| Acronym | Meaning |
| WSC | Water Soluble Carbohydrate |
| BCRLM | Bending-corrected Rotating Linear Model (for Reactive Scattering) |
| MEPED | Medium Energy Proton & Electron Detector |
| EDL | Electric Double Layer |
| FFA | Free Fatty Acid |
| CIPW | Cross, Iddings, Pirrson, And Washington (for Geology Terminology) |
| IGC | International Geological Congress |
| RMAPS | Receptor Model Applied To Patterns In Space |
| FEMP | Federal Energy Management Program |
| MCP | Model Core Potential |