| Acronym | Meaning |
| CNIDR | Clearinghouse For Networked Information Discovery And Retrieval |
| BIV | Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus |
| IERM | Intermediate Energy R-matrix (theory In Scattering Calcns.) |
| TPEPICO | Threshold Photoelectron-photoion Coincidence |
| DSIP | Delta-sleep Inducing Peptide |
| MMVF | Man Made Vitreous Fibers |
| HDES | Hydrodynamic Equilibrium System |
| EM | Enriched Mantle |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center (Washington |
| LNGFR | Low-affinity Nerve Growth Factor Receptor |