| Acronym | Meaning |
| AWM | Abrasive Waterjet Machining |
| NRPS | Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase |
| TRE | Total Resource Effectiveness |
| MC-INDO | Mol. Cluster-intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| MEMTB | Many-electron Mol. Tight-binding (for Electronic Structures) |
| MSHA | Mine Safety And Health Administration (US) |
| MARIS | Mississippi Automated Resource Information System |
| NPP | Net Primary Productivity |
| USATHAMA | US Army Toxic And Hazardous Materials Agency |
| ROSE | Regional Oxidants In The SouthEast |