| Acronym | Meaning |
| HUD | Housing And Urban Development |
| IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| TFW | Thomas-Fermi-Weizsaecker (electron-d. Theory) |
| TOCOEN | Toxic Organic Compounds In The Environment (research Project In Czechoslovakia) |
| NOGF | Nonorthogonal Group Function Approximation |
| CXMS | Conversion X-ray Mossbauer Spectroscopy |
| CEGB | Central Electricity Generating Board |
| LSTH | Liu-Siegbahn-Truhlar-Horowitz (potential-energy Surface) |
| TPSA | Topological Surface Area |
| HRIBF | Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility |