Molto al dente is the culinary term for slightly undercooked pasta. Undercooking pasta is used in the first round of cooking when a pasta dish is going to be cooked twice. The culinary term  al forno  is used for pasta dishes that are cooked twice. Pasta that is cooked al dente has a lower glycemic index than pasta that is cooked soft. When cooking commercial pasta, the al dente phase occurs right after the white of the pasta center disappears.
Although Danny Devito likes to claim he is 5 foot tall, when measured on Always sunny in philadelpha for a skit, turns out he was 4' 10'', or more exactly 147 cm. I have never been satisfied on whether he is a 'dwarf' or not, not that it really matters, but it does make my brain race in thought...
Mature Maltipoos may range in heights from 8 to 14 inches tall and weigh between 5 and 20 pounds. Because a significant difference in toy and miniature poodle heights is possible, you can expect the unexpected in hybrid cross offspring depending upon the size of the poodle. The AKC breed standard calls for a maximum height of 10 inches for the toy poodle, and allows heights up to 15 inches for miniature poodles. Mature Maltese dogs only grow to between 8 and 10 inches tall. The smaller the poodle in the mix, the smaller the hybrid puppies are likely to be.