| Acronym | Meaning |
| API | Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient |
| SSQW | Strained Single Quantum Well |
| CPE | Cloud Point Extraction |
| N-BOD | Nitrogenous Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| AFOEHL | Air Force Occupational And Environmental Health Laboratory |
| OTEC | Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion |
| RIM | Reaction-injection Molding |
| IEMA | Immunoenzymometric Assay |
| RMW | Regulated Medical Waste |
| SORI | Sustained Off-resonance Irradn. |