| Acronym | Meaning |
| MITE | Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Element |
| DAFNE | Double Annular Factory For Nice Experiments |
| WPCR | Water Pollution Control Research (US EPA) |
| ENAC | Energetic Neutral Atom Camera |
| DFP | Diisopropyl Fluorophosphate |
| SCCWRP | Southern California Coastal Water Research Project |
| QRHF-CC | Quasirestricted Hartree-Fock Coupled Cluster |
| EIP | Electric Induced Polarization (for Subsurface Characterization) |
| RPTP | Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase |
| RLP | Reactive Liquid Polymer |