| Acronym | Meaning |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| SAD | Selected Area Diffraction Patterns (crystal Chemistry) |
| CRP | C-reactive Protein |
| LNRS | Laser Nonresonant Shadowgraphy |
| BAHC | Biospheric Aspects Of The Hydrological Cycle |
| MDC | Macrophage Derived Chemokine |
| BIBRA | British Industrial Biological Research Association |
| CPST | Classical Perturbation Scattering Theory |
| EDRF | Endothelium-derived Relaxing Factor |
| SIOA | Surface-induced Optical Anisotropy |