| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAS | Fatty Alcohol Sulfates (surfactants) |
| DHFR | Dihydrofolate Reductase |
| EPD | Electrophoretic Deposition |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| MCP2P | Multiconfigurational Particle-particle Propagator |
| EEM | Excitation-emission Matrix |
| ACIL | American Council Of Independent Laboratories |
| VDI | Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (German Engineers Society) |
| CCMGA | Core-corrected Modified Glauber Approxn. (for Scattering) |
| LSS | Life-Span Study |