A well is an artificial excavation, hole or structure for the purpose of withdrawing an underground resource, usually water Well may also refer to:

Structures

Used for resource extraction

* Castle well, providing a protected source of drinking water *

Oil well An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Usually some natural gas is released as associated petroleum gas along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce only gas may ...

, a hole drilled through the Earth's surface for the purpose of extracting petroleum oil * Salt well, or brine well, used to mine salt *

Well drainage Well drainage means drainage of agricultural lands by wells. Agricultural land is drained by pumped wells (vertical drainage) to improve the soils by controlling water table levels and soil salinity. Introduction Subsurface (groundwater) drainage f ...

of agricultural land by pumped wells

Other structures

* Air well (condenser), a structure or device designed to promote the condensation of atmospheric moisture *

Clootie well A clootie well is a holy well (or sacred spring), almost always with a tree growing beside it, where small strips of cloth or ribbons are left as part of a healing ritual, usually by tying them to branches of the tree (called a clootie tree or r ...

, a place of pilgrimage in Celtic areas * Holy well, often pagan sacred sites that were later Christianized * Jacob's Well, of religious significance in the West Bank * Lightwell, in architecture, an unroofed space designed to allow sunlight to reach interior areas * Wishing well, a term from European folklore

Places

Well, Hampshire Well is a small village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Long Sutton. The village lies approximately south-east from Odiham. It is adjacent to Lord Wandsworth College Lord Wandsworth C ...

, England * Well, Lincolnshire, a village in England *

Well, North Yorkshire Well is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles south of Bedale, near Snape. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 230. History The 'well' of Well is a spring which, ...

, a village in England * Well, Gelderland, Netherlands *

Well, Limburg Well (; li, Wel ) is a village of about 2500 residents in the municipality of Bergen in the province of Limburg in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. The town is located between Nijmegen and Venlo, it's east to the town of Venray. The vil ...

, a village in the Netherlands * Well (Chinese constellation)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

*'' Well...'', 1994 album by Katey Sagal *''...Well?'', 1991 album by Swell *"Well", song by Little Richard from his 1967 album ''

The Explosive Little Richard ''The Explosive Little Richard'' is the first album by Little Richard for Okeh Records, produced by his long-time friend Larry Williams and Johnny "Guitar" Watson. The songs reflect the then-popular soul and Motown musical styles; no tracks wer ...

'' *"Well", song by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band from their 1969 album '' Trout Mask Replica'' *"Well", song by The Olympics *"Well...," song by Frankie Goes to Hollywood from their 1984 album ''

Welcome to the Pleasuredome ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'' is the debut studio album by English synth-pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, first released on 29 October 1984 by ZTT Records. Originally issued as a vinyl double album, it was assured of a UK chart entry at n ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Well'' (play), 2004 play by Lisa Kron * ''Well'' (film), 2016 Hungarian film

Science and technology

* Well, the condition of having a high level of well-being * Well, good health * Gravity well or gravitational, a conceptual model of the gravitational field surrounding a body in space * Potential well, a concept used in physics related to kinetic energy * Quantum well, a potential well with only discrete energy values * Well, a microtiter plate, used in chemistry and biochemistry

Other uses

* "Well,..." a catchphrase often used by former U.S. President

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

Well drink A well drink or rail drink is an alcoholic beverage served using the lower-cost liquors stored within easy reach of the bartender in the counter "speed rail", "speed rack", or "well". In any given establishment, the rail/well liquors available ma ...

, an alcoholic beverage made with liquor from a bartender's well * Well Pharmacy, a British pharmacy chain * The WELL, originally ''Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link,'' a virtual community * "The Well", a nickname for the Scottish football team Motherwell F.C. * The well of the court, part of the

courtroom A courtroom is the enclosed space in which courts of law are held in front of a judge. A number of courtrooms, which may also be known as "courts", may be housed in a courthouse. In recent years, courtrooms have been equipped with audiovisual ...

in some countries