Anagrams of: OILSMEN

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

• A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.

• A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.

• A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).

• Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

• The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.

• Wealth; a person, family or class that possesses wealth

• An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.

• A person who funds an operation.

• a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River

• any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

• any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers

• a crisp bread of fine white flour

• a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas

• yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

• a strong yellow color

• a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

• a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons

• an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory

• the smallest detectable sensation