| Acronym | Meaning |
| QIP | Quality Improvement Program |
| PNA | Peptide Nucleic Acid |
| ZFS | Zero-field Splitting |
| HANS | Heavy Aromatic Naphtha Solvent |
| MSPC | Multivariate Statistical Process Control |
| CCC | Counter Current Chromatography |
| DIT | Diffusive Interfacial Transport |
| HY-CIVB | Hylleraas-configuration Interaction Valence Bond |
| OSW | Office Of Solid Waste (US EPA) |
| EMPPL | Effluent Monitoring Priority Pollutants List |