| Acronym | Meaning |
| CNOC | Commission On Nomenclature Of Organic Chemistry |
| CAE | Capillary Array Electrophoresis |
| FLISA | Fluorescence-linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| SDSD | Satellite Data Services Division |
| NSSS | National Sewage Sludge Survey |
| GCR | Galactic Cosmic Rays (spacecraft Orbit) |
| TRPH | Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons |
| HPI | Hazard Potential Index |
| SO-LAPW | Spin-orbit (coupling) Linearized Augmented Plane Wave |
| NNLO | Next-to-next-to-leading Order |