General Riddles

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

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