| Acronym | Meaning |
| NRL | Naval Research Laboratories |
| BHMT | Betaine-homocysteine Methyltransferase |
| ASTER | Assessment Tools For The Evaluation Of Risk |
| MCT | Mercury Cadmium Telluride |
| AVLIS | Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation |
| DECENT | Distribution Of Exact Classical Energy Transfer Approximation |
| JFET | Junction Field-effect Transistor |
| ACMG | American College Medical Genetics |
| NBOD | Nitrogenous Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| HUD | Housing And Urban Development |