| Acronym | Meaning |
| MBPM | Maximum Bubble Pressure Method |
| AQF | American Quality Foundation |
| LHEA | Laboratory For High Energy Astrophysics |
| DRF | Direct Reaction Field (for Intermol. Interactions) |
| RTF | Room Temperature Fluorescence |
| CAPS | 3-(cyclohexylamino)-1-propanesulfonic Acid |
| OSTLS | Optical Saturation Thermal Lens Spectrometry |
| STORMS | Nevada Study And Tests Of The Release Of Mercury From Soils |
| BRCA1 | Breast Cancer Gene 1 |
| FAGS | Federation Of Astronomical And Geophysical Services |