| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSMOS | Center For Subsurface Modeling Support |
| ASE | Accelerated Solvent Extraction |
| AGRP | Agouti-related Protein |
| DDSC | Dynamic Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| PRIME | Plume Rise Model Enhancements |
| BMV | Berthier-Millie-Veillard Method (semiempirical MO-SCF) |
| QAPW | Quadratic Augmented Plane Wave (in Band-structure Calcn.) |
| MWM | Meandering Winding Magnetometer |
| CRC | Chemical Rubber Company |
| ICP-OES | Inductively Coupled Plasma-optical Emission Spectroscopy |