| Acronym | Meaning |
| GCOS | Global Climate Observing System (WMO |
| CUP | Conditional Use Permit |
| ELARP | Experimental Lakes Area Reservoir Project |
| NPL | National Physical Laboratory |
| TSE | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
| DIOF | Diisooctyl Fumarate |
| CDMO | Composite Dimensional Manganese Oxide |
| MOM | Maximum Overlap Method |
| RMP4 | Restricted Moeller-Plesset Fourth-order (perturbation Theory) |
| QSTLS | Quantum Singwi-tosi-land-sjolander (theory |