| Acronym | Meaning |
| HIBA | 2-hydroxyisobutyric Acid |
| RAO | Remedial Action Objective |
| FFDCA | Federal Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act (US) |
| IAM | Internal Axis Method (in Calcns. Of Rotational Excitation In Atom-mol. Collisions) |
| ICMR | Indian Council Of Medical Research |
| MAST | Marine Science And Technology Programme |
| DGGE | Denaturing-gradient Gel Electrophoresis |
| PPH | Parts Per Hundred |
| SAC-CI | Symmetry-adapted Cluster Configuration Interaction (theory For Wave-function Expansion) |
| CPW | Coplanar Waveguide |