| Acronym | Meaning |
| IVCT | Intervalence Charge Transfer |
| THEL | Tactical High Energy Laser |
| CFTR | Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator |
| CSERGE | Center For Social And Economic Research Into The Global Environment |
| MLT | Magnetic Local Time |
| MBPM | Maximum Bubble Pressure Method |
| ONDOR | Optical Nuclear Double Resonance |
| AIM | Adiabatic Invariance Method (in Ion-mol. Reactions) |
| CWLM | Continuous Working Level Monitor |
| BMS | Buried Metallic Sulfide |