| Acronym | Meaning |
| BPSG | Borophosphosilicate Glass |
| ILSS | Interlaminar Shear Strength |
| COLIWASA | Composite Liquid Waste Sampler |
| LHS | Latin Hypercubic Sampling |
| CHICO | Compact Heavy-ion Counter |
| NOGF | Nonorthogonal Group Function Approximation |
| FI | Fouling Index |
| SME | Static Model Exchange (approxn. In Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| OEP | Odd-even (alkane/carbon) Predominance (geology) |
| OSBG | Optimized Support For Biological Growth |