A shepherd had 18 sheep, out of which, all but ten died.

Can you tell us how many sheep was he left with?

Let's play a word game. Following are some meaningless words that can be completed by adding random letters on either side of the word.

For example, the word "rdo" can be formed into "pardon".

Using the same technique, can you complete the given words?
ecalc
airb
rinci
tibac
uidel
gorit
igna
eyho

The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. Can you tell what it is?

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?

There is something which is always coming but never arrives?

I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What am I?

The person who makes it has no need for it. He who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know they are. What is it?

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

I speak without a mouth, and hear without ears. I have no-body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?