| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICPIC | International Cleaner Production Information Clearinghouse |
| AOTS | Acoustic Optic Tunable Scanning |
| MASS | Magic Angle Sample Spinning |
| HSCCC | High-speed Counter-current Chromatography |
| SAMA | Scientific Apparatus Makers Association |
| ETIC | Environmental Teratology Information Center |
| OCT | Optimized Cluster Theory |
| PAF | Platelet Activating Factor |
| VCC-RIOS | Vibrational Close-coupled-rotational Infinite Order Sudden |
| LSA | Linear Superposition Approximation |