wells

A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.

A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.

A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.

“Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.”

A source of supply.

A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.

The cockpit of a sailboat.

A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.

A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.

A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.

An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.

The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.

The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.

A well drink.

“They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.”

The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.

In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.

To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.

To have something seep out of the surface.

“Her eyes welled with tears.”