-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

• merry-go-rounds
• merry-made
• merry-make
• merrymaker
• merrymakers
• merry-makes
• merry-making
• merrymaking
• merrymakings
• merryman
• merry men
• merrymen
• merry-night
• merry-nights
• merrythought
• merrythoughts
• mersalyl
• mersalyls
• merse
• merses
• Mersey beat
• Mersey sound
• mersion
• mersions
• Merulius