| Acronym | Meaning |
| NRDC | Natural Resources Defense Council |
| ACPF | Averaged Coupled Pair Functional |
| ND | Nitrification Denitrification |
| SWFM | Scanning Work Function Microscopy |
| NOEC | No Observed Effect Concentration |
| ACA | American Crystallographic Association |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| ABC | Avidin-biotin Complex |
| GICS | Grants Information And Control System |
| TIW | Time-independent Wave Packet |