| Acronym | Meaning |
| FINES | Furnace Ionization Nonthermal Excitation Spectrometry |
| FIRE | Flame Infrared Emission |
| SRGS | Stimulated Raman Gain Spectroscopy |
| SCALE | Symmetrically Configured AC Light Emitting [device] |
| PEM | Performance Evaluation Material |
| WPO | Wet Peroxide Oxidation [wastewater Treatment] |
| IBAE | Ion Beam Assisted Etching |
| NWPA | Nuclear Waste Policy Act |
| TOW | Time Of Wetting |
| FIBOS | Focused Ion Beam Optical Spectroscopy |