| Acronym | Meaning |
| PWM | Pokeweed Mitogen |
| OTFT | Organic Thin-film Transistor |
| SCALPEL | Scattering With Angular Limitation Projection Electron Lithography |
| ATF | Automatic Transmission Fluid |
| SCANIIR | Surface Composition Analysis By Neutral And Ion Impact Radiation |
| ODFS | Optimized Dirac-Fock-Slater |
| EMMI | Environmental Monitoring Methods Index |
| HYPS | Hybrid Plasma Spraying |
| SRC | Submarine Reactor Compartments |
| DAB | Diaminobenzidine (usually 3,3') |