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Dessicant means something that is used for drying. It is linked to the word dessicated as in 'dessicated coconut'. It is something with the hygroscopic ability that draws out the moisture from something nearby so will dry things in with it if it is in a sealed container.
Police examined the lifeless body.
That word would be dessicated.
life
life
It could be death or lifeless.
Example sentence for the adjective lifeless:The walkway of the creepy old house was lined with lifeless plants.
It looks like a verb, but it is an adjective. It is similar to the adjective "inanimate". Exanimate means without spirit, lifeless, or appearing lifeless.
Plain, Boring, Lifeless, Dull,
Shrunken, dessicated
dead, 6 feet under. passed away.inanimate
lifeless, sluggish