| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAINBOWS | Reduced And INternally Biased Oxide Wafers |
| NOMAD | Neutrino Oscillation MAgnetic Detector |
| IMAGE | Imager For Magnetosphere-to-Aurora Global Exploration |
| CAL | Central Analytical Laboratory |
| TOW | Time Of Wetting |
| TQCM | Temperature-controlled Quartz Crystal Microbalance |
| ILL | Interlibrary Loan |
| ICE | Interleukin 1beta-converting Enzyme |
| HABR | Hybrid Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (for Wastewater Treatment) |
| SCAQS | Southern California Air Quality Study |