Well (disambiguation)

A well is an artificial excavation, hole or structure for the purpose of withdrawing an underground resource, usually water

Well may also refer to:

Used for resource extraction

 * Castle well, providing a protected source of drinking water
 * 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
 * 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, Hampshire, England
 * Well, Lincolnshire, a village in England
 * Well, North Yorkshire, a village in England
 * Well, Gelderland, Netherlands
 * Well, Limburg, a village in the Netherlands
 * Well (Chinese constellation)

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
 * "Well", song by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band from their 1969 album Trout Mask Replica
 * "Well", song by The Olympics

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
 * Well drink, 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 in some countries