| Acronym | Meaning |
| HIFU | High-intensity Focused Ultrasound |
| MPCVD | Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| FIM | Forced Impulse Method (in Atom Ion-impact Ionization) |
| RCNDO | Rydberg CNDO |
| LOPAP | Lonomia Obliqua Prothrombin Activator Protease |
| SREL | Savannah River Ecology Laboratory |
| RPC | Reversed-phase Chromatography |
| VSP | Vertical Seismic Profile |
| NPAR | Nonbinding Preliminary Allocation Of Responsibility |
| AFFF | Aqueous Film-forming Foam |