Geminio -
Gemino Curse -
Glisseo -
gouging spell -
Gripping Charm -
grooming charms -
Growth Charm -
Gubraithian fire
Geminio (jeh-MIN-ee-oh)
from "geminare" L. to double
Duplicates the target object.
Hermione uses this to duplicate (in appearance, anyway) the locket Horcrux so that Umbridge won't realize that it is missing (DH13).
no incantation given, but see GEMINIO
When touched, the target object will multiply, but the copies are worthless.
Gringotts placed Gemino Curses on the objects in the Lestranges' high security vault, creating a lot of apparently identical copies from which the genuine objects could not be distinguished. According to Griphook, a would-be thief who continued to handle treasure under such a curse would eventually be crushed by the weight of expanding gold (DH26).
Glisseo (glis-EH-oh)
from "glisser" Fr. slip, slide
Converts the target object into a smooth slide.
When Hermione cast this, the stairs on which she, Harry, and Ron were standing flattened into a chute down which they slid very fast (DH32)
c.f. GRYFFINDOR TOWER.
See DEFODIO.
no incantation given
Spell that allows the enchanted object to be held more easily.
Gripping Charms, invented in 1875, are cast on a Quaffle to make it possible for a Chaser to hold onto it one-handed (since a Chaser needs at least one hand free to control his or her broomstick) (QA6).
no incantation given
Minor spells for personal grooming.
Molly Weasley thought that Bill's hair was too long and wanted to give it a trim. She fingered her wand as she suggested this, indicating that she would use her wand to do the trimming (GF5). (On the other hand, Molly may have had Diffindo in mind for this or some other general use spell, so there may not be a specific hair-trimming spell.)
Oddly enough it was Charlie, not Bill, whom Molly made a point of giving a haircut a day or so before Bill's wedding. Ron said later that he expected Charlie to sneak out and use a spell to regrow his hair (DH7).
Eloise Midgen tried to curse her pimples off, but that is not the recommended procedure and it did not work as well as she might have hoped (GF13).
During breakfast on the day of her first Divination class with Firenze, Parvati curled her eyelashes around her wand because she wanted to make a good impression on the centaur (OP27). This may not have been a spell, however, any more than the use of Muggle hair curlers would have been.
Growth Charm
no incantation given
Spell to make things grow in size.
Harry accidentally mixed up the incantations for Colour Change and Growth Charms during his practical Charms O.W.L. (OP31).
c.f. ENGORGIO.
Gubraithian fire
no incantation given
Spell to make the target object burn forever.
Dumbledore sent the Gurg a branch enchanted like this (OP20).
