| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIEHS | National Institute Of Environmental Health Science |
| SCCC | Self-consistent Charge And Configuration Method |
| AMOS | Australian Meteorological And Oceanographic Society |
| GIAXRD | Grazing Incidence Angle X-ray Diffraction |
| RCF | Rolling Contact Fatigue |
| AIR RISC | Air Risk Information Support Center |
| NVPA | No-virtual-pair Approxn. |
| ITDHO | Improved Time-dependent Harmonic Oscillator |
| RIOS | Reactive Infinite-order Sudden (at.-mol. Reactive Collisions) |
| RBAO | Reaction-bonded Aluminum Oxide |