| Acronym | Meaning |
| APNO | Atomic Pair Natural Orbital |
| NURE | National Uranium And Resource Evaluation |
| VOC | Viable Organism Count |
| WPI | Waste Policy Institute |
| SOFIA | Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy |
| NEDOR | Nuclear Electron Double Resonance |
| COSEPUP | Committee On Science |
| AFS | AIRS Facility Subsystem (subsystem Of AIRS) |
| TRELIBS | Time Resolved Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy |
| CESAR | Canadian Expedition To Study The Alpha Ridge |