| Acronym | Meaning |
| RD/RA | Remedial Design/Remedial Action |
| SMOW | Standard Mean Ocean Water |
| VIM | Vacuum Induction Melting |
| DDBJ | DNA Data Bank Of Japan |
| LEEM | Low-energy Electron Microscopy |
| CGA | Compressed Gas Association |
| REDOR | Rotational Echo Double Resonance |
| LKKR | Layer Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (in Interface Electronic Structures) |
| DQSK | Drawing Quality Special Killed |
| POG | Post-orogenic Granitoids |