| Acronym | Meaning |
| OWLS | Optical Waveguide Lightmode Spectroscopy |
| HWIF | Hazardous Waste Incineration Facility Design And Modeling Computer Program |
| ICH | International Conference On Harmonization |
| HPS | High Pressure Plasma Spraying |
| BMSC | Bone Marrow Stromal Cell |
| ADMET | Adsorption |
| IPSC | Inhibitory Postsynaptic Current |
| LZC | Liquid Zone Control (in Alloy Processing) |
| NLDFT | Nonlocal Density Functional Theory |
| SPCC | System Performance Check Compound |