| Acronym | Meaning |
| CHM | Complete Hydatidiform Mole |
| TEL | Tetraethyl Lead |
| EPCE | Enhanced Pre-coat Engineering |
| HFMD | Hellmann-Feynman Mol.-dynamics (method In Electronic Structure And Geometry Calcns.) |
| AMS | AIRS Area/Mobile Source Subsystem (subsystem Of AIRS) |
| MOSES | Modular Sensor System |
| WSM | Watershed Model |
| STPM | Scanning Thermopower Microscopy |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| GIWA | Global International Waters Assessment |