| Acronym | Meaning |
| CZCS | Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
| BMC | Bulk-molding Compound |
| CHICO | Compact Heavy-ion Counter |
| NISTO | Non-integer Slater-type Orbital |
| NLC | Next Linear Collider |
| SBSL | Single-bubble Sonoluminescence |
| STOCSY | Statistical Total Correlation Spectroscopy |
| OSM | US Office Of Surface Mining Reclamation And Enforcement |
| RIDA | Reverse Isotope Dilution Analysis |
| FAO | Food And Agriculture Organization |