| Acronym | Meaning |
| OERR | Office Of Emergency And Remedial Response |
| DSP | Digital Signal Processor |
| AAAS | American Association For The Advancement Of Science |
| SORI-CID | Sustained Off-resonance Irradn. Collision-induced Dissocn. |
| DMOS | Diffused Metal-oxide Semiconductor |
| SPMD | Solar Powered Membrane Distillation |
| DDTA | Derivative Differential Thermal Analysis |
| MHIDAS | Major Hazardous Incident Data Service (from UK Atomic Energy Authority) |
| MCLG | Maximum Contaminant Level Goal |
| HTSS | Hierarchical Tree Substructure Search |