| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAM | Scanning Auger Microscopy |
| NIWR | National Institute For Water Research (South Africa) |
| NSE | Neutron Spin Echo |
| HSF | Hiller-Sucher-Feinberg (equation For Calcn. Of Spin Densities And Charge Densities In Mols.) |
| VLG | Varying Localized Geminal |
| BAC | Bacterial Artificial Chromosome |
| MOLIERE (V5) | Microwave Observation LIne Estn. And Retrieval |
| VERI | Visual-empirical Region Of Influence |
| FIFRA | Federal Insecticide |
| SNF | Spent Nuclear Fuel |