| Acronym | Meaning |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| METAALICUS | Mercury Experiment To Assess Atmospheric Loading In Canada And The US |
| LAOCOON | Least-squares Adjustment Of Calculated On Observed NMR Spectra |
| AVO | Average Virtual Orbital |
| NADP | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate |
| FRTP | Fiber-reinforced Thermoplastic |
| ICDD | International Center For Diffraction Data |
| SNIF | Site-specific Natural Isotope Fractionation |
| ISGF | Interferon-stimulated Gene Factor |
| CRS | Coordinate-representation Sudden (decoupling Method For Mol. Inelastic Collisions) |