| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICARUS | Imaging Cosmic And Rare Underground Signal |
| SAW | Self-avoiding Walk [modeling] |
| RBC | Rotating Biological Contactor |
| NAO | Natural Atomic Orbital |
| ALA | American Library Association |
| CFCMC | Continuous Fiber Ceramic Matrix Composites |
| GHRS | Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph |
| GFFF | Gravitational Field-flow Fractionation |
| CEUG | Continental Epeirogenic Uplift Granitoids |
| CHF | Critical Heat Flux |