capitals is increasing through the books (and ( Read more... )

Names
Verbs
Adjectives

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witch, wizard
witchcraft, wizardry

‘wizard’ and ‘wizarding’ are both used as adjectives:

wizard crackers (but Cribbages Wizarding Crackers)
wizard prison
wizard banking
wizard law
wizard photograph
wizard picture
wizard tourists

wizarding friends
a wizarding family
a wizarding game

NB it’s always the 'wizarding world' in the UK edition, but ' ( Read more... )

Animagus (pl. Animagi)
Apparator
blood traitor (hyphenated when used as an adjective, as in 'Your blood-traitor pal')
curse breaker (PoA) or Curse-Breaker (OotP) or curse-breaker (HBP)
half-blood
Legilimens
Metamorphmagus (pl. Metamorphmagi)
Mudblood
Muggle (NB ‘mUggle’ occurs in Hermione’s hate-mail in GoF, cobbled together from newspaper ( Read more... )

Dark Force Defence League
Order of the Phoenix
Headquarters
number twelve, Grimmauld Place
Secret-Keeper (PoA) or Secret Keeper (OotP)

Harry and Voldemort
Harry is referred to as:

the boy who lived or the Boy Who Lived
the Chosen One
Undesirable Number One or Undesirable No. 1

Euphemisms for Voldemort can have either hyphens or spaces:

He-Who-Must- ( Read more... )

Hogwarts [School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]
Hogwartians
Hogwarts Express

• prefect carriage

Houses
Subjects
Staff
Students
Places
Extracurricular activities
Events
Exams
Paperwork

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(Note the apostrophes - or lack of them):

Borgin and Burkes (Knockturn Alley - Dark stuff)
Dervish and Banges (Hogsmeade - wizarding equipment)
Flourish and Blotts (Diagon Alley - books)
Kwikspell (correspondence course in magic)
Gringotts [Wizarding Bank] (Diagon Alley)

• The Thief's Downfall

Millamant’s Magic Marquees ( Read more... )

This very much tends towards capitals (as you might expect):

International bodies
Ministries in other countries
The Ministry of Magic
Wizarding Law
The Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes
The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
The Department of Magical Transportation
The Department of Magical Games and ( Read more... )

British Youth Representative to the Wizengamot
Chief [of the Council] (head of the Wizards’ Council)
Chief Warlock (head of the Wizengamot)
Gold Medal-Winner for Ground-Breaking Contribution to the International Alchemical Conference in Cairo
Gurg (chief giant)
Heir or heir of Slytherin
Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defence League
Minister [of ( Read more... )