| Acronym | Meaning |
| QSAR | Quantitative Structure-activity Relationship(s) |
| IBS | Ion Beam Sputtering |
| CAPCA | Closure And Postclosure Activity |
| SELDI | Surface-enhanced Laser Desorption Ionization Spectrometry |
| OA | Office Of The Administrator |
| GATE | GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| ESA | Energy Sudden Approxn. (in Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| CBI | Confidential Business Information |
| COD | Continuous Optical Discharge |
| SINNMR | Sonically Induced Narrowing Of The NMR Spectra Of Solids |