| Acronym | Meaning |
| FBA | Fluorescent Brightening Agent |
| GAMETAG | Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment Of Tropospheric Aerosols And Gases |
| RD | Remedial Design |
| ICSCF | Internally Consistent Self-consistent Field |
| TMB | Table Mesa Basalt (USGS Rock Standard) |
| FDTD | Finite-difference Time-domain |
| AFB | Atmospheric Fluidized Bed |
| SFCCCC | Space-fixed Complex-coordinate Coupled-channel Method |
| EFTC | European Fluorocarbon Technical Committee |
| ABAE | Adult Bovine Aortic Endothelial |