| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOB | Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria |
| AGCI | Aspen Global Change Institute |
| GH | Growth Hormone |
| HEIR | High Energy Ion Recoil |
| DI | Differentiation Index |
| MAR | Matrix Attachment Region |
| ROSE | Residual Oil Supercritical Extraction |
| COBE | Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA) |
| MUSIC | Multiplicity Selective In-phase Coherence Transfer |
| CVG | Chemical Vapor Generation |