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Definitions: Maltese Cross |
Maltese CrossNoun1. Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads. 2. A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Maltese Cross Made thus:. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Maltese CrossSynonym: scarlet lychnis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Maltese Cross |
| English words defined with "maltese cross": Victoria cross. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "maltese cross": maltese cross mechanism, maltesite. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Maltese Cross Movement (1967) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expression using "maltese cross": maltese cross mechanism. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
maltese cross | 698 |
fire fighter maltese cross | 24 |
maltese cross mirror | 14 |
maltese cross jewelry | 8 |
fire maltese cross | 7 |
maltese cross ring | 6 |
maltese cross pendant | 5 |
fire department maltese cross | 5 |
firemans maltese cross | 4 |
maltese cross necklace | 2 |
fire dept maltese cross | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "maltese cross"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | malteserkorsmekanisme (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | maltezerkruis (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | maltanristimekanismi (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism), maltanristi (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | entraînement par croix de malte (maltese cross mechanism), dispositif croix de Malte (maltese cross mechanism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | malteserkreuz (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μηχανισμός σταυρού της Μάλτας (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism), μηχανισμός "ενεύης (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism), τροχός "ενεύης (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | meccanismo a croce di Malta (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | altesemay osscray roda de Genebra (cross wheel mechanism, Geneva, geneva cross mechanism, Geneva mechanism, Geneva wheel, maltese cross mechanism). (various references) cruz de malta. (various references) maltesekors. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-m-o-r-s-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: casseroles, elastomers, latecomers, salometers. | |
-3 letters: actresses, casserole, corelates, corselets, crestless, crosslets, elastomer, escaroles, lacrosses, latecomer, masseters, mesoscale, molesters, oleasters, relocates, salometer, scleromas, scleroses, scoreless, seamsters, secaloses, selectors, semestral, somersets, traceless. | |
-4 letters: careless, caresses, caseoses, cateress, celestas, cerastes, classers, clearest, coarsest, coasters, coatless, corelate, coreless, corselet, corslets, costless, costrels, crassest, cremates, cressets, crossest, crosslet, electors, electros, escarole, escolars, lacrosse, lactoses, lamsters, lassoers, locaters, maestros, maltoses, masseter, mastless, mateless, meatless, mestesos, molasses, molester, morasses, oleaster, racemose, reclames, relocate, rescales, reslates, resmelts, restless, scarless, scarlets, scleroma, sclerose, seamless, seamster, seatless, secalose, sectoral, selector, smelters, solacers, solerets, somerset, starless, stealers, steamers, stemless, tameless, tearless, termless, tramless, treacles, tressels. | |
-5 letters: acerose, acetose, actress, amerces, areoles, armless, armlets, artless, asceses, asserts, assorts, calmest, camlets, carless, cartels, caseose, casters, castles, castors, celesta, cerates, cereals, cermets, clamors, clarets, claroes, classer, classes, cleomes, closers, closest, closets, coalers, coaster, coatees, coaters, colters, comates, cormels, corsets, corslet, cossets, costars, costers, costrel, creases, creates, cremate, creoles, cresols, cresses, cresset, crestal, crosses, earless, easters, ecartes, ectases, elaters, elector, electro, emoters, escolar, escorts, lactose, lamster, lassoer, lassoes, lasters, leasers, lectors, lessors, locater, locates, loesses, maestro, maltose, marcels, mascots, masters, matless, measles, melters, merlots, mescals, mesteso, meteors, molests, molters, morales, morsels, mortals, mossers, oarless, ocreate, oleates, omelets, oracles, ostlers, racemes, rassles, realest, recasts, reclame, recoals, relaces, relates, remates, remelts, remotes, resales, rescale, reseals, reseats, resects, reslate, resmelt, resoles, reteams, roseate, salters, samlets, saroses, scalers, scarlet, sclerae, scleras, scoters, screams, scrotal, sealers, seamers, searest, seaters, secrets, sectors, selects, serosae, serosal, serosas, sesames, slaters, smaltos, smelter, solacer, solaces, solates, soleret, stealer, steamer, stereos, sterols, streams, streels, stromal, talcose, tassels, teasels, teasers, telomes, teloses, tercels, tessera, toeless, tossers, tramels, trasses, treacle, tressel, tresses. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-m-o-r-s-s-s-t" | |
+5 letters: comfortablenesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6C 74 65 73 65 43 72 6F 73 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101100 01110100 01100101 01110011 01100101 00100000 01000011 01110010 01101111 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a l t e s e   C r o s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006C 0074 0065 0073 0065 0043 0072 006F 0073 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767788671857123784818585 |
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