| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| CCR | Council For Chemical Research |
| SCPM | Scanning Chemical Potential Microscopy |
| SNUR | Significant New Use Rule |
| ICVT | Improved Canonical Variational Theory |
| NETAC | National Environmental Technol. Applications Corporation |
| GDWB | Generalized Distorted-wave Born (approxn. Or Theory) |
| VB | Valence Bond |
| ABCM | Assembly (of) Boundary-controlled Monolayers (method For Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| AECB | Atomic Energy Control Board |