| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCB | Double-cantilever Beam |
| TOFD | Time Of Flight Diffraction |
| LOCV | Lowest-order Constrained Variation |
| BXE | Bombardment-induced X-ray Emission |
| EDN | Eosinophil-derived Neurotoxin |
| WINDEP | Worksheet-Integrated Deposition Estn. Program |
| OGC | Office Of General Counsel |
| ANA | Atm. Mesoscale Numerical Pollution Model |
| PWO | Plane Wave Orbital |
| OWLS | Optical Waveguide Lightmode Spectroscopy |