| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSH | Su-Schieffer-Heeger (model Hamiltonian For Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| SLS | Strained Layer Superlattice |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette-Guerin |
| SETOC | International Sediment Exchange For Tests On Organic Contaminants |
| GDOS | Glow Discharge Optical Spectroscopy |
| PBS | Phosphate Buffered Saline |
| IAP | Intracisternal A-particle |
| ICPAES | Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry |
| EBMUD | East Bay Municipal Utility District (Oakland |
| CCWP | Close-coupling Wave-packet (for Mol. Scattering) |