moon race
now historical
noun
The competition between nations to be the first to land on the moon.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The Guardian.
- three-colour process
- three-cornered
- three-cushion billiards
- three-decker
- three-dimensional
- three-dimensionality
- three-dimensionally
- threefold
- three-handed
- three-hanky
- three-legged race
- three-line whip
- Three Mile Island
- three-mile limit
- three-parent
- three parts
- three-peat
- threepence
- threepenny
- threepenny bit
- three-phase
- three-piece
- three-ply
- three-pointer
- three-point landing