| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOT | Build-operate-transfer [an Agreement Or Contract] |
| PAMPA | Parallel Artificial Membrane Permeation Assay |
| LIESA | Laser Induced Emission Spectral Analysis |
| VPAM | Variable Phase Amplitude Method (for Electron-atom Scattering) |
| AACVD | Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| HEASARC | High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center |
| EGO | Ellipsoidal Gaussian Orbital |
| AAPG | American Association Of Petroleum Geologists |
| NDB | Nondefective Bonding |
| NCAP | Noncriteria Air Pollutants |