| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASI | Advanced Study Institute (NATO) |
| URIF | Uniformly Retreating Ice Front [in Model Of Dehydration] |
| IDF | International Dairy Federation |
| SAFT | Spark Analysis For Traces |
| CBE | Chemical Beam Epitaxy |
| DODS | Different Orbitals For Different Spins |
| DFA | Discontinuous Flow Analysis |
| WPAC | Working Party On Analytical Chemistry |
| SNAP | Significant New Alternative Policy |
| DWBC | Deep Western Boundary Current |