| Acronym | Meaning |
| VFOT | Variant Fock Operator Technique |
| SFORD | Single Frequency Off Resonance Decoupling |
| PLZT | Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate |
| NIPR | National Institute Of Polar Research |
| EHW | Extremely Hazardous Waste |
| RFA | Retarding Field Analyzer |
| NLM | Nonlinear Mapping |
| PMA | Phorbol Myristate Acetate |
| OHCE | One-and-a-half-centered Expansion (method For Calcns. On Charge Transfer In Ion-atom Scattering) |
| SCRIMP | Seemann Composites Resin Infusion Under Flexible Tooling [plastics Molding] |