| Acronym | Meaning |
| PHWR | Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor |
| HNF | Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor |
| CDDIS | Crustal Dynamics Data Information System |
| ESW | Equivalent Slab Waveguide |
| SHG | Second Harmonic Generation |
| CIAC | Centro De Informacion Ambiental Del Caribe |
| ISLSCP | International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project |
| BIXE | Bombardment-induced X-ray Emission |
| LAOES | Laser Ablation Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| METC | Morgantown Energy Technology Center |