| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCO | Delayed Compliance Order |
| SLD | Superluminescent Diode |
| EBI | Equivalent Background Illumination |
| NOS | Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| CDW-IA | Continuum Distorted Wave-impulse Approxn. |
| RAR | Retinoic Acid Receptor |
| SFA | Surface Force Apparatus |
| QAC | Quaternary Ammonium Compound |
| CMX(2) | Second-order Connected Moments Expansion (method For Calcg. Correlation Energies Of Mols.) |
| LCVO | Linear Combination Of Valence Orbitals |