| Acronym | Meaning |
| BSA | Breathing-sphere Approxn. (for Inelastic Mol. Collisions) |
| EGD | Evolved Gas Detection |
| LCGTO-MCP-LS | Linear Combination Of Gaussian-type Orbitals-model Core Potential-local Spin Density |
| AFFTC | Air Force Flight Test Center |
| LCS | Laboratory Control Samples |
| STM | Space-translation Method (in Atomic Collision Calcn.) |
| CALUX | Chemical-activated Luciferase Expression |
| DWIA | Distorted-wave Impulse Approximation |
| SERI | Solar Energy Research Institute |
| NIMR | National Institute For Medical Research |