| Acronym | Meaning |
| STORMS | Nevada Study And Tests Of The Release Of Mercury From Soils |
| PAC | Perturbed Angular Correlation |
| ECTDMS | Electrochemical Thermal Desorption Mass Spectroscopy |
| VCSEL | Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser |
| PDS | Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy |
| AWRE | Atomic Weapons Research Establishment |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| GISP | Greenland Ice Sheet Precipitation |
| FEGO | Floating Ellipsoidal Gaussian Orbital |
| OCIS | OSHA Computerized Information System |