| Acronym | Meaning |
| MRE | Metal Responsive Element |
| FAAO | Free-atom Atomic Orbital |
| HIC | Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography |
| WWPLOT | Whisker Wall Porous Layer Open Tubular Column |
| GSMT | Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope |
| EGCM | Eddy-Resolving General Circulation Model |
| TNVOX | Total Nonvolatile Org. Halogen Compds. |
| MR-L-CEPM | Multireference-linearized-coupled Electron Pair Method |
| NETAC | National Environmental Technol. Applications Corporation |
| AWBERC | Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center (US EPA) |