| Acronym | Meaning |
| WAND | Wide Angle Neutron Diffraction |
| MCPA | Molecular Coherent-potential Approximation |
| OECD/SIDS | Organisation For Economic Co-operation And Developments Screening Information Data Sets |
| PBC | Periodic Bond Chain |
| PROWL | Protein Information Retrieval Online World Wide Web Lab |
| CNDO/2-V | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap-potential Method |
| FACM | Friable Asbestos-Containing Material |
| EGA | Evolved Gas Analysis |
| MFVT | Mixed Flow Vectored Thrust |
| EIS | Electron Impact Spectroscopy |