| Acronym | Meaning |
| WILT | Waste Interface Leaching Test |
| DLTFS | Deep Level Transient Fourier Spectroscopy |
| SCIA | Semiclassical Impulse Approxn. |
| GHRH | Growth Hormone-releasing Hormone |
| BFS | Beam Foil Spectroscopy |
| SCAP | Self-consistent Average Phonon (theory) |
| MSA | Microscopy Society Of America |
| PRIMA | Pattern Recognition By Independent Multicategory Analysis |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| NSSTC | National Space Science And Technology Center |