| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIRR | Polarized IR Reflection |
| ISHOW | Information System For Hazardous Organics In Water |
| QPT | Quasiparticle Tunneling |
| PPD | Purified Protein Derivative |
| PDF | Planar Deformation Feature |
| AIADC(3) | Ab Initio Third-order Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction Green Function Method |
| EPTOX | Extraction Procedure Toxicity Test |
| HAZW | Hazardous Waste Collection Database (accessible Through OLS) |
| ONR | Office Of Naval Research |
| GHRH | Growth Hormone-releasing Hormone |