| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOPHF | Spin And Orbital Polarized Hartree-Fock |
| BHN | Brinell Hardness Number |
| FWHH | Full Width At The Half-height |
| BMR | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| SAM | Scanning Acoustic Microscopy |
| AOT | Aerosol OT (surfactant) (reg: 577117) |
| 3A | Alumina Aluminide Alloys |
| LSM | Liquid Surfactant Membrane |
| MIRACL | Mid Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser |
| MCV | Mesoscale Convective Vortex |