| Acronym | Meaning |
| HAF | Halogen Acid Furnaces (for Burning Halogenated Wastes |
| FFEM | Freeze-fracture Electron Microscopy |
| GWD | Gaussian Wave Packet Dynamics |
| CINDAS | Center For Information And Numerical Data Analysis And Synthesis |
| ICTV | International Committee On The Taxonomy Of Viruses |
| MSSA | Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus |
| CDHS | California Department Of Health Services |
| ERA | Environmental Risk Assessment |
| XRMA | X-ray Microanalysis |
| CE/ESIMS | Capillary Electrophoresis/electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry |