a city in SW England, in Somerset: 12th-century cathedral. Pop: 10 406 (2001)
Wells in British English2
(wɛlz)
noun
1.
Henry. 1805–78, US businessman, who founded (1852) with William Fargo the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company
2.
H(erbert) G(eorge). 1866–1946, British writer. His science-fiction stories include The Time Machine (1895), War of the Worlds (1898), and The Shape of Things to Come (1933). His novels on contemporary social questions, such as Kipps (1905), Tono-Bungay (1909), and Ann Veronica (1909), affected the opinions of his day. His nonfiction works include The Outline of History (1920)
Wells in American English
(wɛlz)
H(erbert) G(eorge)1866-1946; Eng. novelist & social critic
Derived forms
Wellsian (ˈWellsian) (ˈwɛlziən)
adjective
All related terms of 'Wells'
well
You say well to indicate that you are about to say something.
Sadler's Wells
a theatre in London . It was renovated in 1931 by Lilian Bayliss and became the home of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company and the Sadler's Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet)
Tunbridge Wells
a town and resort in SE England, in SW Kent : chalybeate spring discovered in 1606; an important social centre in the 17th and 18th centuries. Pop: 60 095 (2001)
gas well
a well for obtaining natural gas
oil drill
a boring into the earth or sea bed for the extraction of petroleum
oil well
An oil well is a deep hole which is made in order to get oil out of the ground.
Royal Tunbridge Wells
a town and resort in SE England, in SW Kent : chalybeate spring discovered in 1606; an important social centre in the 17th and 18th centuries. Pop: 60 095 (2001)
smart well
A smart well is a well which has equipment that can be controlled either automatically or by an operator at a remote location .
wheel well
A wheel well is the space in a vehicle's structure where the wheel is positioned.
carbon sink
an area of vegetation , esp a forest , or a phytoplankton-rich sea that absorbs the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
carbon well
an area of vegetation , esp a forest, or a phytoplankton-rich sea that absorbs the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
flowing well
A flowing well is a well which can produce oil or gas without the use of a mechanical pump .
offset well
An offset well is a wellbore which is close to a proposed well, and which provides information for planning the proposed well.
wishing well
a well believed to have the property of making wishes made at it come true
worried well
→ the worried well
artesian well
well sunk through impermeable strata receiving water from an area at a higher altitude than that of the well
horizontal well
A horizontal well is a well which has sections that have been drilled at more than 80 degrees from the vertical in order to penetrate a greater length of the reservoir .
potential well
a localized region in a field of force in which the potential has a deep minimum
development well
(in the oil industry ) a well drilled for the production of oil or gas from a field already proven by appraisal drilling to be suitable for exploitation
exploration well
An exploration well is a borehole which is drilled to find out if there is any oil or gas in a place.
fare-thee-well
a state of perfection
multilateral well
A multilateral well is a well that has more than one branch radiating from the main wellbore.
rod pumped well
A rod pumped well is a well with a nodding donkey to remove fluid mechanically.
log
A log is a piece of a thick branch or of the trunk of a tree that has been cut so that it can be used for fuel or for making things.