wellheads

noun

plural of wellhead
as in wells

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  1. wells
  2. fountains
  3. fonts
  4. springs
Noun
  • The company's first wells at its pilot facility in Nevada took 70 days to drill to a measured depth of 11,220 feet.
    — Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Engineering light at nanoscale The team built the semiconductor from gallium arsenide and aluminum gallium arsenide, arranging the materials into ultra-thin layers known as multi-quantum wells.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of wells
Noun
  • Trump had refurbished two ornamental fountains, for seventeen million dollars, and wants the park to have forty-seven maple trees, in homage to himself.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The Spanish Colonial compound is a labyrinth of courtyards filled with fountains and flowering plants.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of fountains
Noun
  • Many of them supplement the text with photographs, epigraphs, glossaries, family trees, sketches, timelines, variant tables of contents, alternating fonts and notes to the reader.
    — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Having labels with various fonts, colors, and patterns can look loud, from your body wash and hand soap in the bathroom to the labels on your cooking essentials, candles, and other decorative items throughout the house.
    — Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of fonts
Noun
  • If your couch cushions are sagging and the springs are worn, use this 62%-off sofa deal as an excuse to upgrade ahead of hosting season.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The only British movie that springs to mind is Val Guest’s The Day the Earth Caught Fire — and now there’s Boyle’s Ink.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of springs
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