| Acronym | Meaning |
| CNAEL | Committee On National Accreditation Of Environmental Laboratories (US EPA) |
| OPIT | Oxide Powder In Tube |
| CLTE | Coefficient Of Linear Thermal Expansion |
| CCL | Carotenoid-carrying Lipoprotein |
| PKD | Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| HBV | Hartree-Bogolyubov-Valatin (theory In Calcn. Of Wave Functions) |
| CMV | Cucumber Mosaic Virus |
| NAPBN | National Air Pollution Background Network |
| ALACE | Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float) |
| HAFID | Hydrogen Atmosphere Flame Ionization Detector |