As a whole I am both
safe and secure.

Behead me and I become
a place of meeting.

Behead me again and I am
the partner of ready.

Restore me, and I become
the domain of beasts.

What am I?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?

What am I?

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone.

You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?

When you say goodbye, I am what you need to tie.
I come as a couple and go wherever you run.
Who am I?

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?