| Acronym | Meaning |
| IVF | In Vitro Fertilization |
| STCA | Simplified Traveling-cluster Approxn. (for Electronic Structure) |
| VCQD | Vertically Coupled Quantum Dots |
| ORFEUS | Orbiting Retrievable Far And Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometers |
| AIC | Air Information Center |
| IEH | Intermediate Effective Hamiltonian |
| HTST | High-temperature Short-time |
| NESCAUM | North East States Coalition For Air Use Management |
| SOIC | Small Outline Integrated Circuit |
| FID | Flame Ionization Detector (gas Chromatography) |