| Acronym | Meaning |
| PDMS | Plasma Desorption Mass Spectrometry |
| MCP | Microchannel Plate |
| PIPS | Passivated Implanted Planar Silicon |
| OSM | US Office Of Surface Mining Reclamation And Enforcement |
| BTZ | Below The Treatment Zone |
| AGB | Asymptotic Giant Branch (stars) |
| USTR | US Transuranium Registry |
| PIMC | Path-integral Monte-Carlo |
| DISC | Death-inducing Signaling Complex |
| EMT | Effective-medium Theory (of Bonding In Metallic Systems) |