| Acronym | Meaning |
| SHRS | Stimulated Hyper Raman Scattering |
| BCF | Bulked Continuous-filament |
| PAOD | Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease |
| RITS | Radiatively Important Trace Species |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Carcinoma |
| NIGET | Neutron-induced Gamma-ray Emission Tomography |
| RHT | Restricted Hueckel Method |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (NASA) |
| LXR | Liver X Receptorpar |
| CCSD-GF | CCSD-green Function |