Veteran Riddles

I run, though I have no legs to be seen. I possess no heat, yet I produce mist. I have no voice to let words out, but from far away you can still hear me shout. What am I?

"a waterfall"

 

I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?

"an arrow"

 

You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.

"your temper"

 

Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take!

: "haste"

 

Two legs it has, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground!

"wheelbarrow"

 

We love it more than life. We fear it more than death. The wealthy want for it. The poor have it in plenty.

"nothing"

 

This is in a realm of true and in a realm false, but you experience me as you turn and toss.

"a dream"

 

What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now everyone can have it? You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from a library?

"the telephone book"

 

This runs fore to aft on one side of a ship, and aft to fore on the other. What is it?

"the name of the ship"

 

I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul.

"a piano"

 

I am nothing but holes tied to holes, yet am strong as iron.

"a chain"

 

Only one color, but not one size; stuck to the ground, yet easily moves. Present in sun, but not in rain; doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?

"a shadow"

 

A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.

"The word 'dozens'.