| Acronym | Meaning |
| GDOES | Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry |
| OAR | Office Of Air And Radiation (USEPA) |
| WAXD | Wide-angle X-ray Diffraction |
| ICAPES | Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Emission Spectrometry |
| SSFDC | Solid-state Floppy-disk Card (SmartMedia) |
| DDP | Didecyl Phthalate |
| MTPE | Mission To Planet Earth |
| BTCC | Biological Threat Characterization Centerpar |
| ZCC | Zero Core Contribution (model For Photodetachment Calcns.) |
| MESIP | Modeling Environmental Scenarios In Ponds |