| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| BOSS | Brigham Young University Organic Sampling System |
| MAH | Magic-angle Hopping |
| EDS | Energy-dispersive Spectrometry |
| WMMA | Waste Materials Management Act |
| PICP | Carboxyterminal Propeptide Of Type I Procollagen |
| DARC | Dielectric Antireflection Coating |
| CAFO | Consent Agreement/Final Order |
| MPLS | Modified Partial Least Squares |
| NDOL(ND0-L) | Neglect Of Differential Overlap-azimutal Quantum Number (of Valence Ao's) |