| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISM | Interaction Site Model (in Statistical Mechanics Of Fluids) |
| WINDII | Wind Imaging Interferometer |
| MESIMS | Matrix-enhanced Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| RUP | Restricted Use Pesticide |
| ESD | Element-Specific Detector |
| ORD BBS | ORD Electronic Bulletin Board System |
| ORGDL | Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Lab. |
| SML | Surface Microlayer |
| DBEP | Bis(2-butoxyethyl) Phthalate |
| AHP | Average Hole-potential (method For Electronic-structure Calcns. On Mols.) |