| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICOH | International Commission On Occupational Health |
| RUS | Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy |
| ELSD | Evaporative Light Scattering Detector |
| LTER | Long Term Ecological Research |
| PINN | Proposed International Nonproprietary Names (for Drugs) |
| GCHAZ | Grain-coarsened Heat-affected Zone |
| UAQI | Uniform Air Quality Index |
| PFLT | Paint Filter Liquids Test |
| SHAPM | Shear Horizontal Acoustic Plate Mode |
| BP | British Petroleum |