| Acronym | Meaning |
| CISS | Chromosome In Situ Suppression |
| DHA | Docosahexaenoic Acid |
| LST | Light Scattering Tomography |
| EIRFT | Extended Inversion-recovery Fourier Transform |
| OMPW | Orthogonalized Modulated Plane Wave (wave Function) |
| VIRTIS | Visual IR Spectral And Thermal Spectrometer |
| BMS | Buried Metallic Sulfide |
| PCILO | Perturbative Configuration Interaction Using Localized Orbitals |
| CUM | Cumulative Effects |
| DOIT | Federal Advisory Committee To Develop On-site Innovative Technologies |