My thunder comes before lightning.
My lightning comes before my rain.
My rain dries up all the land it touches.

Who am I?

I am a word of 12 alphabets.

* Alphabets 12, 4, 7, 2, 5 : Eastern beast of burden
* Alphabets 1, 8, 10, 9 are street made famous by Sinclair Lewis.
* Alphabets 11, 3, 6 are past.

On whole it means a person suffering from delusions of greatness.

What Is it ?

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

What am I?

Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?

A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first. What am I?

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

When you stop to look, you can always see me. But if you try to touch me, you can never feel me. Although you walk towards me, I remain the same distance from you. What am I?

I add 5 to 9 and get 2. The answer is correct, so what am I?

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?