| Acronym | Meaning |
| LOICZ | Land-Ocean Interactions In The Coastal Zone |
| GRIN | Graded Index |
| COSHH | Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health (UK) |
| RODAC | Regional Ocean Dumping Advisory Committee |
| ACTFEL | Alternating Current Thin-film Electroluminescent |
| AIGER | American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium |
| GKS | Gaspar-Kohn-Sham (potential For Exchange And Correlation In Band Structure Calcns.) |
| GVDW | Generalized Van Der Waals (a Free-energy D.-functional Theory) |
| EDC | Endocrine Disrupting Chemical |
| ARCS | Alternative Remedial Contracting Strategy (US EPA) |