| Acronym | Meaning |
| DWFBA | Distorted-wave First-order Born Approximation |
| HRMS | High Resolution Mass Spectrometry |
| PAB | Passenger-side Air Bag |
| WCUB | Wang Chang-Uhlenbeck-de Boer (quantum-mech. Relation In Rotational Relaxation Calcn.) |
| EGRIS | Emissive Gamma-ray Imaging And Spectroscopy |
| NSTL | Near Surface Transition Layer |
| OSM | US Office Of Surface Mining Reclamation And Enforcement |
| ELO | Edge Localized Orbital |
| POA | Preoptic Area |
| LEMOFS | Laser-excited Molecular Fluorescence Spectrometry |