| Acronym | Meaning |
| TFDW | Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-Von Weizsaecker (method For Electronic Structure Calcns. On Mols.) |
| PALMS | Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry |
| BOFSUW | Biodegradable Organic Fraction Of Solid Urban Waste |
| IVC | In Vitro Culture |
| NSC | National Safety Council |
| EPA | Environment Potential Approach (in Electronic-structure Calcn.) |
| HMPGI | Hybrid Multiple-prism Grazing-incidence |
| MIKE | Mass-analyzed Ion Kinetic Energy (spectrometry) |
| DIVAH | Diagonally Corrected Vibrationally Adiabatic Hyperspherical (theory In Scattering Calcns.) |
| IECA | International Erosion Control Association |