well: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of well
- powell«Word Popularity Bar5/5
powell
- noun United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)
Colin Powell; Colin luther Powell.
- noun English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
Cecil Frank Powell.
- noun United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)
- blackwell5/5
blackwell
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- swell4/5
swell
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
crestless wave.
- noun a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- dwell4/5
dwell
- verb think moodily or anxiously about something
brood.
- verb originate (in)
lie in; consist; lie.
- The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
- verb think moodily or anxiously about something
- farewell4/5
farewell
- noun an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
word of farewell.
- noun the act of departing politely
leave; parting; leave-taking.
- he disliked long farewells
- he took his leave
- parting is such sweet sorrow
- noun an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
- maxwell4/5
maxwell
- noun a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
Mx.
- noun Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
James Clerk Maxwell; J. C. Maxwell.
- noun a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
- cromwell4/5
cromwell
- noun English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
Oliver Cromwell; Ironsides.
- noun English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
- lowell4/5
lowell
- noun United States poet (1917-1977)
Robert Lowell; Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr..
- noun United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916)
Percival Lowell.
- noun United States poet (1917-1977)
- caldwell4/5
caldwell
- noun United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987)
Erskine Preston Caldwell; Erskine Caldwell.
- noun United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987)
- howell4/5
howell
The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.
- stairwell3/5
stairwell
- noun a vertical well around which there is a stairway
- noun a vertical well around which there is a stairway
- unwell3/5
unwell
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
peaked; indisposed; sickly; under the weather; ailing; seedy; poorly.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
- boswell3/5
boswell
- noun Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)
James Boswell.
- noun a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
- noun Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)
- orwell3/5
orwell
- noun imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950)
George Orwell; Eric Blair; Eric Arthur Blair.
- noun imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950)
- rockwell3/5
rockwell
- noun United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978)
Norman Rockwell.
- noun United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978)
- roswell3/5
roswell
- noun a town in southeast New Mexico
- noun a town in southeast New Mexico
- mcdowell3/5
mcdowell
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- newell3/5
newell
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- jewell3/5
jewel
- noun a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
precious stone; gem.
- noun a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
gem.
- noun a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
- hopewell3/5
hopewell
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- inkwell2/5
inkwell
- noun a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped
inkstand.
- noun a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped
- macdowell2/5
macdowell
- noun United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908)
Edward MacDowell.
- noun United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908)
- stilwell2/5
stilwell
- noun United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946)
Joseph Warren Stilwell; Uncle Joe; Vinegar Joe Stilwell.
- noun United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946)
- motherwell2/5
motherwell
- noun United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991)
Robert Motherwell.
- noun United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991)
- sitwell2/5
sitwell
- noun English poet (1887-1964)
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell; Dame Edith Sitwell.
- noun English poet (1887-1964)
- speedwell2/5
speedwell
- noun any plant of the genus Veronica
veronica.
- noun any plant of the genus Veronica
- falwell2/5
falwell
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- bothwell2/5
- honeywell2/5
honeywell
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- camberwell2/5
camberwell
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- cornwell2/5
cornwell
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- groundswell2/5
groundswell
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- shadwell2/5
- bridewell2/5
bridewell
A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
- aswell2/5
aswell
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- indwell1/5
indwell
- verb to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle
- verb to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle
- kwell1/5
kwell
- noun a preparation of lindane (trade name Kwell) that is used to kill lice and itch mites; available in cream or shampoo
- noun a preparation of lindane (trade name Kwell) that is used to kill lice and itch mites; available in cream or shampoo
- cranwell1/5
- bedwell1/5
- cadwell1/5
- bowell1/5
bowel
- noun the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
intestine; gut.
- noun the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
- footwell1/5
- oilwell1/5
- upwell1/5
upwell
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Suffixes of well
- wells«Word Popularity Bar5/5
well
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- noun a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- wellness4/5
wellness
- noun a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
health.
- physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients
- noun a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
- wellbeing4/5
wellbeing
- noun a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
eudaemonia; well-being; welfare; upbeat; eudaimonia.
- the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles
- noun a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
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wellington
- noun British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
First Duke of Wellington; Iron Duke; Duke of Wellington; Arthur Wellesley.
- noun the capital of New Zealand
capital of New Zealand.
- noun British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
- welles3/5
well
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- noun a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- welled3/5
well
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- noun a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- weller3/5
well
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- noun a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- welling3/5
well
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- noun a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- wellknown3/5
- wellesley3/5
wellesley
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- wellman3/5
wellman
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- wellspring2/5
wellspring
- noun the source of water for a well
wellhead.
- noun an abundant source
well; fountainhead.
- she was a well of information
- noun the source of water for a well
- wellsprings2/5
wellspring
- noun the source of water for a well
wellhead.
- noun an abundant source
well; fountainhead.
- she was a well of information
- noun the source of water for a well
- wellhead2/5
wellhead
- noun the source of water for a well
wellspring.
- noun a structure built over a well
- noun the source of water for a well
- wellingtons2/5
wellington
- noun British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
First Duke of Wellington; Iron Duke; Duke of Wellington; Arthur Wellesley.
- noun the capital of New Zealand
capital of New Zealand.
- noun British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
- wellborn2/5
wellborn
- adjective satellite of good or upper-class lineage
- a rich and wellborn husband
- adjective satellite of good or upper-class lineage
- welland2/5
welland
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- wellnigh2/5
- wellbutrin2/5
- wellings1/5
well
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- noun a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- wellheads1/5
wellhead
- noun the source of water for a well
wellspring.
- noun a structure built over a well
- noun the source of water for a well
- wellpoint1/5
wellpoint
- noun a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area
well point.
- noun a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area
- wellfounded1/5
- wellconnected1/5
- wellbred1/5
wellbred
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- wellies1/5
wellies
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- welly1/5
welly
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- wellchosen1/5
- wellsian1/5
- wellesz1/5
- wellread1/5
- welldoing1/5
welldoing
A doing well; right performance of duties. Also used adjectively.
- wellwisher1/5
wellwisher
One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.
- wellspoken1/5
- welldone1/5
- wellfare1/5
welfare
- noun governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
social welfare; public assistance.
- she lives on welfare
- noun something that aids or promotes well-being
benefit.
- for the benefit of all
- noun governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
- wellie1/5
wellie
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Derived words of well
- swelling«Word Popularity Bar5/5
swelling
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
puffiness; lump.
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; excrescence; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- dwelling5/5
dwelling
- noun housing that someone is living in
abode; dwelling house; domicile; habitation; home.
- he built a modest dwelling near the pond
- they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
- verb think moodily or anxiously about something
dwell; brood.
- noun housing that someone is living in
- swelled4/5
swelled
- adjective satellite feeling self-importance
big; vainglorious.
- too big for his britches
- had a swelled head
- he was swelled with pride
- verb increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
swell.
- The music swelled to a crescendo
- adjective satellite feeling self-importance
- dwellings4/5
dwelling
- noun housing that someone is living in
abode; dwelling house; domicile; habitation; home.
- he built a modest dwelling near the pond
- they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
- verb think moodily or anxiously about something
dwell; brood.
- noun housing that someone is living in
- dwells4/5
dwell
- verb think moodily or anxiously about something
brood.
- verb originate (in)
lie in; consist; lie.
- The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
- verb think moodily or anxiously about something
- dwellers4/5
dweller
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
inhabitant; indweller; habitant; denizen.
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
- swells3/5
swell
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
crestless wave.
- noun a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- jewellery3/5
jewellery
- noun an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
jewelry.
- noun an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
- dweller3/5
dweller
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
inhabitant; indweller; habitant; denizen.
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
- indwelling3/5
indwelling
- adjective satellite existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle
- an indwelling divinity
- an indwelling goodness
- verb to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle
indwell.
- adjective satellite existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle
- howells3/5
howell
The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.
- llewellyn3/5
llewellyn
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- upwelling3/5
upwelling
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- swellings2/5
swelling
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
puffiness; lump.
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; excrescence; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- stairwells2/5
stairwell
- noun a vertical well around which there is a stairway
- noun a vertical well around which there is a stairway
- dwelled2/5
dwell
- verb think moodily or anxiously about something
brood.
- verb originate (in)
lie in; consist; lie.
- The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
- verb think moodily or anxiously about something
- jewelled2/5
jewelled
- adjective satellite covered with beads or jewels or sequins
gemmed; spangled; beady; sequined; spangly; jeweled.
- verb adorn or decorate with precious stones
jewel; bejewel.
- jeweled dresses
- adjective satellite covered with beads or jewels or sequins
- bejewelled2/5
bejewel
- verb adorn or decorate with precious stones
jewel.
- jeweled dresses
- verb adorn or decorate with precious stones
- farewells2/5
farewell
- noun an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
word of farewell.
- noun the act of departing politely
leave; parting; leave-taking.
- he disliked long farewells
- he took his leave
- parting is such sweet sorrow
- noun an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
- jeweller2/5
jeweller
- noun someone who makes jewelry
jewelry maker; jeweler.
- noun someone in the business of selling jewelry
jeweler.
- noun someone who makes jewelry
- jewellers2/5
jeweller
- noun someone who makes jewelry
jewelry maker; jeweler.
- noun someone in the business of selling jewelry
jeweler.
- noun someone who makes jewelry
- cromwellian2/5
cromwellian
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell
- orwellian2/5
orwellian
- adjective of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)
- adjective of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)
- maxwellian2/5
maxwellian
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- inkwells1/5
inkwell
- noun a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped
inkstand.
- noun a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped
- towelling1/5
towelling
- noun any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels
toweling.
- verb wipe with a towel
towel.
- towel your hair dry
- noun any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels
- disembowelled1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- disembowelling1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- trowelled1/5
trowel
- noun a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
- verb use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
- noun a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
- unwellness1/5
unwellness
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady; illness; sickness.
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- trowelling1/5
trowel
- noun a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
- verb use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
- noun a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
- sweller1/5
swell
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
crestless wave.
- noun a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- indweller1/5
indweller
- noun activation by an inner spirit or force or principle
- the Holy Spirit is the indweller of the church and its members
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
inhabitant; habitant; dweller; denizen.
- noun activation by an inner spirit or force or principle
- swellest1/5
swell
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
crestless wave.
- noun a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- indwellers1/5
indweller
- noun activation by an inner spirit or force or principle
- the Holy Spirit is the indweller of the church and its members
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
inhabitant; habitant; dweller; denizen.
- noun activation by an inner spirit or force or principle
- maxwells1/5
maxwell
- noun a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
Mx.
- noun Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
James Clerk Maxwell; J. C. Maxwell.
- noun a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
- towelled1/5
towel
- noun a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping
- verb wipe with a towel
- towel your hair dry
- noun a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping
- boswells1/5
boswell
- noun Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)
James Boswell.
- noun a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
- noun Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)
- indwells1/5
indwell
- verb to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle
- verb to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle
- indwelled1/5
indwell
- verb to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle
- verb to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle
- boswellia1/5
boswellia
- noun genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense
genus Boswellia.
- noun genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense
- upwellings1/5
- upwelled1/5
upwelled
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- farewelled1/5
farewelled
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- dowelling1/5
dowel
- noun a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
dowel pin; joggle.
- noun a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
- dowelled1/5
dowel
- noun a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
dowel pin; joggle.
- noun a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
- bridewells1/5
bridewell
A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
- jewellike1/5
- farewelling1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `well`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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