| Acronym | Meaning |
| HSC | Hematopoietic Stem Cells |
| HW | Hazardous Waste |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilating, Air-conditioning |
| MOSIGT | Metal-oxide Semiconductor Insulated Gate Transistor |
| SOM | Self-organizing Map |
| NL-SCF | Nonlocal (density Functional)-self-consistent Field |
| MSC | Molecular Simulated Crystal Method (in Compton Profile Calcns.) |
| RLCA | Reaction-limited Cluster Aggregation |
| FFIS | Federal Facilities Information System |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |