| Acronym | Meaning |
| BER | Base Excision Repair |
| QA/QC | Quality Assurance/quality Control |
| CINDAS | Center For Information And Numerical Data Analysis And Synthesis |
| SESR | Solvent Extraction And Soil Remediation |
| ADA | American Diabetes Association |
| APIMS | Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| CTIO | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
| MAGW | Momentum-averaged Gaussian-weighted (method In Calcns. Of Electron-momentum Distributions) |
| MARCKS | Myristoylated Alanine-rich C Kinase Substrate |
| MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level |