| Acronym | Meaning |
| CREAMS | Chemicals |
| SNOM | Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy |
| NCHS | National Center For Health Statistics |
| ERDAS | Earth Resource Data Analysis System |
| MSMO | Multiple Scattering Molecular Orbital Method (also Known As X(alpha) Scattered-wave) |
| XIAES | X-ray Induced Auger Emission Spectroscopy |
| CKD | Cement Kiln Dust |
| FFTB | Final Focus Test Beam |
| SPES | Step Potential Electrochemical Spectroscopy |
| FERAM | Ferroelectric Random Access Memory |