-ese /-ēz/

1. Denoting country or region of origin, as in Japanese, Maltese
2. The literary style, jargon, etc of a specified group, as in journalese, officialese

Malta /molˈ or mölˈtə/

Of or relating to the Mediterranean island of Malta

Maltese /-tēzˈ/ adjective

Of Malta, its people or their language

1. A native or inhabitant of Malta (pl Malteseˈ)
2. The official language of Malta, Semitic with a strong Italian infusion

Malta fever noun

Undulant fever, once common in Malta (see also brucellosis)

Maltese cross noun

1. The badge of the knights of Malta, a cross with four equal arms expanding from the centre, usu each with two points
2. (maltese cross) a mechanism providing intermittent frame-by-frame movement in a motion picture film projector (see Geneva movement under Genevan)

Maltese dog noun

A very small spaniel with long silky hair

• Thomistical
• Thompson gun
• Thompson submachine-gun
• Thompson submachine-guns
• -thon
• thon
• thonder
• thong
• thonged
• thongs
• Thor
• thorac-
• thoracal
• thoracenteses
• thoracentesis
• thoraces
• thoracic
• thoracic duct
• thoracic ducts
• thoraco-
• thoracocenteses
• thoracocentesis
• thoracoplasties
• thoracoplasty
• thoracoscope