What does the following BrainBat signifies?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZ

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My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.

It is an eleven letter word.
The first, second, third and fourth letters form a banquet's name.
The fifth, sixth and seventh letters form a car's name.
The eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh letters form a mode of transport.

Can you identify what word it is?

One day, John and his friends were playing around. Jacob hit something with a Pin and it popped. John's dad came into the room that very moment, but he wasn't mad. In fact, he was smiling. What did Jacob hit?

My first is in chocolate but not in ham. My second is in cake and also in jam. My third at tea time is easily found. Altogether, this is a friend who is often around. What is it?

I am under you when I am whole.
I shift above you if you remove the first letter.
I come all around you if you remove the second as well.

Can you tell me who I am?