| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPDWB | Coulomb-projected Distorted-wave Born |
| WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes) |
| SOMBT | Second-order Many-body Theory |
| DWPE | Distorted-wave (with) Polarization (and) Exchange |
| BPJ | Best Professional Judgement |
| VZV | Varicella-zoster Virus |
| MTF | Multiple Tube Fermentation |
| MASTER | Method Of Adhesion By Spin-on-dielectric Temperature Enhanced Reflow |
| SSCAD | Spherical Self-consistent Atomic Deformation |
| DOS | Density Of States (in Band Structures) |