expletive /ek-, ik-splēˈtiv or eksˈpli-tiv/

1. Filling out
2. Added merely to fill up (a line of verse)

1. A swear-word of any kind
2. A meaningless oath
3. A word or anything present merely to fill a gap
4. A word inserted to fill up a sentence or line of verse
5. A meaningless word serving a grammatical purpose only

explēˈtory (also /eksˈpli-/) adjective

1. Serving to fill up
2. Expletive
3. Supplementary

• portentous
• portentously
• portentousness
• portentousnesses
• portents
• porteous
• porteous roll
• porteous rolls
• porter
• porterage
• porterages
• porteress
• porter-house
• porterhouse
• porter-houses
• porterhouses
• porterhouse-steak
• porterly
• porters
• porters' knot
• porter's lodge
• portess
• portesse
• portesses
• port-fire