| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAAA | Clean Air Act Amendments (of 1990) |
| AIBS | American Institute Of Biological Sciences |
| TEOS | Tetraethyl Orthosilicate |
| CCCO | Committee On Climatic Changes And The Ocean (of IOC And SCOR) |
| AMV | Alfalfa Mosaic Virus |
| PRP | Potentially Responsible Party (Superfund) |
| NGV | Natural Gas Vehicle |
| ERP | Emergency Response Planning |
| EBSP | Electron Backscattering Pattern |
| MED | Minimal Erythema Dose |