| Acronym | Meaning |
| CWC | United Nations Chemical Weapons Convention |
| HPL | Human Placental Lactogen |
| SC-2D | State-correlated Two-dimensional (NMR Spectroscopy) |
| GAMESS | General Atomic And Molecular Electronic Structure System |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| HAEC | Human Artificial Episomal Chromosome |
| TEBAC | Benzyltriethylammonium Chloride |
| NWSIA | National Water Supply Improvement Association |
| CARL | Colorado Association Of Research Libraries |
| GVB-CI | Generalized Valence Bond-configuration Interaction (wave Function) |