Well (disambiguation)
# 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:

## Structures

### 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)

## 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
* "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

### 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
