Original poster: "Christopher 'CajunCoiler' Mayeux" <cajuncoiler-at-cox-dot-net> Hydroscopic: adj. Pertaining to the hydroscope, an optical device used for viewing objects far below the surface of water. > It's time that the correct word of "hygroscopic" be used when > talking about > things absorbing moisture from the air, not hydroscopic, whatever > that even means.