| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAWQA | National Water Quality Assessment (US Geological Survey) |
| ISHOW | Information System For Hazardous Organics In Water |
| HIM | Hydroxy Interlayered Minerals (clay Minerals) |
| PCFB | Pressurized Circulating Fluidized Bed (gasification Apparatus) |
| ATLL | Adult T-cell Leukemia Lymphoma |
| DBL | Diffusive Boundary Layer |
| OVFF | Orbital Valence Force Field |
| SALI | Secondary Atom Laser Ionization |
| PO-DVR | Potential Optimized-discrete Variable Representation |
| SASF | Straight Anisotropic Single-mode Fiber |