Well

Well may refer to:

Structures

Used for resource extraction

• Castle well, provided a protected source of drinking water
• Gas well, a relatively minor variation of an oil well
• Oil well, a hole drilled through the Earth's surface for the purpose of extracting petroleum oil
• Salt well, or brine well, used to mine salt
• Water well, an artificial excavation, hole or structure for the purpose of withdrawing water
• Well drainage 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 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, Lincolnshire, a village in England
• Well, Netherlands, a community in the Netherlands

In the arts

Music

• Well..., a 1994 album by Katey Sagal
• ...Well?, a 1991 album by Swell
• "Well", a song by Little Richard from his 1967 album The Explosive Little Richard
• "Well", a song by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band from their 1969 album Trout Mask Replica
• "Well...," song by Frankie Goes to Hollywood from their 1984 album Welcome to the Pleasuredome
• "Well", song by The Olympics

Other uses in the arts

• Well (play), a 2004 play by Lisa Kron

In science and technology

• Potential well, a concept used in physics
• Quantum well, a potential well with only discrete energy values
• A single well of a microtiter plate, used in chemistry and biochemistry

Other uses

• 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 in some countries

See also

• WELL (disambiguation)
• Wells (disambiguation)
• The Well (disambiguation)