| Acronym | Meaning |
| JCPDS | Joint Committee On Powder Diffraction Standards |
| SIRTF | Space Infrared Telescope Facility |
| SCID | Severe Combined Immunodeficiency |
| SORP | Southern Oxidants Research Program |
| SIRS | Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome |
| VU-CCSD/R | Valence Universal-coupled Cluster (with) Single (and) Double (excitations) (r = Radial Components Of The Cluster Amplitudes) |
| TRIGA | Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomic (nuclear Fuel) |
| MQES | Metastable-quenched Electron Spectroscopy |
| SAGA | Soviet American Gas And Aerosol Experiment |
| CLOT | Carbon Layer Open Tubular (column) |