| Acronym | Meaning |
| NTS | Nucleus Of The Solitary Tract |
| CSCBS | Charge-self-consistent Band-structure (method) |
| TTI | Time-temperature Integrator |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| GWPS | Groundwater Protection Standard |
| NBRF | National Biomedical Research Foundation |
| DQMC | Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo (method In Atom And Mol. Calcns.) |
| CBD | Chronic Beryllium Disease |
| ISOLDE | Isotope Separator On Line |
| CIDR | Center For Inherited Diseases Research |