| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALA | American Library Association |
| COARE | Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment |
| AOCS | American Oil Chemists' Society |
| CHR | Conventional Hot Rolling |
| OWOW | Office Of Wetlands |
| LEI | Laser Enhanced Ionization |
| UAPSP | Utility Acid Precipitation Study Program |
| MAPTAC | Acrylamide-N |
| DIOS | Diisooctyl Sebacate |
| DODCI | 3,3'-Diethyloxadicarbocyanine Iodide |