13-letter words starting with pla
- play catch-up — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play hardball — baseball, as distinguished from softball.
- play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
- play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
- play politics — the science or art of political government.
- play the fool — behave in a silly way
- play the game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- play-the-ball — a method for bringing the ball back into play after a tackle, in which the tackled player is allowed to stand up and kick or heel the ball behind him or her to a team-mate
- playback head — the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
- playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
- playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
- playwrighting — the writing of plays