| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIITA | Class II Transactivator |
| DCBA | Distorted-coupling Born Approximation |
| CODIS | Combined DNA Index System |
| NTI | National Toxics Inventory |
| CCWE | Constituent Concentrations In Waste Extract |
| LVBS | Linear Variational Basis Set (formalism In Calcns. On Scattering) |
| DWIA | Distorted-wave Impulse Approximation |
| CAMP | Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate |
| MSA | Mineralogical Society Of America |
| LOGS | Laser Optogalvanic Spectrometry |