| Acronym | Meaning |
| MESIP | Modeling Environmental Scenarios In Ponds |
| LDL | Low Density Lipoprotein |
| OS | Overlapping Spheres (method) |
| SOMO | Semioccupied Molecular Orbital |
| RANTES | Regulated On Activation Normal T Cell Expressed And Secreted |
| CRD | Cavity Ring Down |
| OCSC | Orbital-charge-self-consistent (in Electronic State Calcn.) |
| RFA | Retarding Field Analyzer |
| TEMIS | Total Emissions Model For Integrated Systems |
| MOMBE | Metal Organic Molecular-beam Epitaxy |