| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAE | Computer-aided Engineering |
| PMC | Percent Modern Carbon |
| FPLF | Field-programmable Logic Family |
| ESD | Environmental Services Division (US EPA) |
| MIES | Metastable Impact Electron Spectroscopy |
| ABS | Alkylbenzene Sulfonates (anionic Surfactants) |
| PIXIE | Polar Ionospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment |
| ETS | Extended Transition State (method For Bond Dissocn. Energies) |
| DHS | Department Of Homeland Securitypar |
| NRTL | Non-random Two Liquid |