Twice ten are six of us,

Six are but three of us,

Nine are but four of us;

What can we possibly be?

Would you know more of us?

Twelve are but six of us,

Five are but four, do you see?

What are we?

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?

Do You See It?

What has one letter and starts with an E?

I am a normal creature, but I have five hands. I can even have more but even then I will be considered normal.

Who am I?

There are five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in the English language.
Can you tell us a word that contains all these vowels?

These types of puzzles are known as charades. What you have to do is find two words that are referred to in the first stanza and the second stanza and put them together to form the third word in the third stanza.

Just for example, if my first refers to 'off' and my second refers to 'ice', then my whole will be office.

My first is present - future's past -
A time in which your lot is cast.

My second is my first of space
Defining people's present place.

My whole describes a lack of site -
A place without length, breadth, or height.

If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?

It comprises roots which nobody sees,
Much taller than those trees,
Up and up it goes,
Still it never grows?

Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?