| Acronym | Meaning |
| NETAC | National Effluent Toxicity Assessment Center |
| WAND | Waste Acceptance For Nonradioactive Disposal |
| AFM | Abrasive Flow Machining |
| GLP | Good Laboratory Practices (US FDA) |
| SAMA | Scientific Apparatus Makers Association |
| TRS | Transverse Rupture Strength |
| SCFX-CI | Excited-state Self-consistent Field Configuration Interaction |
| SALQR | Successive Approximation Linear Quadratic Regulator (for Groundwater Management) |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| BPWTT | Best Practical Wastewater Treatment Technology |