| Acronym | Meaning |
| SWICH | Solid Waste Information Clearinghouse And Hotline |
| ASLEEP | Automated Scanning Low Energy Electron Probe |
| UNSCEAR | United Nations Scientific Committee On The Effects Of Atomic Radiation |
| GBCD | Grain Boundary Character Distribution |
| ICSH | Interstitial Cell-stimulating Hormone |
| TDPAD | Time Differential Perturbed Angular Distribution |
| EAZO | Energetically Active Zones Of The Ocean |
| ICP-OES | Inductively Coupled Plasma-optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| BOP | Benzyl Octyl Phthalate |
| PMO | Perturbational Molecular Orbital |