| Acronym | Meaning |
| HWD | Hazardous Waste Disposal |
| NLSLE | Nonlinear Schroedinger-Langevin Equation |
| FEESP | Field-emitted Electron Spin-polarization |
| HGRF | Human Growth Hormone-releasing Factor |
| MVP | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| MKP | MAP Kinase Phosphatase |
| DWA | Distorted Wave Approximation |
| SOCAB | South Coast Air Basin |
| NPOX | Nonpurgeable Organic Halide |
| INPI | The French National Institute Of Industrial Property |