| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIOS | Biological Innovation For Open Society |
| SPPA | Self-consistent Polarization Propagator Approximation |
| PISCES | Passive In-Situ Concn. Extn. Sampler |
| PNA | Peptide Nucleic Acid |
| CPAP | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure |
| FAO | Food And Agriculture Organization |
| CONDO | Crystal Orbital Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| REO | Rare Earth Oxide |
| MAC | Methyl Allyl Chloride |
| LPIC | Low Pressure Ion Chromatography |