| Acronym | Meaning |
| LWBR | Light-water Breeder Reactor |
| AFF | Aberration Free Focus |
| TEOM | Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance |
| QIOS | Quantum Infinite-order Sudden (method For Collisions) |
| EDL | Electroless Discharge Lamp |
| VPSSQM | Variable-phase Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics |
| CDM | Cold Dark Matter |
| GIPM | Ground State Inversion Potential Method |
| NOHS | National Occupational Hazard Survey |
| SCD | Supercritical Drying |