| Acronym | Meaning |
| MMR | Mismatch Repair |
| NIRS | Neutral Impact Radiation Spectroscopy |
| RFEC | Remote Field Eddy Current |
| SPARC | Secreted Protein Acidic And Rich In Cysteine |
| CBM | Carbon Bond Mechanism (air Pollution Modeling) |
| GNLSE | Generalized Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation |
| PLID | Pulsed Laser Induced Desorption |
| CERES | Cloud And The Earth's Radiant Energy System |
| DON | Dissolved Organic Nitrogen |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Carcinoma |