(v. i.) An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
(v. i.) A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.
(v. i.) A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
(v. i.) Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.
(v. i.) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.
(v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market.
(v. i.) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water.
(v. i.) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit.
(v. i.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
(v. i.) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
(v. i.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
(v. i.) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
(v. t.) To pour forth, as from a well.
(v. t.) In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.
(v. t.) Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.
(v. t.) Fully or about; -- used with numbers.
(v. t.) In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
(v. t.) Considerably; not a little; far.
(a.) Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.
(a.) Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.
(a.) Being in favor; favored; fortunate.
(a.) Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furthermore, it had early diagnostic (seven days) as well as prognostic value, as revealed by response to therapy and decrease in COA titer.
(2) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
(3) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
(4) The authors have presented in two previous articles the graphic solutions resembling Tscherning ellipses, for spherical as well as for aspherical ophthalmic lenses free of astigmatism or power error.
(5) This bone could not be degraded by human monocytes in vitro as well as control bone (only 54% of control; P less than 0.003).
(6) It is concluded that amlodipine reduces myocardial ischemic injury by mechanism(s) that may involve a reduction in myocardial oxygen demand as well as by positively influencing transmembrane Ca2+ fluxes during ischemia and reperfusion.
(7) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
(8) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(9) In some cervical nodes, a few follicles, lymphocyte clusters, and a well-developed plasmocyte population were also present.
(10) The data from this experience as well as others previously reported can yield prognostic indicators of survival in cases of accidental hypothermia.
(11) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(12) The extent of the infectious process was limited, however, because the life span of the cultures was not significantly shortened, the yields of infectious virus per immunofluorescent cell were at all times low, and most infected cells contained only a few well-delineated small masses of antigen, suggestive of an abortive infection.
(13) The role of whole Mycobacteria, mycobacterial cell walls and waxes D as immunostimulants was well established many years ago.
(14) We have investigated a physiological role of endogenous insulin on exocrine pancreatic secretion stimulated by a liquid meal as well as exogenous secretin and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) in conscious rats.
(15) His son, Karim Makarius, opened the gallery to display some of the legacy bequeathed to him by his father in 2009, as well as the work of other Argentine photographers and artists – currently images by contemporary photographer Facundo de Zuviria are also on show.
(16) This treatment is usually well tolerated but not devoid of systemic effects.
(17) To examine the central nervous system regulation of duodenal bicarbonate secretion, an animal model was developed that allowed cerebroventricular and intravenous injections as well as collection of duodenal perfusates in awake, freely moving rats.
(18) At the time, with a regular supply of British immigrants arriving in large numbers in Australia, Biggs was able to blend in well as "Terry Cook", a carpenter, so well in fact that his wife, Charmian, was able to join him with his three sons.
(19) Content of cyclic nucleoside monophosphates was decreased in all the eye tissues in experimental toxico-allergic uveitis as well as penetration of cAMP into the fluid of anterior chamber of the eye.
(20) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.
Wellspring
Definition:
(n.) A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
Example Sentences:
(1) The current problems and conflicts associated with training of vascular and general surgery residents exemplify the larger dilemma of educating subspecialists while preserving the wellspring of general surgery.
(2) The Wellspring Collective – they're good, they've dropped their prices down to compete with other shops, like Ganja Gourmet , right here.
(3) yet last week his administration cited as a wellspring of legal authority for the latest war.
(4) In Tunisia, the wellspring of the 2011 uprisings, the ruling party is Ennahda – a movement regarded as the Tunisian manifestation of the Brotherhood that, before the revolution, was practically in exile.
(5) The planning and cost of that road has overshadowed the long-planned development of a new container port, dubbed the outer harbour, at Kwinana – also outside the Canning electoral boundary, but a potential wellspring of jobs for the working-class suburbs that make up Canning’s northern reaches.
(6) Dan’s Silverleaf , part of a terrace of converted warehouses on Industrial Street near the square, is one of the wellsprings of the scene.
(7) This is the source of the intense current interest and wellspring of the grief that will flow when he is gone.
(8) Without public support, the wellspring from which future innovation and growth will come will dry up – not to say what will happen to our increasingly divided society.
(9) Having faced down the totalitarian dangers of fascism and communism, the world expects us to stand up for the principle that every person has the right to think and write and form relationships freely – because individual freedom is the wellspring of human progress.
(10) If all political belief originates from one of two wellsprings, if the last thing you should do to propagate your belief is to water it down, if backing it up with facts just weakens it, what would a debate look like, in a world of perfectly understood frames?
(11) Star Wars: The Force Awakens review – 'a spectacular homecoming' Read more In this reading, the original evil – the wellspring of Darth Vader and Sidious – is borrowed from Hitler.
(12) His own life would have been sadder if the wellspring of laughter inside him had not run so deep.
(13) It won’t be easy … but I remain hopeful.” ‘We’re going to leave it all on the field’ Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, told the Guardian: “What [everyone is] missing is that although the secretary [Clinton] has obviously racked up a substantial delegate lead, there is an incredible wellspring of support for the senator and it has not really made it through the process.” Weaver seems confident of a win in California.
(14) Paul said he was preparing to contest the reauthorization of 702, the legal wellspring of the NSA’s controversial Prism program.
(15) The first was to be established in Shanghai, a city that had been the wellspring of the most virulently leftist form of violent Maoist class struggle during the Cultural Revolution.
(16) Sensitivity on these issues is understandably high, given the rising incidence of antisemitism and hate crimes of all sorts, as well as Trump’s (possibly waning) closeness to Steve Bannon , whose Breitbart news is a wellspring of bigotry and propaganda.
(17) The HDZ has ruled since Croatia broke away from Yugoslavia in 1991, with the exception of a three-year hiatus in 2000-3, and in the past two years has been exposed as the wellspring of state-organised corruption and embezzlement on a massive scale.
(18) There is a wellspring of support within the nursing profession for the development of a true nursing paradigm, based on a unified theory to support practice, to advance the professional status of nursing in a changing health care environment.
(19) Saudi salafism is not the wellspring of hardline Islamic groups worldwide, but it is part of something that might be – a tendency for Arab and Muslim governments to pay lip service to Islam to bolster their religious credentials through politically expedient means.
(20) Civil libertarians consider the measure – the wellspring of the NSA’s Prism and “ upstream ” mass communications-data collection – unconstitutional .