| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSB | Photosynthetic Bacteria |
| SDOSS | Sodium Dioctylsulfosuccinate |
| CIAC | Centro De Informacion Ambiental Del Caribe |
| AFC | Assimilation (with) Fractional Crystallization (geochemistry) |
| GWP | Gaussian Wave Packet |
| HWHM | Half Width At Half-maximum |
| HWS | Hazardous Waste Site |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| ASNOM | Aperture Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy |
| CDKI | Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor |