| Acronym | Meaning |
| R&D | Research And Development |
| LAER | Lowest Achievable Emission Rate |
| SC-VB | Spin-coupled Valence Bond |
| OGC | Office Of General Counsel |
| EST | External Standardization Technique |
| SERRS | Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectroscopy |
| MARK | Mid-Atlantic Ridge At The Kane Fracture Zone |
| HSCCC | High-speed Counter-current Chromatography |
| PESIS | Photoelectron Spectroscopy Of The Inner Shell |
| NCC | National Computing Center |