| Acronym | Meaning |
| NADW | North Atlantic Deep Water |
| CLS | Characteristic Loss Spectroscopy |
| FTMS | Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry |
| WFPC2 | Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 |
| MCD | Magnetic Circular Dichroism |
| SDIO | Strategic Defense Initiative Organization |
| CS | Coupled-states (or Centrifugal Sudden) Approximation |
| AADA | Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application |
| TEOS | Tetraethyl Orthosilicate |
| LIBORS | Laser Ionization Based On Resonance Saturation |