| Acronym | Meaning |
| RCCSD | (partially) Restricted CCSD |
| NCCCS | Northern California Coastal Circulation Study |
| FWA | Fluorescent Whitening Agent |
| NADW | North Atlantic Deep Water |
| ESW | Equivalent Slab Waveguide |
| OLS | Ordinary Least Squares |
| CRF | Corticotropin-releasing Factor |
| TNF | Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha |
| BSH | Bile Salt Hydrolase |
| ECALE | Electrochemical Atomic Layer Epitaxy |