| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRZ | Immediate Response Zone |
| QCISDT | Quadratic CI (with) Single (and) Double (and) Triple (excitations) |
| ICM | Intracluster Medium |
| NSF | National Sanitation Foundation |
| YAC | Yeast Artificial Chromosome |
| SSCPA | Single-site Coherent-potential Approximation |
| IACIS | International Association Of Colloid And Interface Scientists |
| WAND | Wide Angle Neutron Diffraction |
| DTDP | Ditridecyl Phthalate |
| GTP | Group-transfer Polymerization |