| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIIR | Chlorinated Isobutylene-isoprene Rubber |
| CLEC | Chiral Ligand-exchange Chromatography |
| TOFD | Time Of Flight Diffraction |
| SSH | Suppressive Subtraction Hybridization |
| SHEBA | Surface Heat Budget Of Arctic Ocean |
| FPPA | Federal Plant Pest Act |
| COOP | Crystal Orbital Overlap Population |
| CHARM | Coupled Hydrosphere-Atmosphere Research Model |
| SCC | Somatic Cell Count |
| LULU | Locally Undesirable Land Use |