plea 
(plē)
(plē)n.
1. An earnest request; an appeal: spoke out in a plea for greater tolerance.
2. An excuse; a pretext: "[The] colonel ... hid first behind a stump and then worked his way to the rear on the plea of a sore back" (William Marvel).
3. Law
a. The defendant's answer to a formal criminal charge: entered a plea of not guilty.
b. A defendant's answer in a civil action.
c. A special answer in an equity action, setting forth in lieu of a detailed response a basis for dismissing, delaying, or barring the suit.
d. A legal proceeding.
[Middle English plai, lawsuit, from Old French plai, plaid, from Late Latin placitum, decree, from Latin, from neuter past participle of placēre, to please; see plāk-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- have/take pity on
- have/take the bit in one's teeth
- have the best of
- have the better of
- have the bit in one's teeth
- have the drop on
- have the worst of it
- have to do with
- have with a forked tongue
- have wits about
- have wits about one
- havoc
- haw
- haw
- haw
- haw
- Hawaii
- Hawai'i
- Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
- Hawaiian
- Hawai'ian
- Hawaiian goose
- Hawaiian guitar
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaiian shirt