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

• lecher
• lechered
• lecheries
• lechering
• lecherous
• lecherously
• lecherousness
• lecherousnesses
• lechers
• Lecher wires
• lechery
• leches
• leching
• lechwe
• lechwes
• lecithin
• lecithinase
• lecithins
• Leclanché cell
• lect.
• lectern
• lecterns
• lectin
• lectins
• lection