| Acronym | Meaning |
| BGO | Bismuth Germanium Oxide |
| PMCC | Pensky-Martens Closed Cup |
| ICON | International Council On Nanotechnology |
| STAPPA | State And Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators |
| ACFM | Actual Cubic Feet Per Minute |
| SPR | Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| WQS | Water Quality Standard |
| FCCC | Framework Convention On Climate Change |
| BBXRT | Broad Band X-Ray Telescope |
| CTCMS | Center For Theoretical And Computational Materials Science |