Anagrams of: POINTMEN__

• third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

• fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast

• a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto

• the female singing voice between contralto and soprano

• make optimal; get the most out of; use best

• modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost

• act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world

• immunity from an obligation or duty

• a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)

• an act exempting someone

• a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome

• (of goods or funds) subject to taxation

• (of persons) not exempt from an obligation or liability

• An intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase and orthoclase

• the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation

• a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

• a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

• a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years

• give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country

• a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium