| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSEPP | Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Plan |
| DTCI | 3,3'-diethylthiacarbocyanine Iodide |
| DCP | Direct Current Plasma |
| NETD | Noise Equiv. Temp. Difference |
| NDSL | Non-Domestic Substances List |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
| BSS | Backscattering Spectroscopy |
| CFTR | Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator |
| SCRIMP | Seemann Composites Resin Infusion Under Flexible Tooling [plastics Molding] |
| ESA | Excited State Absorption |