| Acronym | Meaning |
| BNFL | British Nuclear Fuels Laboratory |
| IMAGE | International Monitor For Auroral Geomagnetic Effects |
| FAMOUS | French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study |
| ILM | Immobilized Liquid Membrane |
| NHE | Na+-H+ Exchanger |
| CAMM | Computer-aided Molecular Modeling |
| FILDA | Fluorescence Intensity And Lifetime Distribution Analysis |
| NLP | Nonlinear Programming |
| OSWER BBS | OSWER Electronic Bulletin Board System (see CLU-IN) |
| ROSE | Regional Oxidants In The SouthEast |