| Acronym | Meaning |
| IDWSSD | International Drinking Water Supply And Sanitation Decade (of UN |
| OGE | One Gluon Exchange |
| MPAN | Peroxy Methacrolyl Nitrate |
| RBSC | Reaction-bonded Silicon Carbide |
| DAM | Military Applications Branch (French; Direction Des Applications Militaires) |
| POY | Partially Oriented Yarn (usually Synthetics |
| MEF | Myocyte Enhancer Factor |
| HMPAM | Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide |
| MIRAGE | Migration Of Radioisotopes In The Geosphere |
| NSCEP | National Service Center For Environmental Publications |