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Definition: Artesian Well |
Artesian WellNoun1. A well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A usually deep and narrow well made by boving until water is reached that will flow upward through artesian pressures. Source: European Union. (references) |
Hydrologic | A well drilled into a confined aquifer with enough hydraulic pressure for the water to flow to the surface without pumping. Also called a flowing well. (references) |
Mining | A. A well in which the water level rises above the top of the aquifer, whether or not the water flows at the land surface b. Formerly, only applied to a well drilled to a depth where, owing to the structure of the strata, the water pressure was high enough to raise the water to the surface c. Often applied to any deep well, even where pumping is necessary, as inan ordinary driven well. See also:well. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Gulf Lake | Lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well; standing water, dead water, sheet of water; fish pond, mill pond; ditch, dike, dyke, dam; reservoir. (store); alberca, barachois, hog wallow. |
River | Spring, artesian well, fount, fountain; rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet; streamlet, brooklet; branch; runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river; reach, tributary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Artesian Well |
| English words defined with "artesian well": Sand pump ♦ Well boring. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "artesian well": artesian flowing well ♦ Flowing Well, fully penetrating artesian well ♦ JACK ♦ partially penetrating artesian well, Piezometric Level ♦ Well. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Shooting an Artesian Well (1899) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Artesian well pumping water for home and irrigation, Ormond, Fla. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Drought committee stops for drink at artesian well on farm near Broadus, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expressions using "artesian well": fully penetrating artesian well ♦ partially penetrating artesian well. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
artesian well | 39 |
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| Language | Translations for "artesian well"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | artesisk broend, artesisk boring (free-flowing artesian well, overflowing artesian well), boring med overløb. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | artesische put. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | arteesinen kaivo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | puits artésien. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | artesischer Brunnen (free-flowing artesian well, overflowing artesian well). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αρτεσιανόν ύδωρ (artesian water), αρτεσιανό πηγάδι, αρτεσιανό φρέαρ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | באר ארטזית. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | artézi kút (flowing well). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sumur bor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pozzo artesiano. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 掘り抜き井戸 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ほりぬきいど. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | chibbyr arteeshagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | artesianay ellway poço artesiano. (various references) артезианский колодец. (various references) pozo artesiano (free-flowing artesian well, overflowing artesian well). (various references) artesisk brunn. (various references) บ่อน้ำบา"าล. (various references) artezyen kuyusu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Artesian Well" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: artisian well. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-l-l-n-r-s-t-w" | |
-2 letters: waterlines. | |
-3 letters: alienates, allanites, elaterins, entailers, installer, laetriles, nearliest, reinstall, stairwell, tenailles, treelawns, treenails, waterline. | |
-4 letters: alienate, alieners, allanite, antisera, antiwear, arenites, arillate, arsenate, arsenite, asternal, ateliers, awaiters, earliest, elaterin, enlister, entailer, entrails, eternals, laetrile, lanitals, laterals, latrines, lealties, leariest, listener, literals, ratanies, ratlines, realties, reenlist, renewals, resinate, retinals, seatrain, seawater, serenata, silenter. | |
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