| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAP | Intracisternal A-particle |
| SGCR | Subcommittee Global Change Research |
| DFZ | Dislocation Free Zone |
| AMO MT | Alternant Molecular Orbital Matsubara-Toyozawa Method |
| ARAES | Angular Resolved Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| CEY | Conversion Electron Yield |
| AASD | Anaerobic Activated Sludge Digestion |
| SAMPL | Selective Amplification Of Microsatellite Polymorphic Loci |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette-Guerin |
| ADARD | Acid Deposition And Atmospheric Research Division |