| Acronym | Meaning |
| DWEL | Drinking Water Equivalent Level |
| BEAR | Business And Environmentalists In An Alliance For Recycling |
| PBCIMS | Particle Beam Chem. Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| TSFZ | Traveling Solvent Floating Zone |
| LECIVA | Low Energy Charge-induced Voltage Alteration |
| PXD | Powder X-ray Diffraction |
| CFPP | Cold Filter Plugging Point |
| RMP | Resonant Model Potential |
| RIGS | Radioimmunoguided Surgery |
| FMAT | Fluorometric Microvolume Assay Technology |