| Acronym | Meaning |
| NGC | New General Catalog Of Nebula And Clusters Of Starspar |
| ESCOMPTE | (Experience Sur Site Pour Contraindre Les Modeles De Pollution Atmospherique Et De Transport D'emissions) |
| IRI | Immunoreactive Insulin |
| HRIBF | Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility |
| NICMOS | Near-IR Camera And Multiobject Spectrometer |
| CTIO | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
| XEOL | X-ray Excited Optical Luminescence |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Carcinoma |
| PNR | Polarized Neutron Reflection |
| MCAD | Medium Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase |