| Acronym | Meaning |
| USCAR | United States Council For Automotive Research |
| SOAP | Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program |
| EERF | Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility |
| SAS | Surface-active Substance |
| HTSC | High Temperature Superconductor |
| BPR | Bromopyrogallol Red |
| RMA | Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Colorado) |
| BCC | Body Centered Cubic |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| SIOS | Semiclassical Infinite-order Sudden (in Rotationally-inelastic Scattering Calcns.) |