| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSF | Colony-stimulating Factor |
| CES | Committee On Earth Science (Office Science & Technology Policy) |
| SCEHM | Soil Chemical Exchange Of Heavy Metals Model |
| IDIMS | Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System |
| GDF | Growth Differentiation Factor |
| EAAS | Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| PBZN | Peroxybenzoyl Nitrate |
| VACE | Vacancy Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis |
| LDA | Local-density Approximation |
| RET | Resonance Energy Transfer |