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21-letter words containing m, u, s, h, r

  • sherman antitrust act — an act of Congress (1890) prohibiting any contract, conspiracy, or combination of business interests in restraint of foreign or interstate trade.
  • the (norman) conquest — the conquering of England by the Normans under William the Conqueror in 1066
  • the supreme sacrifice — the sacrifice of one's life
  • throw someone a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • to mix your metaphors — If you mix your metaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke.
  • youth training scheme — (formerly, in Britain) a scheme, run by the Training Agency, to provide vocational training for unemployed 16–17-year-olds
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