| Acronym | Meaning |
| KGF | Keratinocyte Growth Factor |
| HEMT | High Electron Mobility Transistor |
| HCMOS | High-density Complementary Metal-oxide Semiconductor |
| PHF | Paired Helical Filament |
| PQL | Practical Quantitation Levels (of Pollutants |
| PBPK | Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic |
| EGBD | Extrinsic Grain Boundary Dislocation |
| TDMS | Thermal Desorption Mass Spectrometry |
| CWTM | Compound Weaire-Thorpe Model (in Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| ASIP | Aircraft Structural Integrity Program |