| Acronym | Meaning |
| BABB | Back Arc Basin Basalt |
| GFRC | Glass Fiber Reinforced Cement |
| ECFS | Hot And Cold Potable Water (French; L'eau Chaude Et Froide Sanitaire) [a Class Of Pipe Application] |
| IBR | Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis |
| NAAQS | National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| CMP | Capacitively Coupled Microwave Plasma |
| ADF | Annular Dark-field |
| HFEGE | Hara Free-electron-gas Exchange (potential) |
| DCA | Dressed-cluster Approximation (in Band-structure Calcns.) |
| PTDS | Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy |