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

• superfluid
• superfluidities
• superfluidity
• superfluities
• superfluity
• superfluous
• superfluously
• superfluousness
• superfluousnesses
• superflux
• superfluxes
• super flyweight
• superfoetation
• superfood
• superfrontal
• superfrontals
• superfuse
• superfused
• superfuses
• superfusing
• superfusion
• superfusions
• super G
• supergene
• supergenes