| Acronym | Meaning |
| AUBF | Anaerobic Upflow Biofilter |
| BPDA | Born Point Dipole Approximation |
| SART | Specific Alternation Of Rhythm In Temperature |
| BFS | Blast Furnace Slag |
| OHD | Optical Heterodyne Detection |
| PSC | Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic) |
| SEELFS | Surface Extended-energy-loss Fine-structure |
| IES | Internal Eliminated Sequence |
| OSBP | Oxysterol-binding Protein |
| WBGT | Wet Bulb Global Temperature |