| Acronym | Meaning |
| BEWS | Biological Early Warning Systems |
| SCRPA | Self-consistent Random Phase Approximation |
| OAW | Oxyacetylene Welding |
| FRDM | Finite-Range Droplet Model |
| AIHA | American Industrial Hygiene Association |
| DQ-MBPT | Double And Quadruple Excitation Diagrams In Many-body Perturbation Theory |
| PRP | Platelet-rich Plasma |
| DCFT | Direct Coal-fired Turbine |
| ASM | Autosampler Module |
| PSEP | Polyhedral Skeletal Electron Pair (for Metal Clusters) |