| Acronym | Meaning |
| RGTO | Rheotaxial Growth And Thermal Oxidation |
| STAR | Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC |
| APC | Air Pollution Control |
| CIDS | Circular Intensity Differential Scattering |
| NWSIA | National Water Supply Improvement Association |
| HAN | Heavy Aromatic Naphtha |
| NPO | National Program Office |
| CLSM | Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy |
| MCAM | Melanoma Cell Adhesion Molecule |
| FCF | Franck-Condon Factor |