| Acronym | Meaning |
 | AAAS | American Academy Of Arts And Sciences |
 | UMTRCA | Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act |
 | MGVB | Modified Generalized Valence Bond |
 | MRO | Medium Range Order |
 | CVFF | Consistent Valence Force Field |
 | HBV | Hartree-Bogolyubov-Valatin (theory In Calcn. Of Wave Functions) |
 | DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
 | SPM | Scanning Probe Microscopy |
 | PIRAS | Polarized Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy |
 | AKDQ | Aluminum-killed Drawing Quality |