| Acronym | Meaning |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| (SC)2(CI+PT2) | Self-consistent Size-consistent (CI+second-order Perturbation) |
| GTSSP | Global Temperature And Salinity Pilot Program |
| PIM | Powder Injection Molding |
| USATHAMA | US Army Toxic And Hazardous Materials Agency |
| IMO | Intermolecular Mol. Orbital |
| CTPV | Coal Tar Pitch Volatiles |
| TRAM | TRansient And Accident Management |
| LCHAO | Linear Combination Of Hybrid Atomic Orbitals |
| SNFC | Sulfonated Naphthalene-formaldehyde Condensates |