| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOD | Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum |
| CEPOD | Catalyzed Electrochemical Plutonium Oxide Dissolution |
| TTSS | Tropospheric Trace Species Sounder |
| MIC | Methyl Isocyanate |
| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
| YAC | Yeast Artificial Chromosome |
| LDS | Linear Dichroism Spectrometry |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Carcinoma |
| NHF | Nonrelativistic Numerical Hartree-Fock |
| EPS | Emission Preprocessor System |