| Acronym | Meaning |
| PMS | Premenstrual Syndrome |
| CSOM | Confocal Scanning Optical Microscopy |
| BIFL | Burst Integrated Fluorescence Lifetime |
| NRW | Null Reflecting Water |
| MIPMS | Microwave Induced Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| ICOLP | Industry Cooperative For Ozone Layer Protection |
| LAXS | Large-angle X-ray Scattering |
| SMILES | Superconducting Sub-Millimeter-wave Limb Emission Sounder |
| MPRI | Multiphoton Resonance Ionization |
| NTNCWS | Nontransient, Noncommunity Water Supplies |