| Acronym | Meaning |
| SRO | Short Range Order |
| NLC | Noctilucent Cloud |
| MAFIAS | Micro Ammonia Flow Injection Analysis System |
| CME | Crucible Melt Extraction |
| CNDO SP | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap Spin Polarization |
| LFCC | Laboratory-frame Close-coupling (for Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| SERDS | Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy |
| LEAR | Low Energy Antiproton Ring |
| IDDB | Investigational Drugs Database |
| HIBA | 2-hydroxyisobutyric Acid |