What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

It is always ahead of me yet I can never see it. What is it?

You can see it everyday, But cannot touch it at will. What is it?

_ _ _ IE _ _
_ _ _ IE _
_ _ IE _ _
_ _ IE _
_ _ _ _ IE

Like you see, some letters have gone missing from these words that contain the IE pair at some or the other place. The letters that will be used to fill the blanks are given below. Use them and form meaningful words. Can you do that?

A, C, D, F, H, K, L, M, N, N, O, R, R, S, S, S, T, T, Y and Y.

What do you answer even though it never asks you questions?

What will you call your mother's brother's brother-in-law?

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?

There is something which is always coming but never arrives?

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

I have eight fingers and two thumbs but I do not live. What Am I?