| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCME | Canadian Council Of Ministers Of The Environment |
| CIRRUS-1A | Cryogenic IR Radiance Instrumentation For Shuttle |
| NLC | Next Linear Collider |
| HPA | Hybridization Protection Assay |
| NESCAUM | North East States Coalition For Air Use Management |
| PRA | Probabilistic Risk Assessment |
| GRP | Glass Reinforced Plastic |
| SRC-1 | Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 |
| FLCAO | Factorized LCAO |
| GEMI | Global Environmental Management Initiative |