| Acronym | Meaning |
| MC | Mclean-Chandler Basis Set |
| RQCISD | (spin) Restricted QCISD |
| TLS | Thermal Lens Spectrometry |
| SCAS | Stability And Command Augmentation System |
| SPE | Solid Phase Extraction |
| BMSC | Bone Marrow Stromal Cell |
| TEWI | Total Equivalent Warming Impact |
| BIXS | Beta-ray Induced X-ray Spectrometry |
| CAER | Community Awareness And Emergency Response |
| FETI | Fluorescence Energy Transfer Immunoassay |