| Acronym | Meaning |
| HAD | High Aluminum Defect |
| SAM | Sterile Alpha Motif |
| AFID | Alkali Flame Ionization Detector |
| ABLE | Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiments |
| OVGF | Outer-valence Green Function (for Ionization-energy Calcns.) |
| AIS | Acoustic Imaging System |
| ACIL | American Council Of Independent Laboratories |
| IIASA | International Institute Of Applied Systems Analysis (near Vienna |
| PIMBE | Plasma-induced Molecular-beam Epitaxy |
| EID | Environmental Improvement Division |