| Acronym | Meaning |
| NPRI | National Pollutant Release Inventory |
| YLF | Yttrium Lithium Fluoride |
| LOSIS | Law Of The Sea Information System |
| QHA | Quasi-harmonic Approxn. (in Intramol. Vibrational Relaxation) |
| STORMS | Nevada Study And Tests Of The Release Of Mercury From Soils |
| PTSD | Post-traumatic Stress Disorder |
| PAW | Plasma Arc Welding |
| RODAC | Regional Ocean Dumping Advisory Committee |
| ASI | Advanced Study Institute (NATO) |
| DIGM | Diffusion Induced Grain Boundary Migration |