| Acronym | Meaning |
| TRIPS | Trade-Related Aspects Of Intellectual Property Rights |
| SMOW | Standard Mean Ocean Water |
| BBB | Blood-brain Barrier |
| PURPA | Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act |
| PEN | Polyethylene Naphthalate |
| GCEC | Global Change And Ecological Complexity |
| SSMBE | Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| MZPFGE | Multiple-zone Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis |
| FERMCO | Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corporation |
| SIC | Self-interaction Correction (in Exchange-energy Calcns.) |