| Acronym | Meaning |
| DHOT | Double-heterojunction Optical Thyristor |
| FCVA | Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc |
| BELLE | Biological Effects Of Low Level Exposures |
| HSS | High-speed Steel |
| C4 | Controlled Collapse Chip Connection |
| ERL/GB | Environmental Research Laboratory Gulf Breeze |
| DLM | Diffuse Layer Model (of Adsorption) |
| TLEED | Tensor Low-energy Electron Diffraction |
| TAFI | Thrombin Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor |
| CSCT | US EPA Consortium For Site Characterization Technology |