| Acronym | Meaning |
| THAA | Total Hydrolyzable Amino Acids |
| NTCF | National Toxics Campaign Fund |
| YIG | Yttrium Iron Garnet |
| ECOIN | European Core Inventory |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office Of Scientific Research (USA) |
| CEMAS | Complete Element Matrix Analysis From Scattering |
| HTST | High-temperature Short-time |
| MRINDO | Modified Rydberg Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| BALQSO | Broad Absorption Line Quasi-stellar Object |
| OHMTADS | Oil And Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System |