| Acronym | Meaning |
| LINEAR | Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research |
| CFB | Circulating Fluidized Bed |
| QSBR | Quant. Structure-biodegrdn. Relationships |
| MUSGE | Miniaturized Ultrathin Slab Gel Electrophoresis |
| DIERS | Design Institute For Emergency Relief Systems (AIChE) |
| RITE | Research Institute Of Innovative Technology For The Earth (Japan) |
| RBCA | Risk-based Corrective Action |
| HRM | Hydrochlorination Reaction Mixt. |
| BLB | Brillouin-Levy-Berthier (theorem In MO Theory) |
| SPHF | Spin-polarized Hartree-Fock |