Riddle #100

Never was, I am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, to live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

What gets wet while it's drying?

You bury me when I am alive, and dig me up when I die. What am I?

People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?

Armored but not a knight, snapping but not a twig, and always at home, even on the move. What am I?

With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?

I live in the woods. I'm very big and furry. I have a big nose, a little tail and four legs. I like to eat fish and berries. I am a...

I'm in your phone. Sometimes I laugh. Sometimes I cry. I even flip you off from time to time. What am I ?

Until I am measured I am not known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown.

What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great man, the first six letters signify a drug, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?