| Acronym | Meaning |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| CIDS | Circular Intensity Differential Scattering |
| OCRWM | Office Of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
| HASE | Hydrophobically Modified Alkali-swellable Emulsion |
| HABR | Hybrid Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (for Wastewater Treatment) |
| CID | Charge Injection Device |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer |
| EFS | Event-free Survival |
| AHU | Air Handling Unit |
| CB2 | Second-order Coulomb Born |