| Acronym | Meaning |
| PBC | Primary Biliary Cirrhosis |
| HWCVD | Hot Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| WPS | Wet Powder Spraying (in Ceramics Manuf.) |
| BCC | Basal Cell Carcinoma |
| AI | 'Agpaitic Index' And Represents The (Na2O + K2O)/Al2O3 Ratio. |
| SCEPM | Self-consistent Empirical Pseudopotential Method |
| SRPS | Synchrotron Radiation Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| DZ | Double Zeta (basis Set) |
| IAH | International Association Hydrogeologists |
| AGA | American Gas Association |