| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCS | Monte Carlo Simulation |
| DAM | Diallyl Maleate |
| COADS | Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set |
| HWSFC | Hazardous Waste Superfund Collection |
| GCHAZ | Grain-coarsened Heat-affected Zone |
| NMDS | Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling |
| CEPEX | Controlled Ecosystem Pollution Experiment |
| QTL | Quantitative Trait Loci |
| HGNC | HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee |
| GRB | Gamma Ray Burst |