| Acronym | Meaning |
| TROLS | Terrestrial And Riparian Organisms |
| SIRTF | Space Infrared Telescope Facility |
| CBDS | Carcinogenesis Bioassay Data System |
| SSRL | Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory |
| HTLV | Human T-lymphotropic Virus |
| NEMI | National Environmental Methods Index |
| RAS | Restricted Active Space (wave Function) |
| BWIP | Basalt Waste Isolation Project |
| FIK | Field Ionization Kinetics |
| COS | Cosmic Origins Spectrograph |