| Acronym | Meaning |
| EGBD | Extrinsic Grain Boundary Dislocation |
| IESS | Inelastic Electron Scattering Spectroscopy |
| ECLIPS | Encoded Combinatorial Libraries On A Polymeric Surface |
| CPAP | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure |
| LEV | Low Emission Vehicle |
| VFF | Valence Force Field (in Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| NIOSH | National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health |
| OHD | Optical Heterodyne Detection |
| DCM | Decoupled Cell Monte Carlo (in Simulations On Quantum Systems) |
| WPO | Wet Peroxide Oxidation [wastewater Treatment] |