| Acronym | Meaning |
| GRIP | Greenland Ice Core Project |
| LCOPW | Linear Combination Of Orthogonalized Plane Waves |
| SPMD | Semipermeable Membrane Device |
| ECP | Estimated Critical Position |
| CERL | Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory |
| HLMI | High Load Melt Index |
| TDI | Toluene Diisocyanate [mixt. Of Isomers] |
| WILT | Waste Interface Leaching Test |
| HNGF | Human Nerve Growth Factor |
| ESSESA | Expert System For Structure Elucidation From Spectral Analysis |