| Acronym | Meaning |
| VNTR | Variable No. Of Tandem Repeat |
| LCC | Leadless Chip Carrier |
| GRI | Geosynthetics Research Institute (Drexel University |
| QMB | Quartz Microbalance |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NETI | National Enforcement Training Institute |
| TSDC | Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Currents |
| AOAC | Association Of Official Analytical Chemists |
| CSGE | Conformation Sensitive Gel Electrophoresis |
| HSDB | Hazardous Substances Data Bank (NLM) |