| Acronym | Meaning |
| UKMO | United Kingdom Meteorological Office |
| NASBA | Nucleic Acid Sequence-based Amplification |
| ICPMS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| EBSM | Extended Breathing Shell Model |
| PCF | Photonic Crystal Fiber |
| VOA | Volatile Organic Analysis |
| SCTA | Sample Controlled Thermal Analysis |
| VPSA | Vainshtein-Presnyakov-Sobelman Approxn. (for Excitation In Atom-ion Collisions) |
| CFP | Coefficient Of Fractional Parentage (method In Quantum Calcns.) |
| AAIP | American Association Of Investigative Pathologists |