| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAM | Periodic Anderson Model |
| MCS | Multiple Cloning Site |
| WCUB | Wang Chang-Uhlenbeck-de Boer (quantum-mech. Relation In Rotational Relaxation Calcn.) |
| GFA | Glass-forming Ability |
| LEAR | Low Energy Antiproton Ring |
| VRIOSA | Vibrational/rotational Infinite-order Sudden Approximation |
| AQMWA | Air Quality And Waste Management Association |
| EE | Ecosystem Evaluation |
| CIDR | Controlled-internal Drug Release |
| SSMBE | Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy |