| Acronym | Meaning |
| DLC | Diamondlike Carbon |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| PATOLIS | Patent Online Information System |
| ARS | Autonomously Replicating Sequence |
| LPIN | Lipoprotein Ice Nucleator |
| NND | New And Nonofficial Drugs |
| BAHC | Biospheric Aspects Of The Hydrological Cycle |
| EQA | External Quality Assessment |
| CEF | Chicken Embryo Fibroblast |
| CASE | Computer Assisted Structure Elucidation |