| Acronym | Meaning |
| HOMBA | Higher-order Modified Born Approxn. (in Potential Scattering) |
| PYS | Partial Yield Spectroscopy |
| ECD | Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography) |
| NIPALS | Nonlinear Iterative Partial Least Squares |
| TFW | Thomas-Fermi-Weizsaecker (electron-d. Theory) |
| WLE | Wigner-Liouville Equation (in Study Of Quantum Dynamics) |
| ICS | Intermittant Control Strategy |
| AA | Assistant Administrator |
| LCS | Laboratory Control Samples |
| ULDPE | Ultra Low Density Polyethylene |