| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSL | Spent Sulfite Liquor |
| BCDF | B Cell Differentiation Factor |
| ESHRE | European Society For Human Reproduction And Embryolog |
| MPY | Miles Per Year |
| Y-STR | Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeat |
| JWKB | Jeffreys-Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (scattering Potential) |
| TPSR | Temp.-programmed Surface Reaction |
| VFB | Flat-band Voltage |
| CNDO/SW | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap / Sichel-Whitehead |
| CNDO/SWW | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap/ Sichel-Whitehead-Wratten Parametrization |