| Acronym | Meaning |
| AGA | American Gas Association |
| BLIS | BACT/LAER Information System |
| GGC | Generalized Gradient-corrected (density-functional) |
| GWPC | Ground Water Protection Council |
| GDL | Glow Discharge Lamp |
| BMC | Bone Marrow Cell |
| MOUSE | Modular Oriented Uncertainty System |
| PDF | Powder Diffraction File |
| NIH | National Institutes Of Health |
| GTP | Group-transfer Polymerization |