| Acronym | Meaning |
| CEQA | California Environmental Quality Act |
| ACI | Alloy Casting Institute |
| IAWQ | International Association On Water Quality |
| BABB | Back Arc Basin Basalt |
| AFM | Abrasive Flow Machining |
| SPEELS | Spin-polarized Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| D-CI | Double Excitations In Configuration Interaction |
| WELAC | Western European Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation |
| EMIC | Environmental Mutagen Information Center Database (NLM) |
| ANT | Adenine Nucleotide Translocator |