| Acronym | Meaning |
| HRADS | High Resolution Adsorption |
| TSMS | Thermospray Mass Spectrometry |
| UDF | Unrestricted Dirac-Fock |
| GIPM/D | Ground State Inversion Potential Method Including Diffraction |
| PAO | Pseudo-atomic Orbital |
| TCID50 | 50% Tissue Culture Infective Dose |
| EPSC | Excitatory Postsynaptic Current |
| LISPS | Laser-induced Shock Wave Plasma Spectroscopy |
| NBFAC | National Bioforensic Analysis Center Par |
| NPL | National Priorities List |