| Acronym | Meaning |
| CLIA-88 | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Of 1988 |
| WATOX | Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment |
| 3A | Alumina Aluminide Alloys |
| IGFET | Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor |
| STN | Super Twisted Nematic |
| DAVES | Desorption And Vapor Extraction System |
| SCD | Sulfur Chemiluminescence Detector |
| CIOSA | Classical Infinite-order Sudden Approxn. |
| NDSL | Non-Domestic Substances List |
| STFT | Short Time Fourier Transform |