| Acronym | Meaning |
| BBSRC | Biotechnology And Biological Sciences Research Council |
| BOA | Bond Orientational Anisotropy |
| LIMA | Laser-induced Ion-mass Analyzer |
| MERT | Modified Effective-range Theory (for Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| ZLC | Zero Length Column |
| HUD | Housing And Urban Development |
| SMP | Submitochondrial Particle |
| IRC | Intrinsic Reaction Coordinate |
| NWS | National Weather Service |
| MCCHF | Multiconfiguration Coupled Hartree-Fock |