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

• leptospirosis
• leptosporangiate
• leptotene
• leptotenes
• lere
• lered
• leres
• lering
• Lerna
• Lernaean
• Lerne
• Lernean
• lerp
• lerps
• les
• lesbian
• lesbianism
• lesbianisms
• Lesbian rule
• lesbians
• lesbic
• lesbo
• lesbos
• lese
• lese-humanity