| Acronym | Meaning |
| GEOSECS | Geochemical Ocean Sections |
| SAR | Simulated Acidic Rain |
| VVHAP | Very Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| MS X(ALPHA) | Multiple-scattering X(alpha) Exchange Method |
| WNL | Within Normal Limits |
| ROMP | Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization |
| HERV | Human Endogenous Retrovirus |
| GA | Genetic Algorithm |
| DBD | DNA Binding Domain |
| LHEA | Laboratory For High Energy Astrophysics |