| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAT | Fatty Acid Translocase |
| HDT | Heat Distortion Temperature |
| BIOSIS | BioSciences Information Service |
| CQZ | Constrained Quartet Zeta (basis Set) |
| DIN | Direct Injection Nebulizer |
| ICAP | Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma |
| ISLSCP | International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project |
| GCLSDA | Gradient-corrected Local Spin Density Approximation |
| GLT | Geochemical Logging Tool |
| GGWD | Generalized Gaussian Wave-packet |