| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALAPCO | Association Of Local Air Pollution Control Officials |
| SAFM | Scanning Attractive Force Microscopy |
| UARS | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
| LASIK | Laser-assisted In Situ Keratomileusis |
| CCM | Complex Coordinate Method (in Calcns. On Quantum Tunneling) |
| HGP | Hepatic Glucose Production |
| FFEM | Freeze-fracture Electron Microscopy |
| CBC | Circulating Bed Combustor (or Incinerator) |
| FTVS | Fourier Transform Visible Spectroscopy |
| SPPES | Spin Polarized Photoelectron Spectroscopy |