| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| MCP2P | Multiconfigurational Particle-particle Propagator |
| LSS | Life-Span Study |
| SHOA | Second-harmonic Optical Activity |
| CEARC | Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council |
| MC | Mclean-Chandler Basis Set |
| ADDL | Amyloid Beta-derived Diffusible Ligands |
| CLU-IN | Clean-Up Information Bulletin Board System (formerly OSWER-BBS) |
| IEMM | Incident Energy Modulation Method |
| RFE | Relaxor Ferroelectrics |