What am I riddles

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?

When it comes to me, you go on red and stops on green. What am I?

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case from which I’m never released, and yet I am used by many. What am I?

You will throw me away when you want to use me. You will take me in when you don’t want to use me. What am I?

I am full of holes but I can still hold water. What am I?

I create my lair with earthen string and dispatch my prey with a biting sting. What am I?

Scientists have proven that cats have more hair on one side than their other side. Some people believe that this is because when cats lay on their side they need insulation from the cold on the floor or ground. Which side of a cat has more hair?

If you throw me out the window, I'll leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but through the door, You'll see someone giving life. What am I?

Take me for a spin and I'll make you cool, but use me in the winter and you're fool. What am I?

I can swim or walk for miles. I’m big with thick, white hair. I live up in the Arctic. What I am?