I taste better than I can smell. Who am I?

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

What goes up but never comes down?

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

Name the three-letter word that can complete the below words:

A) L O _ _ _ E
B) E D U _ _ _ E
C) _ _ _ E R
D) _ _ _ T L E

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?

f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

It is deaf, Dumb and Blind!!!

Still, always tells the truth. What is it?

Can you name some countries which do not have the alphabet 'A' in them?

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