| Acronym | Meaning |
| LWC | Light-weight Coated (paper) |
| TLC | Thin-layer Chromatography |
| VCXO | Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator |
| RSR | Rapid Solidification Rate |
| DSCCR | Diffractive Sudden-closed Coupled Rotation (for Mol.-surface Scattering Calcns.) |
| UBA | Unitarized Born Approxn. |
| BIAS | Bismuth-active Substance (in Surfactant Concn. Detn. In Environmental Tests) |
| SPW | Symmetrized Plane Wave |
| BLV | Bovine Leukemia Virus |
| CPVC | Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride |