| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIN | American Institute Of Nutrition |
| HSL | Hazardous Substance List |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |
| WHSV | Wt. Hourly Space Velocity |
| CDCCC | Centrifugal Droplet Countercurrent Chromatography |
| VOIP | Valence Orbital Ionization Potential |
| MOM | Modified Operator Method (for Energy-level Calcns.) |
| DOC | Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| DEGM | Degenerate Electron Gas Model |
| FPKKR | Full-potential Korring-Kohn-Rostoker |