| Acronym | Meaning |
| CDW | Circumpolar Deep Water |
| MCSF | Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor |
| IRAS | Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy |
| GISS | Goddard Institute For Space Studies |
| NSWS | National Surface Water Survey |
| ISCC | Intergranular Stress-corrosion Cracking |
| FGETS | Food And Gill Exchange Of Toxic Substances |
| ABLE | Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment |
| ICHAZ | Intercritical Heat-affected Zone |
| PAC | P1-derived Artificial Chromosome |