| Acronym | Meaning |
| STIS | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph |
| ICM | Institute For Crisis Management |
| TGIC | Temperature Gradient Interaction Chromatography [reversed Phase HPLC With Variable Column Temp. During Elution] |
| FKO | Franz-Keldish Oscillations |
| CSWRCB | California State Water Resources Control Board |
| FBBR | Fluidized Bed Biofilm Reactor |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| ASTM | American Society For Testing And Materials |
| NIST | National Institute Of Standards And Technology (formerly NBS) |
| QRHF-CC | Quasirestricted Hartree-Fock Coupled Cluster |