| Acronym | Meaning |
| QAEM | Quality Assurance For Environmental Measurements |
| CTZ | Coastal Transition Zone |
| RPTP | Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase |
| NVFEL | National Vehicle And Fuel Emissions Laboratory |
| POX | Particulate Organic Halogen(s) |
| DSCCR | Diffractive Sudden-closed Coupled Rotation (for Mol.-surface Scattering Calcns.) |
| AOMA | American Occupational Medical Association |
| TOP | Trioctyl Phosphate |
| ADF | Adult T-cell Leukemia-derived Factor |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |