What has to be broken before you can use it?

What does the following represent?

N N N N N N N

A A A A A A A

C C C C C C C

I am eight letters long - "12345678"
My 1234 is an atmospheric condition.
My 34567 supports a plant.
My 4567 is too appropriate.
My 45 is a friendly thank-you.
My 678 is a man's name.

What word am I?

There are 2 sand hourglasses.

The small one can measure 5 hours and the large one can measure 7 hours.

How can we measure 16 hours with 2 sand hourglasses running together ?

The picture shows the dice results in each couple of throws. If they are actually following a pattern, can you find out the missing one?

Find three whole, positive numbers that have the same answer when multiplied together as when added together.

A horse was tied to a rope 5 meters long and the horses food was 15 meters away from the horse. How did the horse reach the food?

Can you solve the tricky chess rebus puzzle below by ciphering the hidden meaning?

There is something which is always coming but never arrives?

A pet show was happening in my locality. I went down along with my kids. In that show, I noticed that all except two of the entries were cats. All except two were dogs and all except two were Monkeys.

Can you find out how many of each animals were present in that pet show?