| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAMES | Laser Micro Emission Spectroscopy |
| OCEPA | Office Of Communications |
| NLLSQ | Nonlinear Least Squares |
| PIF | Photochemically-induced Fluorescence |
| ADF | Adult T-cell Leukemia-derived Factor |
| CDW | Coulomb Distorted Wave (for Scattering Calcns.) |
| FEE | Field Electron Energy |
| GDIM | Generalized Diatomics-in-molecules (theory) |
| CQED | Consortium For Quality Environmental Data |
| OLR | Organic Loading Rate |