| Acronym | Meaning |
| UASBR | Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor |
| FCC | Food Chemicals Codex |
| NWR | National Wildlife Refuge |
| FSG | Fluorosilicate Glass |
| LAPS | Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensor |
| CCID | Confidential Chemicals Identification System |
| AFPAL | Air Force Phillips Astronautics Laboratory (USA) |
| BPCC | 2,2'-bipyridinium Chlorochromate |
| BANSHEE | Beam Accelerator For Novel Super High Energy Electron |
| BS | Breathing Sphere (approxn. In Mol.-scattering Calcns.) |