11 Letter Words for Facultative
facultative
10 Letter Words for Facultative
faculative
9 Letter Words for Facultative
actualite, cavaletti, cultivate, facultate
8 Letter Words for Facultative
activate, califate, cavitate
7 Letter Words for Facultative
actuate, acutate, altaite, auletai, auletic, cafetal, calaite, cattail, cautela, cavetti, clavate, cuittle, cultive, cuttail, factive, factual, faculae, falcate, fatuate, faucial, flative, flattie, ictuate, lactate, lattice, lautite, lavatic, lietuva, lituate, lutecia, tactful, tactile, tactive, tactual, vaalite, vacuate, valetta, valuate, vatical, victual
6 Letter Words for Facultative
acetal, acetla, active, actual, acuate, aculea, aculei, aecial, afetal, alaite, altaic, alvite, atavic, atelic, atteal, attica, attice, attila, aufait, availe, aviate, avital, cafila, cattie, cattle, caufle, cautel, cavate, caveat, clavae, clavie, cuitle, culett, cutlet, cuttle, eluvia, facial, facile, facula, fatale, faucal, faucet, favela, fecial, fecula, fetial, filace, filate, flaite, flauta, flavic, fluate, fucate, fulica, futile, laetic, latite, lative, latvia, leafit, lettic, litatu, lucite, luetic, luteic, tailet, talite, taulia, tecali, tectal, teufit, tietac, titule, tuliac, tutela, uletic, vacate, vacual, vacuit, valeta, valuta, vatful, victal, vittae, vittle
5 Letter Words for Facultative
acale, acate, aceta, acute, aecia, aetat, aevia, aface, aflat, alate, alcea, aleft, aleut, alfet, alice, aliet, alife, alite, alive, aluta, alvia, atavi, atilt, attal, attic, attle, atule, aulae, aulic, avail, avale, avile, calef, calve, catel, cauli, cavae, caval, cavea, cavel, cavia, cavie, cavil, cital, citua, civet, claut, clava, clave, clavi, cleat, cleft, clift, clite, clive, culet, culti, cutie, eclat, ectal, elaic, elfic, eucti, evict, facet, facie, facit, fatal, fatil, fault, faute, fauve, favel, fecal, fecit, fetal, fetta, filea, filet, fitte, flect, flite, flitt, flute, ictal, ileac, lacet, laeti, latte, lauia, lavic, licet, lieut, lucet, lucia, lutea, tacet, tacit, tafia, talea, tatie, taula, tecta, telia, telic, tical, ticul, title, utica, utile, uvala, uvate, uveal, valet, value, vatic, vault, vaute, velic, vicua, vitae, vital, vitta
4 Letter Words for Facultative
acle, aclu, acta, actu, aiel, aile, aitu, alae, alai, alca, alce, alec, alef, alfa, alia, alif, atef, atle, atli, atta, atte, atua, auca, aula, aute, aval, avie, cafa, cafe, calf, cate, cauf, caul, cava, cave, cavu, ceil, celt, ceti, ciel, cite, cive, clat, clef, clit, cliv, clue, cuif, cuit, cult, cute, cuve, eila, etat, etic, etua, etui, eval, evil, face, fact, fail, fait, fala, fate, faut, fava, fave, favi, feal, feat, feil, felt, feta, fett, fiat, fica, fice, fict, fiel, fila, file, filt, fitt, five, flat, flav, flea, flet, flic, flit, flue, fuci, fuel, fula, fute, iaea, ilea, ital, itel, lace, laet, laft, laic, lait, lata, late, lati, lauf, lava, lave, leaf, leat, lect, left, lett, leva, levi, lice, lief, lieu, life, lift, lite, litu, live, luce, luit, lute, taal, tace, tact, tael, taft, tail, tait, tala, talc, tale, tali, tate, tatu, taut, tava, tave, teal, teat, teca, teil, tela, teli, telt, tice, tift, tile, tilt, tite, tufa, tuft, tula, tule, tute, ulta, ulva, utai, util, uvae, uval, uvea, uvic, vail, vale, vali, vatu, vaut, veal, veau, veil, vela, veta, vial, vica, vice, vila, vile, vita, vite, vlei
3 Letter Words for Facultative
aal, ace, act, aft, aia, ail, ait, ala, alc, ale, alf, alt, ate, att, auf, aul, ava, ave, caf, cai, cal, cat, cav, cel, cfi, cia, cie, cif, cit, civ, cli, cte, ctf, cue, cul, cut, cva, eat, eau, ect, ecu, efl, eft, ela, elf, eli, elt, eta, etc, fac, fat, fec, fei, fet, feu, fie, fil, fit, flt, flu, fut, iaa, ice, ifc, ife, ile, ita, iva, ive, laa, lac, lai, lat, lav, lca, lea, lei, let, leu, lev, lie, lif, lit, lue, lut, taa, tai, tal, tat, tau, tav, tea, tec, tef, tel, tet, tic, tie, til, tit, tiu, tlc, tua, tue, tui, tut, uca, ufa, uit, ula, ule, ult, uta, utc, ute, uti, uva, vac, vae, val, vat, vau, vei, vel, vet, via, vic, vie, vil, vlf
Definitions for Facultative
[1] conferring a faculty, privilege, permission, or the power of doing or not doing something: a facultative enactment.
[2] left to one's option or choice; optional: The last questions in the examination were facultative.
[3] that may or may not take place; that may or may not assume a specified character.
[4] Biology . having the capacity to live under more than one specific set of environmental conditions, as a plant that can lead either a parasitic or a nonparasitic life or a bacterium that can live with or without air (opposed to obligate).
[5] of or relating to the faculties.
[6] empowering but not compelling the doing of an act
[7] philosophy that may or may not occur
[8] insurance denoting a form of reinsurance in which the reinsurer has no obligation to accept a particular risk nor the insurer to reinsure, terms and conditions being negotiated for each reinsurance
[9] biology able to exist under more than one set of environmental conditions a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprotroph Compare obligate (def. 4)
[10] of or relating to a faculty
Words related to Facultative
discretionary, elective, volitional, voluntary, discretional
Words nearby Facultative
factual, factualism, factum, facture, facula, facultative, facultative anaerobe, facultative apomict, facultative hyperopia, facultative parasite, faculty
Origin of Facultative
From the New Latin word facultātīvus, dating back to 1810–20. See faculty, -ive
Other words from Facultative
fac·ul·ta·tive·ly , adverb
non·fac·ul·ta·tive , adjective
Synonyms for Facultative
discretional, discretionary, elective, noncompulsory, nonobligatory, not required, volitional, voluntary
