| Acronym | Meaning |
| NHLBI | National Heart |
| EMEG | Environmental Media Evaluation Guides |
| TMMC | Tetramethylammonium Manganese Trichloride |
| MINDAP | Microwave-induced Nitrogen Discharge At Atmospheric Pressure |
| NADB | National Air Data Branch (US EPA) |
| VC | Vapor Compression |
| PMCC | Pensky-Martens Closed Cup |
| FPIA | Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay |
| BWCC | Brillouin-Wigner Coupled-cluster (theory) |
| DOS | Di(2-ethylhexyl) Sebacate |