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

• face-ache
• face-aches
• Facebook®
• face card
• face cards
• face-centred
• facecloth
• facecloths
• face cream
• face creams
• faced
• face down
• face flannel
• face flannels
• face-fungus
• face-guard
• face-guards
• face-harden
• face-hardened
• face-hardening
• face-hardens
• faceless
• facelift
• facelifts
• faceman