You can write me, you can play me and if you’ve got no talent, you can at least hum along. Birds and whales use me to communicate across distance quite long. And if you’re in a mood, play one, you can’t go wrong.

All dressed up in uniform, In uniformity we stand: Black against the snow-white storm, Monarchs of this barren land

I wield eighteen daggers, yet they are sheathed in velvet. I have a sandpaper kiss, but a voice like a soothing hum. I am a liquid that does not flow, And though I walk with silence, I demand all attention. What am I?

I'm not saying that I don't talk, but I keep my mouth shut as much as I can. So much so that people use me as an example! I try to be calm, but alas, I'm an anagram.

I clack when you laugh, I creak when you groan, I build up your castle from marrow and stone. Dogs beg for my cousins, x-rays make me known.