| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACE | Acidity In Cloud Experiment |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| TSD | Technical Support Document |
| FIM | Friable Insulation Material |
| JICST | Japanese Information Center Of Science And Technology |
| IDOE | International Decade Of Ocean Exploration |
| VSSP | Viscous Suspension Spinning Process |
| TEL | Tetraethyl Lead |
| UMINDO | Spin-unrestricted Modified Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| FFAR | Fuel And Fuel Additive Registration |