| Acronym | Meaning |
| EBS | Engineered Barrier System (for Hazardous Waste Disposal) |
| TARC | Tiered Area Response Capability |
| GDL | Glow Discharge Lamp |
| AQSA | Anthraquinone-2-sulfonic Acid |
| MCZDO | Many Center Zero Differential Overlap |
| CDHR | Center For Devices And Radiological Health |
| GSH-PX | Glutathione Peroxidase |
| DEFT | Driven Equilibrium Fourier Transform |
| BMERC | BioMolecular Engineering Research Center |
| ICP-AES | Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry |