| Acronym | Meaning |
| NGST | Next Generation Space Telescope |
| BANSHEE | Beam Accelerator For Novel Super High Energy Electron |
| DLEED | Diffuse Low-energy Electron Diffraction |
| VISITT | Vendor Information System For Innovative Treatment Technology (US EPA) |
| CCMC | Coupled-cluster Method With Multiconfiguration Reference State |
| SNUR | Significant New Use Rule |
| MESIP | Modeling Environmental Scenarios In Ponds |
| ETI | Environmental Testing Industry |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
| RVCM | Renormalized Virtual-crystal Method (for Electronic Structure) |