| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAWG | Laboratory Accreditation Working Group |
| PAO | Pseudo-atomic Orbital |
| TLHS | Thin-layer Headspace |
| NRRA | Nuclear Resonant Reaction Analysis |
| ZOAO | Zero Overlap Of Atomic Orbital Approxn. |
| OSC | Oxygen Storage Capacity |
| ECCD | Exciton-coupled Circular Dichroism |
| CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
| BIRD | Blackbody Infrared Radiative Dissociation |
| PANNA | Pesticide Action Network North America |