| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERCS | Elastic Recoil Coincidence Spectroscopy |
| QALE | Quantitative Analysis Of Ligand Effects |
| HIRBS | Heavy-ion Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry |
| HFIR | High Flux Isotope Reactor |
| VIP | Vibronic Impact Parameter (model For Mol. Scattering) |
| G-CSF | Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor |
| THEES | Total Human Environmental Exposure Study |
| QFDFT | Quantum-fluid Density-functional Theory |
| CFE | Colony-forming Efficiency |
| CED | Cohesive Energy Density |