English words: well acquainted to Welsbach
300 English words, part 20 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 11 have a page of their own.
English words well acquainted to Welsbach
- well acquainted adjective: Very familiar with someone or something.
- well actually noun: An unwarranted correction, often given in a condescending manner.
- well-adapted adjective: Skillfully adjusted or modified to be of most use in a particular environment, situation, etc.
- well-adjusted adjective: Of a person, suitably adapted to new conditions.
- well-advised adjective: Benefiting from careful prior advice or counsel.
- well-aimed adjective: Directed with precision toward a specific target, purpose, or effect.
- well and good adjective: Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.
- well and truly adverb /ˌwɛl n̩ ˈtɹuːli/: Completely; utterly; without doubt.
- well-appointed adjective /ˌwɛləˈpɔɪntɪd/: Chiefly of accommodation: properly supplied with a complete set of whatever furniture, equipment, etc., is needed; fully equipped or fitted-out; also,...
- well-attested adjective: Supported by a great deal of evidence.
- well aware adjective: Having full knowledge or awareness of something.
- well-awareness noun: The state or quality of being well aware.
- well aye interjection: A positive yes, of course.
- well-baked adjective: Fully developed through work, thought, or planning; refined
- well-balanced adjective: properly balanced; in equilibrium
- well-beaten adjective: Thoroughly beaten.
- well begun is half done proverb: Much depends on the beginning of an endeavor.
- well behaved adjective /wɛlbɪˈheɪvd/: Alternative form of well-behaved.
- well-behavedly adverb: In a well-behaved manner.
- well-behavedness noun: The quality or condition of being well-behaved.
- well being noun /wɛlˈbiː.ɪŋ/: A state of health, happiness or prosperity.
- well-beloved adjective: Sincerely and deeply loved
- well-beseen adjective: Having or presenting a good appearance.
- well boat noun /ˈwɛlbəʊt/: A fishing vessel designed to carry live fish in a tank or well.
- well-born adjective: Noble; born into the upper classes.
- well-bred adjective: Of good breed.
- well-breeched adjective: Wealthy.
- well brought up adjective: Having been taught during childhood to exhibit good manners and pleasant behaviour.
- well built adjective: Constructed in a pleasing or sound manner.
- well car noun: an open low-sided freight car with a lowered body.
- well-child clinic noun: A clinic that provides childrearing advice and medication for children brought in by their caregivers.
- well-connected adjective: Having close connections with people of wealth or social standing.
- well-coupled adjective: Of a horse: well formed at the part where the back joins the rump.
- well covered adjective: Amply equipped or provisioned, especially with respect to a place where food is served.
- well-coveredness noun: The quality of being well-covered.
- well-crafted adjective: Of superior quality or craftsmanship.
- well deck noun: A sunken deck between the forecastle and the poop.
- well-defined adjective: Having a clean and distinct outline.
- well-definedness noun: The quality of being well-defined.
- well deserved adjective: Alternative form of well-deserved.
- well-designed adjective: Designed to serve its purpose well, and/or be attractive.
- well-developed adjective: Developed to a great extent, highly developed.
- well-disposed adjective: friendly and sympathetic
- well-disposedness noun: The state of being well-disposed
- well-documented adjective: Having extensive documentation and evidence.
- well-doing adjective, noun: The practice of doing good; virtuousness, good conduct.
- well done adjective, interjection: Performed well.
- well drain noun: A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or pit, serving to discharge the water of wetland.
- well-dressed adjective: Clothed or outfitted in fashionable or attractive personal apparel and attire.
- well dressing noun: A rural English tradition of decorating wells, springs and other water sources with designs created from flower petals.
- well drilling noun: The process of boring a hole deep into the ground for the purpose of extracting a natural resource, such as groundwater, brine, natural gas or crude oil.
- well drink noun: A mixed drink for which one does not specify the exact brand of liquor to be used.
- well-earned adjective: deserved
- well-educated adjective: Highly educated.
- well end adjective: Abbreviation of well-endowed.
- well-endowed adjective: Having a substantial income, wealthy; (usually includes a notion of endowment, versus bootstrapping).
- well-equipped adjective: Having all necessary equipment; (often) having a commendable amount and quality of equipment.
- well-established adjective: Having been established for a long period of time.
- well-favored adjective: Alternative form of well-favoured.
- well-favoured adjective: Good-looking or pleasing to the eye; handsome.
- well-favouredly adverb: Beautifully, handsomely; attractively, gracefully.
- well fed adjective: Properly or adequately fed or nourished.
- well-filled adjective: Sufficiently full, without being full to overflowing.
- well firmed adjective: Well prepared, having thoroughly memorized one's part.
- well-fitted adjective: Very suitable; appropriate.
- well-fixed adjective: Reasonably financially secure.
- well flowering noun: Synonym of well dressing.
- well-formed adjective: Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.
- well-formed formula noun: A statement that is expressed in a valid, syntactically correct manner.
- well-formedness noun: The property of being well-formed.
- well-formedness rules noun: The conditions for hierarchy.
- well found adjective: Well maintained and fully stocked and equipped.
- well-founded adjective: Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.
- well-foundedness noun: The state or quality of being well-founded.
- well-furnished adjective: Furnished with all necessary equipment; well-equipped
- well-gowned adjective: Wearing a fine gown.
- well-groomed adjective: Of a person, neat and well-dressed.
- well-grounded adjective: Of a person: having extensive knowledge of a subject.
- well-handed adjective: Skillful at manual tasks.
- well-handled adjective: Suitably or properly dealt with.
- well heeled adjective: Affluent, prosperous, or even (of the highest degree) rich.
- well horned adjective: Having large or fine horns or antlers.
- well-house noun: Alternative form of wellhouse.
- well I never interjection: An exclamation of great surprise.
- well-informed adjective: Furnished with sufficient, correct knowledge.
- well-intended adjective: Well-intentioned.
- well-intentioned adjective: Having good intentions, even if producing unfortunate results.
- well-kempt adjective: Of a person, place, or thing, maintained in a very neat, clean, orderly, and well-groomed manner.
- well-kemptness noun: The state or quality of being well-kempt.
- well-kept adjective: neat, tidy, kept in good condition.
- well-knit adjective: Firmly constructed and held together
- well known adjective /ˌwɛlˈnoʊn/: Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.
- well-laid adjective: Firmly and properly laid.
- well-learned adjective: Having a high degree of knowledge through sustained study, reading, or training.
- well liked adjective: Alternative form of well-liked
- well-liking adjective: In good condition.
- well liquor noun: An inexpensive liquor served at a bar etc. when the customer does not specify a brand.
- well-lit adjective /ˌwɛlˈlɪt/: Adequately illuminated by light.
- well logging noun: The analysis and recording of the strata penetrated by the drill of an oil well as an aid to exploration.
- well-looked adjective: Good-looking; attractive.
- well loved adjective: Alternative form of well-loved.
- well-made adjective: Properly constructed or manufactured.
- well-made play noun: A play belonging to a 19th-century neoclassical theatrical genre involving a tight plot and a climax close to the end. The story depends upon a key piece of...
- well mannered adjective: Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
- well-matched adjective: Of comparable strength or power.
- well-meaner noun: One who means well; a person with good intentions.
- well-meaning adjective: With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.
- well-meaningly adverb: In a well-meaning manner; with good intentions
- well-meaningness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being well-meaning.
- well-meant adjective: Having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences.
- well-merited adjective: Fully merited, richly deserved, well-earned.
- well met adjective, interjection: A greeting.
- well-minded adjective: Favourably inclined.
- well-near adverb: Synonym of well-nigh.
- well nigh adverb /ˌwɛlˈnaɪ/: Almost, nearly.
- well-nourished adjective: Synonym of well-fed.
- well nut noun: A type of nut with bulging rubber that grips the hole when the screw is screwed in. Its principle of operation is much like that of an anchor bolt.
- well off adjective: Of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security, at any level from intermediate (comfortably off) to high (wealthy).
- well-offness noun: The quality of being well off.
- well-oiled adjective: Well-run; smoothrunning; efficiently run.
- well-oiled machine noun: Something that operates capably through the effective coordination of many parts.
- well-order noun, verb: A total order of some set such that every nonempty subset contains a least element.
- well-orderable adjective: Capable of being well-ordered.
- well-ordered adjective, verb: Having a precise arrangement.
- well-ordering noun, verb: Synonym of well-order.
- well-organized adjective: Of a person, place, or system: orderly, efficient, and intelligently planned.
- well-padded adjective: Fat, corpulent, pudgy.
- well-paid adjective: Adequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.
- well-placed adjective: Cleverly or judiciously positioned.
- well-planned adjective: Carefully designed or arranged, with plenty of forethought, so that it functions satisfactorily.
- well played phrase: Used to praise performance in a sport or game.
- well-pleased adjective: Highly gratified or satisfied.
- well-pointed adjective: Said of a category or topos: that it has a terminal object (or that it has no zero object, if it is a topos) and in which any distinct pair of parallel...
- well-posed adjective: Having a unique solution whose value changes only slightly if initial conditions change slightly.
- well-posedness noun: The condition of being well-posed
- well-positioned adjective: In an advantageous position.
- well-practised adjective: Having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality.
- well-prepared adjective: Prepared sufficiently.
- well-preserved adjective: Healthy and ageing gracefully.
- well-proportioned adjective: Having good and pleasing proportions.
- well-publicised adjective: Given a great amount of publicity.
- well-publicized adjective: Alternative form of well-publicised.
- well-put adjective: Of a point, argument, etc.: skillfully phrased.
- well-qualified adjective: Having the necessary qualifications or expertise for a particular vocation or task.
- well-quasi-ordering noun: A preorder where every infinite sequence has an infinite increasing subsequence.
- well read adjective /ˌwɛl ˈɹɛd/: Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.
- well-received adjective: Given a positive reception, favourably regarded, generally welcomed.
- well-regarded adjective: Admired, highly thought of, approved of.
- well-regulated adjective: Orderly, properly maintained, and efficiently managed.
- well-respected adjective: held in high respect; esteemed
- well-rested adjective: Having had sufficient (or even more than enough) sleep or rest to function optimally during waking hours.
- well room noun: A room where a well or spring is situated; especially, one built over a mineral spring.
- well-rounded adjective /ˌwɛlˈɹaʊndɪd/: Of a person's development or education, having a balanced variety of attributes.
- well-run adjective: Managed or operated in an efficient manner; well-organized.
- well said interjection: A comment expressing approval; an accolade; "that was spoken well" (clearly or eloquently.)
- well-seen adjective: Having seen a lot; accomplished, experienced.
- well-served adjective: Accommodated well; amply provided with something; having in abundance.
- well-set adjective: Having a good physical form; strong and symmetrical.
- well-settled adjective: Fully established or determined; standing on firm historical footing.
- well-shaped adjective: attractive in shape or form
- well sinker noun: A worker who digs wells.
- well-smithied adjective: Skilfully forged or wrought by a smith.
- well-spoken adjective: Eloquent and able with regards to speech.
- well spotted interjection: Used to express appreciation for someone calling attention to something that was going to be missed.
- well-stacked adjective: Busty, having large breasts.
- well-stocked adjective: Having an ample amount of something, such as food, goods, or wares.
- well-stomached adjective: Somewhat fat.
- well-tailored adjective: Possessing nice or expensive clothes.
- well-tempered adjective: good-humoured, pleasant, having an even temperament
- well-tended adjective: looked after, neat and tidy.
- well-thewed adjective: Good in manner, habit, form, or construction; well-mannered; well-done.
- well-thought-of adjective: Highly esteemed; well regarded.
- well-thought-out adjective: Well-planned; with much forethought.
- well-thriven adjective: That has developed well; flourishing, thriving, healthy.
- well-thumbed adjective: Of a book, etc.: showing signs of frequent or heavy use; worn; well used.
- well-timed adjective: Happening at an opportune or advantageous time.
- well, to be sure interjection: An exclamation of surprise.
- well-to-do adjective /ˌwɛltəˈdu/: Rich, prosperous, financially stable and comfortable.
- well-travelled adjective: Having travelled extensively.
- well-tried adjective: Having been proven by widespread use, and known to be reliable.
- well-trod adjective: Synonym of well-trodden.
- well-trodden adjective: Describing a route or path that is frequently used.
- well-turned adjective: Having a pleasing shape
- well up adjective, verb: To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.
- well-upholstered adjective: Fat.
- well-used adjective: Used a great deal; having seen a lot of use.
- well versed adjective: An emphatic form of versed; highly knowledgeable or skilled.
- well wagon noun: An open goods wagon with a well (depressed loadbed) between the bogies or axles.
- well, well interjection: Synonym of well, well, well.
- well, well, well interjection: Indicating pondering or consideration, often with sarcasm or mock surprise.
- well will noun: A caring or favorable attitude; a fondness or favor.
- well-willer noun: One who wishes (someone) well, or means kindly (toward someone).
- well-willing adjective: Wishing well; well-inclined; favourable; friendly; propitious.
- well-wish noun, verb: An expression of positive regard and hopes for good fortune.
- well-wished adjective, verb: Held in positive regard; well-liked.
- well-wisher noun /ˈwɛlˌwɪʃə/: Someone who extends good wishes, or expresses sympathy, to someone else.
- well-wishing adjective, noun, verb: Extending good wishes.
- well-wooded adjective: Having many trees and shrubs.
- well-worn adjective: Showing signs of wear because of extensive use.
- welladay interjection, noun: A cry of "welladay".
- welladjusted adjective: Alternative form of well-adjusted.
- wellah adverb: Alternative form of wallah.
- Welland proper noun: A river in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, which flows into the Wash, a large bay on the North Sea.
- wellaway interjection /wɛləˈweɪ/: Expression of sadness, regret, remorse, etc., alas, "woe"!
- wellbeing noun: Alternative form of well-being.
- wellbeloved adjective, noun: Very beloved or esteemed (used primarily as a courtesy title for persons of certain high political office or social status in Britain and the Commonwealth...
- wellboat noun: Alternative form of well-boat.
- wellbore noun: The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.
- wellborn adjective: Of aristocratic or high-ranking birth
- wellbred adjective: Alternative form of well-bred.
- Wellbutrin proper noun: A trade name for the drug bupropion.
- wellcurb noun: The raised margin around the edge of a well.
- wellderly noun: Old people who are in good health: healthy senior citizens.
- welldigger noun: A person who digs a well.
- welldoer noun: One who does well; one who does good to another; a benefactor.
- welldoing adjective, noun: Alternative form of well-doing.
- Welldon proper noun: A surname.
- welldone adjective: Alternative form of well done.
- Wellerian adjective: Of or relating to the character Sam Weller in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers (1836), an astute cockney given to uttering fatuous proverbs (Wellerisms).
- wellerism noun: A proverb, often a fatuous one, attributed to speaker in a situation.
- Welles proper noun: A locational surname
- Wellesbourne proper noun: A village in Wellesbourne and Walton parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2755).
- Wellesian adjective: Of or pertaining to George Orson Welles (1915–1985), American director, actor, and screenwriter.
- Wellesley proper noun /ˈwɛlɪzli/: An English surname.
- Wellesleyan adjective: Of or relating to Wellesley College, a women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States.
- wellfield noun: A group of wells in an underground reservoir or aquifer.
- Wellfleet proper noun: A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
- Wellford proper noun: A surname.
- wellformed adjective: Alternative form of well-formed.
- wellformedness noun: Alternative spelling of well-formedness.
- wellfound adjective: Alternative form of well-found.
- wellfounded adjective: Alternative form of well-founded.
- wellful noun: The amount that fills a well.
- wellhead noun /ˈwɛlhɛd/: The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well.
- wellhead cost noun: The cost of extracting oil from an oil well, excluding later factors such as tax and transportation.
- wellhole noun: The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.
- wellhouse noun /ˈwɛlˌhaʊs/: A small building that houses a well.
- wellie noun: Alternative spelling of welly.
- wellie it verb: Alternative spelling of welly it
- wellie wanging noun: Alternative spelling of welly whanging.
- wellie whanging noun: Alternative spelling of welly whanging.
- wellied adjective: Wearing Wellington boots.
- wellies noun /ˈwɛliz/: Wellington boots.
- welling noun, verb /ˈwɛlɪŋ/: The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water.
- Wellingborough proper noun: A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8967).
- wellington noun /ˈweləŋtən/: In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
- wellington boot noun: One of a pair of Wellington boots.
- wellington boots noun: Waterproof rubber boots, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
- wellingtoned adjective: Wearing Wellington boots.
- wellingtonia noun /ˌwɛlɪŋˈtəʊ.ni.ə/: A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
- Wellingtonian noun /ˌwɛlɪŋˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: A resident of Wellington, New Zealand.
- wellish adjective, adverb: Somewhat well; reasonable; adequate.
- Welliver proper noun: A surname.
- wellmaker noun: One who builds wells (holes sunk into the ground for water, oil, etc.).
- wellmaking noun: The construction of wells (holes sunk into the ground for water, oil, etc.).
- Wellman proper noun: A surname.
- wellnear adverb: Alternative form of well-near.
- Wellner proper noun: A surname.
- wellness noun /ˈwɛl.nɪs/: The quality or state of being in good health (sometimes emphasizing both health and safety); mental and physical soundness.
- wellness check noun: Synonym of welfare check.
- wellness hotel noun: A hotel offering health and fitness facilities.
- wellnigh adverb: Alternative spelling of well-nigh.
- Welloft noun: The combination of the antidepressant drugs Wellbutrin and Zoloft.
- wellordering noun: Alternative form of well-ordering.
- Wellow proper noun: A civil parish and two villages, East Wellow and West Wellow, in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England.
- wellpoint noun: A small well consisting of a tube hammered into the ground, that can drain water from a construction site.
- wellposed adjective: Alternative form of well-posed.
- wellposedness noun: Alternative form of well-posedness.
- wellpowered adjective: in which each object has only a set of pairwise nonisomorphic subobjects
- wellrested adjective: Rare spelling of well-rested.
- Wellsboro proper noun: A borough, the county seat of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- Wellsburg proper noun: An unincorporated community in Wells County, Indiana, United States.
- wellscreen noun: A screen used to filter a fluid in a well.
- Wellsean adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of H. G. Wells, an English writer.
- Wellsian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to H. G. Wells (1866–1946), English writer regarded as a progenitor of science fiction, or his writings or politics.
- wellside noun: The area beside a well.
- wellsinker noun: Uncommon spelling of well sinker.
- wellsite noun: The site where a well is located.
- wellsite geologist noun: A geologist who analyzes samples from an oil well as it is being drilled and reports on hydrocarbon content etc.
- wellspring noun /ˈwɛlsprɪŋ/: The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
- Wellstone proper noun: A surname.
- Wellsville proper noun: A city in Franklin County, Kansas.
- wellwater noun /ˈwɛlwɔːtə(ɹ)/: Water taken from a well, i.e. a hole in the ground which acts as a source of water.
- wellwish noun, verb: Alternative form of well-wish.
- wellwished adjective, verb: Alternative form of well-wished.
- wellwisher noun: Alternative spelling of well-wisher.
- wellwishing adjective, noun, verb: Alternative spelling of well-wishing.
- welly adverb, noun /ˈwɛli/: A Wellington boot.
- welly it verb: To apply maximum force, energy, or acceleration to something.
- welly wanging noun: Alternative spelling of welly whanging.
- welly whanging noun: A humorous sport in which the aim is to throw a Wellington boot as far as possible.
- wellyard noun: A yard in which a well (water source) is located.
- Welman noun: A one-man British midget submarine developed for use in World War II, though barely used.
- weloganite noun: A rare triclinic carbonate mineral, usually white, lemon yellow, or amber, and sometimes translucent.
- welp interjection /wɛlp/: Well. Typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising.
- welpenela noun: balloon plant
- Welrod noun: A British bolt-action, magazine-fed suppressed pistol devised during World War II.
- wels noun: wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
- wels catfish noun: A scaleless freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis), of much of temperate western Eurasia, recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth.
- Welsbach noun: Ellipsis of Welsbach mantle.
Part 19 · Part 21 · English words: W
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under W: 16,520 words, in 56 parts.