| Acronym | Meaning |
| GITR | Glucocorticoid-induced Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor |
| CCL | Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List |
| PDS | Piecewise Direct Standardization |
| ARF | Acute Renal Failure |
| CFSTR | Continuous Flow Stirred Tank Reactor |
| ABXP | Ab Initio Dv-x.alpha. Point Charge Approxn. (in Solid Surface Electronic Structure Calcn.) |
| EA | Equilibrated Aggregate (interplanetary Dust Particle) |
| MBSS | Molecular Beam Surface Scattering |
| NFOM | Near-field Optical Microscopy |
| BHMA | British Hard Metal Association |