| Acronym | Meaning |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center (Washington |
| GSAS | Generalized Structure And Anal. Software |
| CCI | Complete Configuration Interaction |
| CSHO | Compliance Safety & Health Officer |
| PHF | Periodic Hartree-Fock |
| IPIRDW | Independent-process (and) Isolated-resonance (approxn. Using) Distorted Waves |
| DCRF | Die Casting Research Foundation |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| REE | Rare Earth Element(s) |
| COPNA | Condensed Polynuclear Aromatics |