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wells

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noun/wɛlz/
  1. 1

    plural of wellform-ofplural

    • The town's water supply consisted of three wells, but a new one was being dug to meet demand from the new development.
verb/wɛlz/
  1. 1

    third-person singular simple present indicative of wellform-ofindicativepresent

    • Every time she sees her little grandson, her face wells with joy.
name/wɛlz/
  1. 1

    An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a well or a spring.

  2. 2

    A male given name transferred from the surname.

  3. 3

    A small cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5445).

  4. 4

    A small town in Norfolk, England; in full, Wells-next-the-Sea.

  5. 5

    A town in the Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

  6. 6

    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana; named for founder James Oscar Wells.

  7. 7

    A locale in the United States:; A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.

  8. 8

    A locale in the United States:; A town in York County, Maine; named for the city in England.

  9. 9

    A locale in the United States:; A city in Faribault County, Minnesota; named for J. W. Wells, father-in-law of Canadian-American Minnesota politician Clark W. Thompson.

  10. 10

    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

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