| Acronym | Meaning |
| WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes) |
| MDMI | Monodisperse Dried Microparticulate Injector |
| BIBRA | British Industrial Biological Research Association |
| ELSD | Evaporative Light Scattering Detector |
| PSI-BLAST | Position-specific Iterated BLAST |
| SMILES | Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System |
| CERDA | Coincident Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis |
| LTTD | Low Temperature Thermal Desorption |
| MMMF | Man-Made Mineral Fiber |
| IGFA | Inert Gas Fusion Analysis |