| Acronym | Meaning |
| FRED | Flexible Regional Emissions Data System |
| RTIL | Room-temperature Ionic Liquid |
| KSS | Kearns-Sayre Syndrome |
| GLORIA | Gold-labeled, Optically Read, Rapid Immunoassay |
| CAPCOA | California Air Pollution Control Officers Association |
| CPIMA | Center On Polymer Interfaces And Macromolecular Assemblies |
| IAM | Independent Atom Model |
| GOX | Glucose Oxidase |
| SC-MBPT | Single-configuration Many-body Perturbation Theory |
| IMACNMMN | International Mineralogical Assocn. Commission On New Minerals And Mineral Names |