| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIHC | American Industrial Health Council |
| CRF | Chronic Renal Failure |
| MDQ | Minimum Detectable Quantity |
| PDGFR | Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor |
| BCRLM | Bending-corrected Rotating Linear Model (for Reactive Scattering) |
| BOT | Build-operate-transfer [an Agreement Or Contract] |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| JERS | Japanese Earth Resources Satellite |
| CCSF | Central Chemical Storage Facility |
| CEPEX | Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment |