| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCBX | Distorted Coulomb-Born Exchange Approxn. |
| NSAID | Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug |
| ED | Electron Diffraction |
| VD-RCC | Vibrational Diabatic-rotational Close-coupled (method In Mol. Collision Calcns.) |
| DPN | Dip-pen Nanolithography |
| BHT | Brinell Hardness Test |
| OHMTADS | Oil And Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System |
| SCMP | Self-consistent Madelung Potential |
| EXAFS | Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure |
| IGBP | International Geosphere Biosphere Programme |