| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSIRIS | Oxford Supersensitive Injector For Radioactive Isotope Separation |
| BIPM | Bureau International Des Poids Et Mesures |
| FBR | Fixed Bed Reactor |
| COSCAT | Coherent Scatter System |
| CC | Coupled Channel |
| CAPS | Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence |
| BBMV | Brush-border Membrane Vesicle |
| EPICA | European Project For Ice Coring In Antarctica |
| CLIDE | Chemical Literature Data Extraction |
| ARRP | Acid Rain Research Program |