| Acronym | Meaning |
| FPEIS | Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement |
| PDE | Partial Differential Equation |
| VNS | Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution |
| DCS | Distributed Control System |
| SADT | Self Accelerating Decomposition Temperature |
| VRE | Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci |
| DPN | Dip-pen Nanolithography |
| RVCM | Residual Vinyl Chloride Monomer |
| MPMMG | Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group (UK) |
| JIPID | Japanese International Protein Information Databank |