WELL-FAVORED
WELL-FAVORED, adjective Handsome; well formed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye. Genesis 29:1.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WELL-GROUNDED
WELL-GROUNDED, adjective [well and ground.] Well founded; having a solid foundation.
WELL-HEAD
WELL-HEAD, noun [well and head.] A source, spring or fountain.
WELL-HOLE
WELL-HOLE, WELL, noun In architecture, the hole or space left in a floor for the stairs.
WELL-INTENTIONED
WELL-INTENTIONED, adjective Having upright intentions or purpose.
WELL-MANNERED
WELL-MANNERED, adjective [well and manner.] Polite; well-bred; complaisant.
WELL-MEANER
WELL-MEANER, noun [well and mean.] One whose intention is good.
WELL-MEANING
WELL-MEANING, adjective Having a good intention.
WELL-MET
WELL-MET, exclamation A term of salutation denoting joy at meeting.
WELL-MINDED
WELL-MINDED, adjective [well and mind.] Well disposed; having a good mind.
WELL-MORALIZED
WELL-MORALIZED, adjective Regulated by good morals.
WELL-NATURED
WELL-NATURED, adjective [well and natured.] Good natured; kind.
WELL-NIGH
WELL-NIGH, adverb [well and nigh.] Almost; nearly.
WELL-ROOM
WELL-ROOM, noun [well and room.] In a boat, a place in the bottom where the water is collected, and whence it is thrown out with a scoop.
WELL-SPENT
WELL-SPENT, adjective [well and spent.] Spent or passed in virtue; as a well-spent life; well-spent days.
WELL-SPOKEN
WELL-SPOKEN, adjective [well and speak.]1. Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; or speaking kindly.2. Spoken with propriety; as well-spoken words.
WELL-SPRING
WELL-SPRING, noun [well and spring.] A source of continual supply. Proverbs 16:1.
WELL-WATER
WELL-WATER, noun [well and water.] The water that flows into a well from subterraneous springs; water drawn from a well.
WELL-WILLER
WELL-WILLER, noun [well and will.] One who means kindly.
WELL-WISH
WELL-WISH, noun [well and wish.] A wish of happiness.
WELL-WISHER
WELL-WISHER, noun [supra.] One who wishes the good of another.
WELLADAY
WELLADAY, alas, Johnson supposes to be a corruption of welaway, which see.
WELLBEING
WELLBEING, noun [well and being.] Welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well being of men or of society.
WELLFARE
WELLFARE, is now written welfare.
WELSH
WELSH, adjective [G., foreign, strange, Celtic.] Pertaining to the welsh nation.WELSH, noun1. The language of Wales or of the welsh2. The general name of the inhabitants of Wale...
WELT
WELT, noun [See Wall.] A border; a kind of hem or edging, as on a garment or piece of cloth, or on a shoe.WELT, verb transitive To furnish with a welt; to sew on a border.
WELTER
WELTER, verb transitive [G., Latin] To roll, as the body of an animal; but usually, to roll or wallow in some foul matter; as, to welter in blood or in filth.