| Acronym | Meaning |
 | DQ-MBPT | Double And Quadruple Excitation Diagrams In Many-body Perturbation Theory |
 | ALWR | Advanced Light Water Reactor |
 | ISTS | Impulsive Stimulated Thermal Scattering [a Laser-based Ultrasonic Technique] |
 | HCCO | Heavy Catalytic Cycle Oil |
 | HFRP | Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Plastics |
 | GMDH | Group Method Of Data Handling |
 | PSID | Photon Stimulated Ion Desorption |
 | PYMS | Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry |
 | WINDEP | Worksheet-Integrated Deposition Estn. Program |
 | PBP | Penicillin Binding Protein |